Psalms 120

1 A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

Nzembo ya mobembo tango bazalaki kokende na Tempelo ya Yawe. Kati na pasi na ngai, nabelelaki Yawe, mpe ayanolaki ngai.

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

Oh Yawe, kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bakosi mpe wuta na lolemo ya lokuta!

3 What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?

Yo, lolemo ya lokuta, Yawe akopesa yo nini, akofuta yo nini?

4 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

Akobeta yo na makonga ya elombe ya bitumba, oyo ezali ya songe, elongo na makala ya moto ya nzete ya nzube.

5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

Mawa na ngai, mpo ete navandi lokola mopaya kati na Mesheki, kati na bandako ya kapo ya Kedari.

6 Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.

Navandaki tango molayi kati na bato oyo balingaka kimia te.

7 I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.

Ngai, nazali moto ya kimia; kasi soki kaka nameki koloba na tina na kimia, bango baponaka mbala moko bitumba.