Psalms 120

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

Kathutkung: Panuekhoeh, tami tangawn ni Hezekiah a ti awh Kai teh runae kâhmo navah, BAWIPA ka kaw teh Bawipa ni na pato.

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

Oe BAWIPA, ka muitha hah laithoe e pahni dawk hoi thoseh, dumyennae lai dawk hoi thoseh, na rungngang haw.

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

Oe dumyennae lai, Bawipa ni nang hah bangtelah vaimoe na ti han vai, nang hah bang hoi vaimoe runae na poe han vai tet pawiteh,

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

athakaawmnaw e kahran e pala hoi kongkang hmaisaan hoi doeh.

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

Kai teh, Meshek ram vah, kahlawng ka cei teh Kedarnaw e rim dawk ka o dawkvah, yawthoe lah a o

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

Ka muitha teh roumnae ka hmuhma e naw hoi rei ao e hroung asaw toe.

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

Kai teh roumnae ka ngai. Hatei, ka dei navah, ahnimouh teh tarantuk hane doeh a ngai awh.