Mapisarema 120

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

“A psalm of steps.” In my distress I called upon the LORD, And he answered me.

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

O LORD! deliver me from lying lips, From the deceitful tongue!

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

What profit to thee, Or what advantage to thee, is the false tongue?

4 Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.

It is like the sharp arrows of the mighty man; Like coals of the juniper.

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

Alas for me, that I sojourn in Mesech, That I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.

Too long have I dwelt With them that hate peace!

7 Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.

I am for peace; yet, when I speak for it, They are for war.