< Mga Awit 129 >
1 “Mula pa ng aking kabataan madalas akong lusubin nila,” hayaang sabihin ng Israel.
A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:
2 “Mula pa ng aking kabataan, nilusob nila ako, pero hindi nila ako natalo.
Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.
3 Inararo ng mga mang-aararo ang aking likuran; gumawa (sila) ng mahabang ukit na daan.
Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.
4 Si Yahweh ay matuwid, pinutol niya ang mga lubid ng masama.”
Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.
5 Nawa malagay silang lahat sa kahihiyan at tumalikod silang mga napopoot sa Sion.
Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.
6 Nawa maging tulad (sila) ng mga damo na nasa bubungan na nalalanta bago pa ito lumago,
They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,
7 na hindi na maaaring punuin ang kamay ng manggagapas o ang dibdib nilang nagtatali ng mga bungkos.
That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.
8 Nawa huwag sabihin ng mga dumadaan, “Nawa ang pagpapala ni Yahweh ay sumainyo; pinagpapala namin kayo sa pangalan ni Yahweh.”
And the passers by have not said, 'The blessing of Jehovah [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'