Zaburi 120

1 Katika dhiki yangu nilimuita Yahwe, naye akanijibu.

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

2 Uiokoe nasfi yangu, yahwe, dhidi ya wale wadanganyao kwa midomo yao na wanenao hila kwa ndimi zao.

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

3 Yahwe atawaadhibu vipi, na atawafanyia kitu gani zaidi, ninyi mlio na ulimi mdanganyifu?

What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

4 Atawaadhibu kwa mishale ya shujaa iliyo nolewa kwa makaa ya moto ya mretemu.

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.

5 Ole wangu mimi kwa sababu ninaishi kwa muda Mesheki; huko nyuma niliishi kati ya maskani ya Kedari.

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

6 Kwa muda mrefu sana niliisha na wale waichukiao amani.

Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

7 Nipo kwa ajili ya amani, lakini ninenapo, wao wako kwa ajili ya vita.

I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!