Psalms 3
1 A PSALM OF DAVID, IN HIS FLEEING FROM THE FACE OF HIS SON ABSALOM. YHWH, how my distresses have multiplied! Many are rising up against me.
Nzembo ya Davidi. Ayembaki yango tango azalaki kokima Abisalomi, mwana na ye. Oh Yawe, banguna na ngai bazali motango boni! Banguna boni oyo bazali kobundisa ngai!
2 Many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” (Selah)
Ebele bazali koloba na tina na ngai: « Nzambe akobikisa ye te! »
3 And You, O YHWH, [are] a shield for me, My glory, and lifter up of my head.
Nzokande Yo, Yawe, ozali nguba mpe nkembo na ngai, Yo nde omatisaka lokumu na ngai.
4 My voice [is] to YHWH: I call and He answers me from His holy hill, (Selah)
Nabelelaka Yawe, mpe ayanolaka ngai wuta na ngomba na Ye ya bule.
5 I have lain down, and I sleep, I have awoken, for YHWH sustains me.
Nalalaka mpe nazwaka pongi; nalamukaka lisusu, pamba te Yawe azali makasi na ngai.
6 I am not afraid of myriads of people, That they have set against me all around.
Nakobanga te atako ebele ya bankoto bazingeli ngai na bangambo nyonso.
7 Rise, O YHWH! Save me, my God! For You have struck all my enemies [on] the cheek. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
Yawe, telema! Nzambe na ngai, kangola ngai! Beta banguna na ngai nyonso bambata, buka bato mabe minu.
8 This salvation [is] of YHWH; Your blessing [is] on Your people! (Selah)
Kokangolama na ngai ewutaka na Yawe. Tika ete lipamboli na Yo ewumela kati na bato na Yo.
