Saame 120

1In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.

1Naʻaku tangi kia Sihova ʻi heʻeku mamahi, pea naʻa ne ongoʻi au.

2Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

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

3What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?

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

4A warrior’s sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!

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

5Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

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

6Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace.

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

7I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war!

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