Psalms 120

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

Ingoma yemiqanso. Ngiyambiza uThixo ngisosizini, laye angiphendule.

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

Ngisindisa, Oh Thixo, ezindebeni zamanga lezindimini zenkohliso.

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

Uzakwenzani kuwe, aphinde enzeni njalo, wena limi lwenkohliso?

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

Uzakujezisa ngomtshoko obukhali owebutho, ngamalahle avuthayo esihlahla.

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

Maye mina ngokuhlala kwami eMesheki, ngokuthi ngihlala emathenteni aseKhedari!

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

Sengihlale isikhathi eside kakhulu phakathi kwalabo abazonda ukuthula.

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

Ngingumuntu wokuthula; kodwa ngithi ngingakhuluma, sebefuna impi.