Psalms 120

1 “A psalm of steps.” In my distress I called upon the LORD, And he 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 me from lying lips, From the deceitful tongue!

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

3 What profit to thee, Or what advantage to thee, is the false tongue?

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

4 It is like the sharp arrows of the mighty man; Like coals of the juniper.

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

5 Alas for me, that I sojourn in Mesech, 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 have I dwelt With them that hate peace!

Navandaki tango molayi kati na bato oyo balingaka kimia te.

7 I am for peace; yet, when I speak for it, They are for war.

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