Psalm 129

1 Israel, srumun luman akkeok lun mwet lokoalok nu suwos Oe ke kowos fusr ah me.

A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:

2 “Oe ke nga fusr ah me nwe inge, Mwet lokoalok luk elos akkeokyeyu arulana upa, Tusruktu elos tiana kutangyula.

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 Elos kanteya fintukuk arulana loal Oana ke elos pikin acn in orek ima lalos uh.

The ploughers ploughed on my back. They made their furrows long.

4 Tusruktu LEUM GOD, su arulana suwoswos, El aksukosokyeyula liki moul in kohs.”

The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 Lela tuh elos nukewa su srunga Zion In kutangyukla ac lillilyak.

Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

6 Lela tuh elos in oana mah su yoki oan fin mangon lohm uh, Su paola ac tia ku in kapak.

Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

7 Wangin mwet sifelosyak inpaolos, Ku losani ac usla.

with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

8 Wangin mwet su fahsr alukela acn se inge fah fahk, “Lela God Elan akinsewowoye kom! Kut akinsewowoye kom ke Inen LEUM GOD.”

Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”