Psalms 120

1 A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

Nyimbo yoyimba pokwera ku Yerusalemu. Ndimafuwulira kwa Yehova mʼmasautso anga, ndipo Iye amandiyankha.

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

Pulumutseni Yehova ku milomo yabodza, ndi kwa anthu achinyengo.

3 What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

Kodi adzakuchitani chiyani, ndipo adzawonjezerapo zotani, inu anthu achinyengo?

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

Adzakulangani ndi mivi yakuthwa ya munthu wankhondo, ndi makala oyaka a mtengo wa tsanya.

5 Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

Tsoka ine kuti ndimakhala ku Mesaki, kuti ndimakhala pakati pa matenti a ku Kedara!

6 Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

Kwa nthawi yayitali ndakhala pakati pa iwo amene amadana ndi mtendere.

7 I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!

Ine ndine munthu wamtendere; koma ndikamayankhula, iwo amafuna nkhondo.