Psalms 120

1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I have called to YHWH in my distress, And He answers me.

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

2 O YHWH, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

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

3 What does He give to you? And what does He add to you? O deceitful tongue!

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

4 Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with coals of broom trees.

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

5 Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with 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 dwelt too much with him who is hating peace.

Navandaki tango molayi kati na bato oyo balingaka kimia te.

7 I—peace, and 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.