Zabbuli 120

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

A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he listened to me.

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

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

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

What should be given to you, and what should be added to you, for [your] crafty tongue?

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

Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

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

Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar.

6 Ndudde nnyo mu bantu abakyawa eddembe.

My soul has long been a sojourner;

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

I was peaceful among them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.