Zabbuli 120

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 Ndudde nnyo mu bantu abakyawa eddembe.

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

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

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