Psalms 120

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

Ko e Hiva ʻae ʻalu hake. Naʻaku tangi kia Sihova ʻi heʻeku mamahi, pea naʻa ne ongoʻi au.

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

‌ʻE Sihova, fakahaofi hoku laumālie mei he loungutu loi, pea mei he ʻelelo kākā.

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

Ko e hā ʻe ʻatu kiate koe? He ko e hā ʻe fai kiate koe, ʻa koe ko e ʻelelo kākā?

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

‌ʻAe ngaahi ngahau māsila ʻae tangata mālohi, mo e ngaahi malalaʻi afi ʻoe sunipa.

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

‌ʻOku ou malaʻia, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku ʻāunofo ʻi Meseki, koeʻuhi ko ʻeku nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale fehikitaki ʻo Keta!

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

Kuo nofo ʻo fuoloa ʻa hoku laumālie fakataha mo ia ʻoku ne fehiʻa ki he melino.

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

‌ʻOku ou loto ki he melino: ka ʻi heʻeku lea ʻoku nau fie tau.