Psalms 78
1 Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Nzembo ya Azafi. Bino, bato na ngai, boyoka malako na ngai! Bopesa matoyi na maloba ya monoko na ngai!
2 I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;
Nakofungola monoko na ngai mpo na lisese, nakosakola makambo oyo ebombama wuta na tango ya kala.
3 That which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us,
Makambo oyo toyoka, oyo toyebi, oyo batata na biso bayebisa biso.
4 We will not hide from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath done.
Tokobombela yango bakitani na bango te, kasi tokoloba na bikeke oyo ekoya na sima nkembo ya masanzoli ya Yawe, nguya na Ye mpe bikamwa oyo asalaki.
5 For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
Apesaki malako mpo na bolamu ya Jakobi, atiaki mibeko kati na Isalaele, apesaki mitindo epai ya batata na biso ete bateya yango epai ya bana mibali na bango,
6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children that should be born; who should arise and tell them to their children,
mpo ete bikeke oyo ekoya sima eyeba yango, ekeke ya bana oyo bakobotama. Tika ete batelema mpe bayebisa yango na bana na bango,
7 That they might put their confidence in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments;
mpo ete batonga elikya na bango kati na Nzambe, babosana te misala ya Nzambe mpe babatela mibeko na Ye.
8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Boye, bakozala te lokola bakoko na bango, oyo bazalaki mito makasi mpe batomboki, oyo mitema na bango ezalaki sembo te na miso ya Nzambe, mpe milimo na bango ezangaki boyengebene epai na Ye.
9 The children of Ephraim were as archers handling the bow, that turned back in the day of battle.
Bato ya libota ya Efrayimi basimbaki batolotolo, kasi na mokolo ya etumba, bakimaki.
10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in His law;
Babatelaki te Boyokani ya Nzambe mpe baboyaki kotosa mibeko na Ye;
11 And they forgot His doings, and His wondrous works that He had shown them.
babosanaki bikamwa na Ye mpe makambo minene oyo atalisaki bango.
12 Marvellous things did He in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Na miso ya bakoko na bango, asalaki bikamwa kati na Ejipito, na etuka ya Tsoani;
13 He cleaved the sea, and caused them to pass through; and He made the waters to stand as a heap.
akabolaki ebale monene mpo na kolekisa bango, atelemisaki mayi lokola mir.
14 By day also He led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
Na moyi, azalaki kotambolisa bango na nzela ya lipata; mpe na butu, na nzela ya pole ya moto.
15 He cleaved rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the great deep.
Apasolaki mabanga kati na esobe mpe amelisaki bango mayi ebele, lokola mayi ya bibale;
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
abimisaki mayi wuta na libanga mpe asalaki ete etiola lokola mayi ya ebale.
17 Yet went they on still to sin against Him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
Kasi bakobaki kaka kosala masumu liboso na Ye, kotombokela Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo, kati na esobe.
18 And they tried God in their heart by asking food for their craving.
Bamekaki Nzambe na nko, na kosenga bilei kolanda posa na bango.
19 Yea, they spoke against God; they said: 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
Balobaki mabe na tina na Nzambe: « Boni, Ye Nzambe azali penza na makoki ya kopesa biso bilei kati na esobe?
20 Behold, He smote the rock, that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; can He give bread also? or will He provide flesh for His people?'
Solo, abetaki libanga, mayi ebimaki, mpe ebimaki penza ebele. Boni, akokoka lisusu kopesa biso mapa to misuni epai ya bato na Ye? »
21 Therefore the LORD heard, and was wroth; and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel;
Tango Yawe ayokaki bongo, asilikaki makasi; moto na Ye epelelaki Jakobi, mpe kanda makasi na Ye ekitelaki Isalaele,
22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in His salvation.
pamba te batiaki elikya na Nzambe te, bandimaki te ete akoki kokangola bango.
23 And He commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;
Nzokande, apesaki mitindo na mapata mpe afungolaki bikuke ya likolo,
24 And He caused manna to rain upon them for food, and gave them of the corn of heaven.
anokiselaki bango mana lokola mvula mpo na kopesa bilei, apesaki bango ble ya Likolo.
25 Man did eat the bread of the mighty; He sent them provisions to the full.
Moko na moko aliaki mapa ya ba-anjelu. Atindelaki bango bilei ebele penza.
26 He caused the east wind to set forth in heaven; and by His power He brought on the south wind.
Wuta na likolo, atindikaki mosika mopepe ya Este; mpe na nguya na Ye, amemaki mopepe ya Sude.
27 He caused flesh also to rain upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as the sand of the seas;
Anokiselaki bango misuni lokola putulu, bandeke ebele lokola zelo ya ebale monene;
28 And He let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their dwellings.
akweyiselaki bango yango kati na molako na bango, zingazinga ya bandako na bango ya kapo.
29 So they did eat, and were well filled; and He gave them that which they craved.
Baliaki mpe batondaki makasi; Nzambe apesaki bango biloko oyo bazalaki na yango posa.
30 They were not estranged from their craving, their food was yet in their mouths,
Liboso ete posa na bango ekoka, wana bazalaki nanu na minoko etonda na bilei,
31 When the anger of God went up against them, and slew of the lustieth among them, and smote down the young men of Israel.
kanda ya Nzambe ekweyelaki bango, abomaki bato minene kati na bango, anyokolaki bilenge ya Isalaele.
32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not in His wondrous works.
Kasi atako bongo, bakobaki kaka kosala masumu, bandimaki kaka te bikamwa na Ye.
33 Therefore He ended their days as a breath, and their years in terror.
Boye, asukisaki mikolo ya bomoi na bango lokola mopepe, mpe mibu na bango ya mbotama kati na somo.
34 When He slew them, then they would inquire after Him, and turn back and seek God earnestly.
Tango nyonso Nzambe azalaki koboma bango, bazalaki koluka Ye; bazalaki komizongisa noki epai na Ye.
35 And they remembered that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their redeemer.
Bazalaki kozongisa na makanisi na bango ete Nzambe nde azali Libanga na bango, ete Nzambe-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo azali Mosikoli na bango.
36 But they beguiled Him with their mouth, and lied unto Him with their tongue.
Kasi bazalaki koloba lokuta, minoko na bango ezalaki kokosa Ye;
37 For their heart was not stedfast with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.
mitema na bango ezalaki sembo te na miso na Ye, mpe bazalaki kobuka Boyokani na Ye.
38 But He, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, and doth not stir up all His wrath.
Nzokande Ye, na mawa na Ye, azalaki kolimbisa mabe na bango na esika ya kobebisa bango; mbala mingi, azalaki kokanga motema na esika ya kopelisela bango kanda na Ye;
39 So He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
pamba te azalaki koyeba ete bazali kaka bato, bazali kaka lokola mopepe oyo ezali koleka mpe ekozonga lisusu te.
40 How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!
Mbala mingi, batombokelaki Ye kati na esobe mpe bayokisaki Ye mawa kati na bisika ya kokawuka;
41 And still again they tried God, and set bounds to the Holy One of Israel.
bazalaki kozongela komeka Nzambe, koyokisa Mosantu ya Isalaele mawa.
42 They remembered not His hand, nor the day when He redeemed them from the adversary.
Babosanaki makambo minene oyo asalaki na nguya na Ye, mokolo oyo akangolaki bango wuta na maboko ya monyokoli;
43 How He set His signs in Egypt, and His wonders in the field of Zoan;
babosanaki bikamwa oyo asalaki kati na Ejipito, misala minene oyo asalaki kati na etuka ya Tsoani.
44 And turned their rivers into blood, so that they could not drink their streams.
Abongolaki bibale na bango makila; boye, bakokaki lisusu te komela na mayi na bango.
45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Atindelaki bango banzinzi oyo eswaka, mpe eliaki bango; mpe magorodo oyo ebebisaki bango.
46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust.
Akabaki bambuma ya bilanga na bango epai ya mabanki, mpe mbuma ya mosala na bango epai ya mankoko.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.
Abebisaki bilanga na bango ya vino na nzela ya mvula ya mabanga, mpe banzete na bango ya sikomori na nzela ya mvula ya pembe;
48 He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.
akabaki bameme na bango epai ya mvula ya mabanga, mpe bibwele na bango epai ya kake.
49 He sent forth upon them the fierceness of His anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, a sending of messengers of evil.
Atindelaki bango kanda na Ye ya makasi lokola moto: kanda makasi, kotomboka, pasi mpe ba-anjelu oyo babebisaka.
50 He levelled a path for His anger; He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Apesaki na kanda na Ye nzela ya kopela, abatelaki bango te na kufa; kasi akabaki bango na bokono oyo ebomaka.
51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt, the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;
Abomaki bana mibali nyonso ya liboso kati na Ejipito, bambuma ya liboso ya makasi na bango na se ya bandako ya kapo ya Cham.
52 But He made His own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Abimisaki bato na Ye lokola etonga, amemaki bango kati na esobe lokola meme;
53 And He led them safely, and they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
atambolisaki bango na kimia penza, babangaki eloko te; mpe ebale monene emelaki banguna na bango.
54 And He brought them to His holy border, to the mountain, which His right hand had gotten.
Amemaki bango na mokili na Ye ya bule, na ngomba oyo loboko na Ye ya nguya ezwaki;
55 He drove out the nations also before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
abenganaki bikolo liboso na bango, apesaki bango etando lokola libula mpe avandisaki mabota ya Isalaele kati na bandako na bango ya kapo.
56 Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not His testimonies;
Kasi bamekaki Nzambe, batombokelaki Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo mpe babatelaki te malako na Ye;
57 But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers; they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
bapengwaki mpe babukaki mibeko ya boyokani, ndenge batata na bango basalaki; batengamaki lokola tolotolo oyo mbanzi na yango ekeyi na mopanzi;
58 For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.
bayokisaki Ye kanda na nzela ya bisambelo na bango ya likolo ya bangomba, mpe bapelisaki zuwa na Ye na nzela ya banzambe na bango ya bikeko.
59 God heard, and was wroth, and He greatly abhorred Israel;
Nzambe ayokaki mpe asilikaki makasi, abwakaki Isalaele mobimba;
60 And He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which He had made to dwell among men;
asundolaki Mongombo ya Silo, ndako ya kapo oyo atelemisaki kati na bato,
61 And delivered His strength into captivity, and His glory into the adversary's hand.
akabaki nguya na Ye na bowumbu, mpe lokumu na Ye na maboko ya monguna;
62 He gave His people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with His inheritance.
akabaki bato na Ye na mopanga, mpe asilikelaki libula na Ye.
63 Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins had no marriage-song.
Moto etumbaki bilenge mibali, mpe banzembo ya libala eyembamaki lisusu te mpo na lokumu ya bilenge basi.
64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Banganga-Nzambe bakufaki na mopanga, mpe basi oyo bakufisaki mibali balelaki te na banzembo ya matanga.
65 Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.
Nkolo alamukaki lokola moto oyo awuti na pongi, lokola moto oyo abimi na kwiti ya vino;
66 And He smote His adversaries backward; He put upon them a perpetual reproach.
azokisaki banguna na Ye na sima, wana bazalaki kokima, ayokisaki bango soni ya libela.
67 Moreover He abhorred the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim;
Asundolaki bandako ya kapo ya Jozefi mpe aboyaki kopona libota ya Efrayimi;
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which He loved.
kasi aponaki libota ya Yuda, ngomba Siona oyo alingaki;
69 And He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which He hath founded for ever.
atongaki Esika na Ye ya bule lokola bisika ya likolo makasi, lokola mabele oyo atia mpo na libela.
70 He chose David also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
Aponaki Davidi, mosali na Ye, mpe azwaki ye kati na lopango ya meme;
71 From following the ewes that give suck He brought him, to be shepherd over Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance.
abengaki ye wuta na sima ya meme oyo azalaki kobatela mpo na kokomisa Ye mobateli ya Jakobi, bato na Ye, mpe ya Isalaele, libula na Ye.
72 So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart; and lead them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Davidi abatelaki bango na motema ezanga pamela, mpe akambaki bango na maboko ya mayele.
