Psalms 129

1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now 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 plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

Minkuni midima manima mama; batula muawu minkala miawu mimula.

4 The LORD is righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Bika babo beti lenda Sioni bavutuka fua tsoni.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up:

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

7 Wherewith the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds 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 they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

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