Psalms 120

1 “A song of the degrees.” Unto the Lord, when I was in distress, did I call, and he hath answered 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 lips of falsehood, and from a tongue of deceit.

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

3 What will [God] give unto thee? or what will he add unto thee, thou tongue of deceit?

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

4 Sharpened arrows of the mighty, with coals of the broom-bush.

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 I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

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

6 Too long for herself hath my soul dwelt with him that hateth peace.

Navandaki tango molayi kati na bato oyo balingaka kimia te.

7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

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