Zaburi 129

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

A Song of Ascents. Many a time, have they harassed me from my youth, well may Israel say:

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

Many a time, have they harassed me from youth, yet have they not prevailed against me.

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

Upon my back, have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow!

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

Yahweh, is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.

5 Wote waaibishwe na kurudishwa nyuma, wale wachukiao Sayuni.

Let all who hate Zion, be ashamed and shrink back:

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

Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;

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

Wherewith no reaper, hath filled his hand, nor binder, his bosom:

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

Neither have the passers-by ever said, The blessing of Yahweh, be unto you, —We have blessed you in the Name of Yahweh.