Zaburi 129

1 “Mara nyingi tangu ujana wangu wamekuwa wakinishambulia,” Israeli na iseme.

MANY a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

2 “Mara nyingi tangu ujana wangu wamekuwa wakinishambulia, lakini hawajanishinda.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 Wakulima wamekuwa wakilima mgonngoni kwangu; wametengeneza matuta yao marefu.

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

4 Yahwe ni mwenye haki; amezikata kamba za waovu.”

The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Wote waaibishwe na kurudishwa nyuma, wale wachukiao Sayuni.

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

6 Na wawe kama nyasi juu ya paa ambayo hunyauka kabla hayajakua,

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

7 ambayo hayawezi kujaza mkono wa mvunaji wala kifua cha mfunga miganda.

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

8 Wale wapitao karibu wasiseme, “Baraka za Mungu na ziwe juu yako; Tunakubariki katika jina la Yahwe.”

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.