Psalms 120

1 In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

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

2 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

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

3 What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.

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

4 The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

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 my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:

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

6 My soul hath been long a sojourner.

Navandaki tango molayi kati na bato oyo balingaka kimia te.

7 With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.

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