Psalms 129

1 A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel say —

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

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

3 The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

Minkuni midima manima mama; batula muawu minkala miawu mimula.

4 Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

5 Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;

Bika babo beti lenda Sioni bavutuka fua tsoni.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

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

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

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

8 Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!

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