Mapisarema 120

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

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. I called out to the Lord for help in all my troubles, and he answered me.

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

Lord, please save me from liars and cheats!

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

What will the Lord do to you, you liars? How will he punish you?

4 Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.

With the sharp arrows of a warrior and burning coals made from a broom tree.

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

I'm sorry for myself, because I live as a foreigner in Meshech, or among the tent-dwellers of Kedar.

6 Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.

I have lived for far too long among people who hate peace.

7 Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.

I want peace, but when I talk of peace, they want war.