Zaburi 129

1 “Mara nyingi tangu ujana wangu wamekuwa wakinishambulia,” Israeli na iseme.

A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

2 “Mara nyingi tangu ujana wangu wamekuwa wakinishambulia, lakini hawajanishinda.

Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

3 Wakulima wamekuwa wakilima mgonngoni kwangu; wametengeneza matuta yao marefu.

Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

4 Yahwe ni mwenye haki; amezikata kamba za waovu.”

Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.

5 Wote waaibishwe na kurudishwa nyuma, wale wachukiao Sayuni.

Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

6 Na wawe kama nyasi juu ya paa ambayo hunyauka kabla hayajakua,

They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

7 ambayo hayawezi kujaza mkono wa mvunaji wala kifua cha mfunga miganda.

That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

8 Wale wapitao karibu wasiseme, “Baraka za Mungu na ziwe juu yako; Tunakubariki katika jina la Yahwe.”

And the passers by have not said, 'The blessing of Jehovah [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'