¹Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

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

²many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

³The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

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

⁴Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

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

⁵Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

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

⁶Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

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

⁷with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

⁷Oo aan beergooyuhu gacantiisa ka buuxin, Kan xidhmooyinka xidhaana aanu laabtiisa ka buuxin.Oo kuwa ag maraana ma yidhaahdaan, Barakadii Rabbigu korkiinna ha ahaato. Waxaan idiinku ducaynaynaa magaca Rabbiga.

⁸Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in the name of Yahweh.”

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