Sabuurradii 129

1 Tan iyo yaraantaydii marar badan bay i dhibeen, Reer binu Israa'iil hadda ha yidhaahdeen,

A song of ascents. ‘Sore have they vexed me from youth’ thus let Israel say

2 Tan iyo yaraantaydii marar badan bay i dhibeen, Laakiinse igama ay adkaan.

‘Sore have they vexed me from youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

3 Kuwa beerta jeexa ayaa dhabarkayga jeexay, Oo jeexjeexoodiina way dheereeyeen.

‘The ploughers ploughed on my back, they made their furrows long.

4 Rabbigu waa xaq, Oo isagu wuxuu kala gooyay xadhkihii kuwa sharka leh.

But the Lord, who is righteous, has cut the cords of the wicked.’

5 Inta Siyoon neceb oo dhammu, Ha ceeboobeen oo dib ha u noqdeen.

Let all who are haters of Zion be put to shame and defeated.

6 Ha noqdeen sida cawska guryaha korkooda ka baxa Oo engega intaanu korin,

May they be as the grass on the house-top, which withers before it shoots up;

7 Oo aan beergooyuhu gacantiisa ka buuxin, Kan xidhmooyinka xidhaana aanu laabtiisa ka buuxin.

which fills not the arms of the reaper, nor the lap of the binder of sheaves

8 Oo kuwa ag maraana ma yidhaahdaan, Barakadii Rabbigu korkiinna ha ahaato. Waxaan idiinku ducaynaynaa magaca Rabbiga.

whereof no one says as they pass, ‘The blessing of God be upon you.’ In the name of the Lord we bless you.