< Psalms 120 >

1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I have called to YHWH in my distress, And He answers me.
Rwiyo rworwendo. Ndinodana kuna Jehovha mukutambudzika kwangu, uye anondipindura.
2 O YHWH, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!
Haiwa Jehovha, ndiponesei pamiromo inoreva nhema, nendimi dzinonyengera.
3 What does He give to you? And what does He add to you? O deceitful tongue!
Achaiteiko kwauri, uye chimwe chiiko kunze kwezvizvi, iwe rurimi runonyengera?
4 Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with coals of broom trees.
Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.
5 Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.
Ndine nhamo ini ndinogara muMesheki, kuti ndinogara pakati pamatende eKedhari!
6 My soul has dwelt too much with him who is hating peace.
Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.
7 I—peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!
Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.

< Psalms 120 >