Psalms 120

1 A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he hearkened to me.

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

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Pulumutseni Yehova ku milomo yabodza, ndi kwa anthu achinyengo.

3 What should be given to thee, and what should be added to thee, for [thy] crafty tongue?

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

4 Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

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

5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar.

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

6 My soul has long been a sojourner;

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

7 I was peaceable among them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.

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