Psalms 120

1 A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he listened to me.

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

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

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

3 What should be given to you, and what should be added to you, for [your] crafty tongue?

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

4 Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

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 tabernacled 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 has long been a sojourner;

Navandaki tango molayi kati na bato oyo balingaka kimia te.

7 I was peaceful among them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.

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