Psalms 120

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

Nzembo ya mobembo tango bazalaki kokende na Tempelo ya Yawe. Kati na pasi na ngai, nabelelaki Yawe, mpe ayanolaki ngai.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Navandaki tango molayi kati na bato oyo balingaka kimia te.

7 I [am] peace, and 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.