Psalms 120

1 A song of ascents. In my distress I called out to Yahweh, 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 Rescue my life, Yahweh, from those who lie with their lips and deceive with their tongues.

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

3 How will he punish you, and what more will he do to you, you who have a lying tongue?

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

4 He will punish you with the arrows of a warrior sharpened over burning coals of the broom tree.

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 because I temporarily live in Meshech; I lived previously among the tents of Kedar.

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

6 For too long I have lived with those who hate 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.