Amahubo 120

1 Ingoma yemiqanso. Ngiyambiza uThixo ngisosizini, laye angiphendule.

“A song of the degrees.” Unto the Lord, when I was in distress, did I call, and he hath answered me.

2 Ngisindisa, Oh Thixo, ezindebeni zamanga lezindimini zenkohliso.

O Lord, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, and from a tongue of deceit.

3 Uzakwenzani kuwe, aphinde enzeni njalo, wena limi lwenkohliso?

What will [God] give unto thee? or what will he add unto thee, thou tongue of deceit?

4 Uzakujezisa ngomtshoko obukhali owebutho, ngamalahle avuthayo esihlahla.

Sharpened arrows of the mighty, with coals of the broom-bush.

5 Maye mina ngokuhlala kwami eMesheki, ngokuthi ngihlala emathenteni aseKhedari!

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

6 Sengihlale isikhathi eside kakhulu phakathi kwalabo abazonda ukuthula.

Too long for herself hath my soul dwelt with him that hateth peace.

7 Ngingumuntu wokuthula; kodwa ngithi ngingakhuluma, sebefuna impi.

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