Zabbuli 120

1 Oluyimba nga balinnya amadaala. Nkoowoola Mukama nga ndi mu nnaku, era n’annyanukula.

A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called unto the LORD, and He answered me.

2 Omponye, Ayi Mukama, emimwa egy’obulimba, n’olulimi olw’obukuusa.

O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

3 Onooweebwa ki, era onookolebwa otya, ggwe olulimi olukuusa?

What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

4 Onoofumitibwa n’obusaale obwogi obw’omulwanyi omuzira, n’oyokerwa ku manda ag’omuti entaseesa.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom.

5 Ndabye ennaku, kubanga mbeera mu Meseki; nsula mu weema za Kedali!

Woe is me, that I sojourn with Meshech, that I dwell beside the tents of Kedar!

6 Ndudde nnyo mu bantu abakyawa eddembe.

My soul hath full long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace.

7 Nze njagala mirembe, naye bwe njogera bo baagala ntalo.

I am all peace; but when I speak, they are for war.