Psalms 120

1 A song of degrees. I called vnto the Lord in my trouble, and hee heard me.

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

2 Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull tongue.

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

3 What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?

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

4 It is as the sharpe arrowes of a mightie man, and as the coales of iuniper.

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

5 Woe is to me that I remaine in Meschech, and dwell in the tentes of Kedar.

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

6 My soule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

Navandaki tango molayi kati na bato oyo balingaka kimia te.

7 I seeke peace, and when I speake thereof, they are bent to warre.

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