Psalms 120

1 A Song of degrees. In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, 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 Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.

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

3 What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

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

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

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

5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

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

6 My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.

Navandaki tango molayi kati na bato oyo balingaka kimia te.

7 I [am for] peace; but when I speak, they [are] for war.

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