Zaburi 120

1 Katika dhiki yangu nilimuita Yahwe, naye akanijibu.

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

2 Uiokoe nasfi yangu, yahwe, dhidi ya wale wadanganyao kwa midomo yao na wanenao hila kwa ndimi zao.

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

3 Yahwe atawaadhibu vipi, na atawafanyia kitu gani zaidi, ninyi mlio na ulimi mdanganyifu?

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

4 Atawaadhibu kwa mishale ya shujaa iliyo nolewa kwa makaa ya moto ya mretemu.

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

5 Ole wangu mimi kwa sababu ninaishi kwa muda Mesheki; huko nyuma niliishi kati ya maskani ya Kedari.

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

6 Kwa muda mrefu sana niliisha na wale waichukiao amani.

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

7 Nipo kwa ajili ya amani, lakini ninenapo, wao wako kwa ajili ya vita.

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