Zabbuli 120

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

A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.

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

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.

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

What shall be given to thee? or what shall be done to thee, thou false tongue?

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

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 Ndudde nnyo mu bantu abakyawa eddembe.

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

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

I [am] for peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.