Mapisarema 120

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

IN my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.

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

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

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

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false 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 Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

7 Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.

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