Psalms 120

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

Katika dhiki yangu nilimuita Yahwe, naye akanijibu.

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

Uiokoe nasfi yangu, yahwe, dhidi ya wale wadanganyao kwa midomo yao na wanenao hila kwa ndimi zao.

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

Yahwe atawaadhibu vipi, na atawafanyia kitu gani zaidi, ninyi mlio na ulimi mdanganyifu?

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

Atawaadhibu kwa mishale ya shujaa iliyo nolewa kwa makaa ya moto ya mretemu.

5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:

Ole wangu mimi kwa sababu ninaishi kwa muda Mesheki; huko nyuma niliishi kati ya maskani ya Kedari.

6 My soul hath been long a sojourner.

Kwa muda mrefu sana niliisha na wale waichukiao amani.

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

Nipo kwa ajili ya amani, lakini ninenapo, wao wako kwa ajili ya vita.