Psalms 120

1 A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. I called out to the Lord for help in all my troubles, and he answered me.

Ingoma yemiqanso. Ngiyambiza uThixo ngisosizini, laye angiphendule.

2 Lord, please save me from liars and cheats!

Ngisindisa, Oh Thixo, ezindebeni zamanga lezindimini zenkohliso.

3 What will the Lord do to you, you liars? How will he punish you?

Uzakwenzani kuwe, aphinde enzeni njalo, wena limi lwenkohliso?

4 With the sharp arrows of a warrior and burning coals made from a broom tree.

Uzakujezisa ngomtshoko obukhali owebutho, ngamalahle avuthayo esihlahla.

5 I'm sorry for myself, because I live as a foreigner in Meshech, or among the tent-dwellers of Kedar.

Maye mina ngokuhlala kwami eMesheki, ngokuthi ngihlala emathenteni aseKhedari!

6 I have lived for far too long among people who hate peace.

Sengihlale isikhathi eside kakhulu phakathi kwalabo abazonda ukuthula.

7 I want peace, but when I talk of peace, they want war.

Ngingumuntu wokuthula; kodwa ngithi ngingakhuluma, sebefuna impi.