Saame 120

1 Ko e Hiva ʻae ʻalu hake. Naʻaku tangi kia Sihova ʻi heʻeku mamahi, pea naʻa ne ongoʻi au.

[A Song of Ascents.] In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.

2 ‌ʻE Sihova, fakahaofi hoku laumālie mei he loungutu loi, pea mei he ʻelelo kākā.

Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

3 Ko e hā ʻe ʻatu kiate koe? He ko e hā ʻe fai kiate koe, ʻa koe ko e ʻelelo kākā?

What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

4 ‌ʻAe ngaahi ngahau māsila ʻae tangata mālohi, mo e ngaahi malalaʻi afi ʻoe sunipa.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

5 ‌ʻOku ou malaʻia, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku ʻāunofo ʻi Meseki, koeʻuhi ko ʻeku nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale fehikitaki ʻo Keta!

Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar.

6 Kuo nofo ʻo fuoloa ʻa hoku laumālie fakataha mo ia ʻoku ne fehiʻa ki he melino.

My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.

7 ‌ʻOku ou loto ki he melino: ka ʻi heʻeku lea ʻoku nau fie tau.

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