Zaburi 120

1 Wimbo wa kwenda juu. Katika dhiki yangu namwita Bwana, naye hunijibu.

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

2 Ee Bwana, uniokoe kutoka midomo ya uongo na ndimi za udanganyifu.

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

3 Atakufanyia nini, au akufanyie nini zaidi, ewe ulimi mdanganyifu?

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

4 Atakuadhibu kwa mishale mikali ya shujaa, kwa makaa yanayowaka ya mti wa mretemu.

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

5 Ole wangu kwa kuwa naishi Mesheki, kwamba naishi katikati ya hema za Kedari!

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

6 Nimeishi muda mrefu mno miongoni mwa wale wanaochukia amani.

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

7 Mimi ni mtu wa amani; lakini ninaposema, wao wanataka vita.

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