Mapisarema 120

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

A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called unto the LORD, and He answered me.

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

O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

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

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

4 Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom.

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

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

6 Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.

My soul hath full long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace.

7 Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.

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