Mapisarema 120

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

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

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

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

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

What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

4 Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.

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

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

6 Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.

Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

7 Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.

I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!