Psalms 129

1 Nkunga wunyimbudulu mu nzila yikuendila ku nzo Yave. Bandiamisa ngolo tona mu bumuana buama, bika Iseli katuba.

A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—

2 Bandiamisa ngolo tona mu bumuana buama vayi basia ku ndunga ko.

many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

3 Minkuni midima manima mama; batula muawu minkala miawu mimula.

The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

4 Vayi Yave widi wusonga; niandi wuzenga minsinga mi batu bambimbi muingi ndiba mu kiphuanza.

The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

5 Bika babo beti lenda Sioni bavutuka fua tsoni.

May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

6 Bika baba banga biti bi mbata muanzu, biobi bieti yuma tuamina biyunduka;

May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

7 biobi mvedi kalendi wesa mu mioko miandi ko; voti mutu wowo wunkanga mvumba kalendi wesi mu mioko miandi ko.

unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

8 Bika bobo bamviokila vana babika tuba: “lusakumunu lu Yave lubanga yeno! Tueti kulusakumuna mu dizina di Yave!”

May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”