Mapisarema 120

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

A song of ascents. In my distress I called out to Yahweh, and he answered me.

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

Rescue my life, Yahweh, from those who lie with their lips and deceive with their tongues.

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

How will he punish you, and what more will he do to you, you who have a lying tongue?

4 Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.

He will punish you with the arrows of a warrior sharpened over burning coals of the broom tree.

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

Woe is me because I temporarily live in Meshech; I lived previously among the tents of Kedar.

6 Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.

For too long I have lived with those who hate peace.

7 Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.

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