Masalimo 120

1 Nyimbo yoyimba pokwera ku Yerusalemu. Ndimafuwulira kwa Yehova mʼmasautso anga, ndipo Iye amandiyankha.

[A Song of Ascents.] In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.

2 Pulumutseni Yehova ku milomo yabodza, ndi kwa anthu achinyengo.

Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

3 Kodi adzakuchitani chiyani, ndipo adzawonjezerapo zotani, inu anthu achinyengo?

What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

4 Adzakulangani ndi mivi yakuthwa ya munthu wankhondo, ndi makala oyaka a mtengo wa tsanya.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

5 Tsoka ine kuti ndimakhala ku Mesaki, kuti ndimakhala pakati pa matenti a ku Kedara!

Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar.

6 Kwa nthawi yayitali ndakhala pakati pa iwo amene amadana ndi mtendere.

My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.

7 Ine ndine munthu wamtendere; koma ndikamayankhula, iwo amafuna nkhondo.

I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.