Is the 2nd image (one below the google translate) more accurate? Is the のですが
just completely wrong or?

Also I know the Google translate is wrong at the end because I accidentally
had a new line after "call".

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Is it の or not in this case?
Both machine translations are not very natural. I would translate this as:

> I want to call him but I'm sleep so I won't call him tonight.
>
>   * 彼に電話したい **の** ですが、眠いので今夜はしません。
>   * 彼に電話をしたい **の** ですが、眠いので今晩はやめておきます。
>

Either way, の before ですが is perfectly natural. This type of の is called
[explanatory-の](https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/explanatory-
noda/), and it's perfectly natural to use it to set up a context, as in your
sentence. See the "preliminary remarks" section in the linked article. See
also: [What is the meaning of
～んです/～のだ/etc?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/5398/5010)

Besides, you need a contrastive-は after 今夜/今晩. This is something easily
forgotten by English speakers, but it's important.
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