< Psalms 120 >
1 A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
Mɔzɔha. Meyɔ Yehowa le nye xaxa me, eye wòtɔ nam.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
O! Yehowa, ɖem, tso aʋatsonuyiwo kple alakpaɖewo ƒe asi me.
3 What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
O! Alakpaɖe, nu ka wòawɔ na wò, eye nu ka wòatsɔ akpee na wò?
4 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
Atsɔ aʋawɔla ƒe aŋutrɔ ɖaɖɛwo ahe to na wòe kpe ɖe yɔkuti ƒe dzoka xɔxɔwo ŋuti.
5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
Baba nam be mele Mesek, eye mele Kedar ƒe agbadɔwo me!
6 Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
Menɔ ame siwo lé fu ŋutifafa la dome wòdidi fũu akpa.
7 I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
Ŋutifafamee menye, gake ne meƒo nu la, woawo kpea aʋa.