Psalms 74
1 An instruction: of Asaph. Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Nzembo ya Azafi. Oh Nzambe, mpo na nini kosundola biso mpo na tango nyonso? Mpo na nini kongalisa kanda na Yo likolo ya etonga oyo oleisaka?
2 Remember thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed [to be] the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
Kanisa lisusu lisanga ya bato na Yo, oyo osikola wuta kala, libota oyo okomisa libula na Yo. Kanisa ngomba Siona epai wapi ovandaka.
3 Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual desolations: everything in the sanctuary hath the enemy destroyed.
Tika ete matambe na Yo ekoma kino na bisika oyo ebebi nye! Kati na Esika na Yo ya bule, monguna abebisi nyonso;
4 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs [for] signs.
bayini na Yo bagangi lokola nkosi, ata kati na esika oyo okutanaka na biso, batelemisi bendele na bango lokola elembo.
5 [A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
Bazali lokola bato oyo basimbi bipasola mpe bazali kokata banzete kati na zamba.
6 And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.
Babuki-buki bililingi nyonso oyo batobola na mabaya, na nzela ya bipasola mpe bamarto na bango;
7 They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.
batumbi Esika na Yo ya bule, bakweyisi mpe bakomisi mbindo esika oyo Kombo na Yo evandaka.
8 They said in their heart, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all God's places of assembly in the land.
Bazalaki komilobela: « Tokopanza yango nyonso! » Kati na mokili, bazikisi esika nyonso epai wapi bagumbamelaka Nzambe.
9 We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
Tozali lisusu komona te bilembo na biso, basakoli bazali lisusu te; mpe moko te kati na biso ayebi tango boni makambo oyo ekowumela.
10 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?
Oh Nzambe, kino tango nini monguna akofinga Yo? Boni, akokoba tango nyonso kotiola Kombo na Yo?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? [pluck it] out of thy bosom: consume [them].
Mpo na nini ozongisi loboko na Yo na sima, loboko na Yo ya mobali? Mpo na nini okangi maboko na Yo?
12 But God is my king of old, accomplishing deliverances in the midst of the earth.
Nzokande, Yo Nzambe, ozali Mokonzi na ngai wuta kala; Yo nde omemaka lobiko kati na mokili.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:
Yo nde opasolaki ebale na nguya na Yo, opanzaki mito ya bilima ya mayi;
14 Thou didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.
Yo nde opanzaki mito ya Leviatani mpe opesaki yango lokola bilei epai ya banyama ya esobe;
15 Thou didst cleave fountain and torrent, thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
Yo nde osalaki ete bitima ya mayi mpe miluka etiola, mpe okawusaki bibale mpo na libela.
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun:
Moyi ezali ya Yo, butu mpe ezali ya Yo; Yo nde osalaki sanza mpe moyi.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; summer and winter — thou didst form them.
Ezali Yo nde otiaki bandelo nyonso ya mokili, Yo nde osalaki tango ya malili mpe tango ya moyi.
18 Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.
Yawe, kobosana te ete monguna afingi Yo, ete bato bazanga tina batioli Kombo na Yo!
19 Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.
Kokaba te bomoi ya ebenga na Yo na monoko ya nyama oyo ezali na nzala, kobosana te mpo na libela bomoi ya babola oyo bazali bato na Yo!
20 Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.
Tala lisusu Boyokani na Yo! Pamba te, kati na mokili, bisika ya molili ekomi ebele, etondi na makambo na kanza.
21 Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.
Sala ete moto oyo bazali konyokola azwa lisusu lokumu! Sala ete mobola mpe moto akelela bakumisa Kombo na Yo.
22 Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day;
Oh Nzambe, telema mpe lobela Kombo na Yo! Kanisa lisusu ndenge nini bazoba bafingaka Yo mikolo nyonso!
23 Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
Kobosana te makelele ya bayini na Yo, mangungu ya banguna na Yo, oyo ezali kaka komata se komata!
