Psalms 120

1 A song of ascents. In my distress I called out to Yahweh, and he answered me.

Wimbo wa kwenda juu. Katika dhiki yangu namwita Bwana, naye hunijibu.

2 Rescue my life, Yahweh, from those who lie with their lips and deceive with their tongues.

Ee Bwana, uniokoe kutoka midomo ya uongo na ndimi za udanganyifu.

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

Atakufanyia nini, au akufanyie nini zaidi, ewe ulimi mdanganyifu?

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

Atakuadhibu kwa mishale mikali ya shujaa, kwa makaa yanayowaka ya mti wa mretemu.

5 Woe is me because I temporarily live in Meshech; I lived previously among the tents of Kedar.

Ole wangu kwa kuwa naishi Mesheki, kwamba naishi katikati ya hema za Kedari!

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

Nimeishi muda mrefu mno miongoni mwa wale wanaochukia amani.

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

Mimi ni mtu wa amani; lakini ninaposema, wao wanataka vita.