Psalms 17
1 Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend to my cry. Give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.
Libondeli ya Davidi. Oh Yawe, yoka ngai! Kolela na ngai ezali sembo! Yoka koganga na ngai! Landa malamu libondeli na ngai, oyo ezali kobimela te na bibebu ya lokuta.
2 Let my justice come forth from thy presence. Let thine eyes look upon equity.
Tika ete, na mitindo na Yo, bosembo na ngai emonisama solo mpe miso na Yo emona oyo ezali alima!
3 Thou have proved my heart. Thou have visited me in the night. Thou have tried me, and find nothing. I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Soki otali malamu motema na ngai, soki olandeli ngai ata na butu mpe omeki ngai, okomona ete nasalaki mabongisi ya mabe te, monoko na ngai ebukaki mobeko te.
4 As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the ways of a violent man.
Ata tango bato bamekaki kopesa ngai kanyaka, nabatelaki kaka maloba na Yo mpo ete natambola te na banzela ya bato ya masumu.
5 My steps have held fast to thy paths. My feet have not slipped.
Matambe na ngai ezalaka kaka na banzela na Yo, napengwaka te.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou will answer me, O God. Incline thine ear to me, and hear my speech.
Nzambe na ngai, nabelelaka Yo, pamba te oyanolaka ngai. Yoka libondeli na ngai.
7 Show thy marvelous loving kindness, O thou who saves by thy right hand those who take refuge from those who rise up.
Yo oyo obikisaka mpe okangolaka, na nzela ya loboko na Yo ya mobali, bato oyo bazwaka Yo lokola ebombamelo na bango, lakisa ngai misala kitoko ya bolingo monene na Yo.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Batela ngai lokola mbuma ya liso, bomba ngai na se ya mapapu na Yo,
9 from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who encompass me around.
mosika ya bato mabe oyo bazali konyokola ngai, mosika ya banguna na ngai oyo bazingeli ngai.
10 They are enclosed in their own fat. With their mouth they speak proudly.
Bakomisi mitema na bango makasi, mpe bazali koloba na lolendo.
11 They have now encompassed us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast down to the earth.
Bazali kolanda ngai, basili kozingela ngai, mpe bazali koluka ndenge nini kobwaka ngai na mabele.
12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Bazali lokola nkosi oyo etondi na posa makasi ya kokanga nyama, lokola nkosi ya kanda makasi kati na ebombamelo na yango.
13 Arise, O Jehovah, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword,
Yawe, telema, kutana na bango mpe bebisa bango; na nzela ya mopanga na Yo, kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bato mabe.
14 from men by thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and whose belly thou fill with thy treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Yawe, na nzela ya nguya na Yo, kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bato wana, kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bato ya mokili oyo. Tika ete kufa ezala litomba na bango! Tika ete, bango mpe bana na bango, balia na lokoso, mpe mabumu na bango etonda na bikolo oyo obombaka mpo na bango; bongo babomba ndambo oyo ekotikala mpo na bakitani na bango!
15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy form.
Mpo na ngai, sima na ngai kolonga, nakotala elongi na Yo; sima na ngai kolamuka, nakosepela na komona Yo!
