Amahubo 120

1 Ingoma yemiqanso. Ngiyambiza uThixo ngisosizini, laye angiphendule.

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

2 Ngisindisa, Oh Thixo, ezindebeni zamanga lezindimini zenkohliso.

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

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

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

4 Uzakujezisa ngomtshoko obukhali owebutho, ngamalahle avuthayo esihlahla.

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

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

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

6 Sengihlale isikhathi eside kakhulu phakathi kwalabo abazonda ukuthula.

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

7 Ngingumuntu wokuthula; kodwa ngithi ngingakhuluma, sebefuna impi.

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