Mapisarema 120

1 Rwiyo rworwendo. Ndinodana kuna Jehovha mukutambudzika kwangu, uye anondipindura.

In my distress I cried to Jehovah, and he answered me.

2 Haiwa Jehovha, ndiponesei pamiromo inoreva nhema, nendimi dzinonyengera.

Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

3 Achaiteiko kwauri, uye chimwe chiiko kunze kwezvizvi, iwe rurimi runonyengera?

What shall be given to thee, and what shall be done more to thee, thou deceitful tongue?

4 Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

5 Ndine nhamo ini ndinogara muMesheki, kuti ndinogara pakati pamatende eKedhari!

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

6 Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.

My soul has long had her dwelling with him who hates peace.

7 Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.

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