Psalms 78
1 Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Nkunga Asafi. A batu bama, wanu malongi mama! Dimbanu mambu ma munu ama.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old:
Ndiela zibula munu ama mu tuba zingana ayi ndiela samuna mambu ma suama, mambu makhulu;
3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
momo tuwa ayi momo tuzaba ayi momo bakulu beto batukamba;
4 We will not hide them 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.
Tulendi masuekila ko bana bawu; tuela samuna kuidi tsungi yinkuiza mavanga ma Yave mafueti zitusu, lulendo luandi ayi matsiminanga momo kavanga.
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:
Wuvana zithumunu mu diambu di Yakobi. Wukubika Mina mu Iseli, ayi wutumina bakulu beto muingi bamilonga kuidi bana bawu;
6 That the generation to come might know [them], even the children which should be born; who should arise and tell [them] to their children:
buna tsungi yinkuiza, yela zaba mawu buela bana bobo babutuki ko ayi bawu mamvawu mu thangu awu bela yolukila bana bawu;
7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
buna bela tula diana diawu mu Nzambi, ayi balendi zimbakana mavanga mandi ko, vayi bela keba zithumunu ziandi;
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.
Balendi ba banga bakulu bawu ko; tsungi yikambulu bulemvo, ayi tsungi yi matingu; bobo mintima misia ba mifuana ko kuidi Nzambi bobo pheve yisia yikuikama kuidi Nzambi ko.
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Batu ba Efalayimi bobo baba ayi mimbasa, bavutuka ku mbusa mu lumbu ki mvita.
10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Basi keba ko Nguizani yi Nzambi, ayi bamanga zingila boso buididi Mina miandi.
11 And they forgat his doings, and his wondrous works that he had shewed them.
Bazimbakana momo kavanga; matsiminanga momo kabamonisa.
12 Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Wuvanga bikumu va ntuala bakulu bawu mu tsi yi Ezipite; mu zunga ki Tsowani.
13 He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
Wuvasa mbu ayi wuba viokila muawu; wutelimisa nlangu dio ngui banga baka.
14 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
Wuba diatisa mu dituti va muini, ayi mu kiezila ki mbazu va builu bu mvimba.
15 He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
Wubasa matadi mu dikanga, ayi wuba vana nlangu wuwombo banga mbu;
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Wutotula mimvuila minlangu mu ditadi ayi wukumbisa minlangu banga minlangu minneni.
17 Yet went they on still to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
Vayi babuela tatamana sumuka diaka va ntualꞌandi; batinguna Nzambi Yizangama mu dikanga.
18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Batota Nzambi mu luzolo lungolo, mu lombanga mu kingolo bidia biobi batomba.
19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
Batubidila Nzambi batuba: “Nzambi beki kuandi bu kubikila meza mu dikanga e?
20 Behold, he smote the rock, that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; can he give bread also? will he provide flesh for his people?
Bu kabula ditadi dingolo, mbadi nlangu wutotuka ayi mimvuila mikumba mu buwombo vayi buna wulendi kuandi kutuvana bidia e? Wulendi kuandi kubika zimbizi mu diambu di batu bandi e?”
21 Therefore the LORD heard, and was wroth: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel;
Yave bu kaba wa, wufuema ngolo, mbazu andi yilema mu diambu di Yakobi ayi miangu miandi mibuila Iseli.
22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation.
Bila basia wilukila Nzambi ko, voti basia tula diana diawu mu khudulu andi ko.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;
Muaki wuvana lutumunu kuidi matuti ma yilu ayi wuzibula mielo mi diyilu;
24 And he rained down manna upon them to eat, and gave them of the corn of heaven.
Wunokisa mana mu diambu di batu muingi badia; wuba vana zitheti zi diyilu.
25 Man did eat the bread of the mighty: he sent them meat to the full.
Batu badia dipha di zimbasi; wuba fidisila bidia bioso biobi balenda dia.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he guided the south wind.
Wuvevumuna phemo yi Esite mu diyilu. Wudiata ku ntuala phemo yi Sude mu lulendo luandi.
27 He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as the sand of the seas:
Wuba nokisila zimbizi banga mbungi-mbungi; zinuni zieti dumuka banga nzielo yi mbu.
28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
Wuba buisila biawu va khatitsika ka kiawu; muyenda zinzo ziawu zioso zingoto.
29 So they did eat, and were well filled; and he gave them that they lusted after.
Badia nate bayukuta kuwombo; ayi wuba vana biobi baleba mu kingolo.
30 They were not estranged from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,
Tuamina batamba bidia biobi baleba mu kingolo mbusa, buela bikidi mu miunu miawu.
31 When the anger of God went up against them, and slew of the fattest of them, and smote down the young men of Israel.
Nganzi yi Nzambi yi babuila; wuvonda bobo baluta ba zinitu zingolo mu bawu; wuvonda bana ba matoko ma Iseli.
32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not in his wondrous works.
Ka diambu ko mambu moso momo, batatamana vola masumu ka diambu ko matsiminanga mandi, basia wilukila ko.
33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in terror.
Buna wumanisa bilumbu biawu mu phamba ayi mimvu miawu mu tsisi.
34 When he slew them, then they inquired after him: and they returned and sought God early.
Kadika khumbu kaba kuba vondanga, tombanga baba kuntombanga, balukanga nsualu-nsualu diaka kuidi niandi.
35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their redeemer.
Batebuka moyo ti Nzambi niandi wuba dibanga diawu ayi Nzambi Yizangama niandi nkudi awu.
36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue.
Vayi buna bankamba mambu ma lueki mu miunu miawu bamvuna mu ludimi luawu.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Mintima miawu misia ba mifuana kuidi niandi ko basia ba bakuikama ko mu Nguizani andi.
38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Vayi niandi wuba nkua kiadi wuba lemvukila mambimbi mawu kasia babunga ko thangu ka thangu wudekula nganzi andi ayi kasia totula ko miangu miandi mioso.
39 And he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Wutebuka moyo ti baba minsuni kaka; phemo yeti vioka yoyi yilendi vutuka ko. Ayi wulendi buela vutuka ko.
40 How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Zikhumbu ziwombo bantingunina mu dikanga, ayi bansoka mu bibuangu bikambulu batu.
41 And they turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Khumbu ka khumbu baba vutukilanga diaka tota Nzambi; bafuemisa mutu wunlongo wu Iseli kiadi.
42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary.
Basia tebukila ko moyo lulendo luandi mu lumbu kioki kaba kula mu mioko mi mutu wuba yamisa;
43 How he set his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan;
mu lumbu kamonisa bidimbu bi bikumu biandi mu Ezipite, mambu mandi matsiminanga mu ndambu tsi yi Tsowani
44 And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink.
wukitula minlangu miawu menga; basia buela baka bumina mu mimvuila mi minlangu miawu.
45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Wufidisa nkangu zinzinzi ziozi zibadia ayi zinguanga ziozi zi babunga.
46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
Wavana mimbutu miawu mu zitsola kuidi binzienzi biobi basala kuidi makhoko.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
Wumana bunga zindima ziawu zi vinu mu mvula yi matadi ayi minti miawu mi sikomole mu kiozi ki ngolo,
48 He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
wuyekula bibulu biawu kuidi mvula yi matadi ayi minkangu mi mamemi mawu kuidi lusiemo.
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, a band of angels of evil.
Wuba fidisila nganzi andi yi mbazu, miangu miandi mi ngolo khakumusu, kimbeni weti bunga
50 He made a path for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Wukubika nsolo mu diambu di nganzi andi kasia kuba tanina ko mu lufua; vayi wuba yekula mu minsongo;
51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham:
Wuvonda bana boso batheti bababakala ba Ezipiti mimbutu mitheti mi zingolo mu zinzo zi ngoto zi Hami.
52 But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Vayi wutotula batu bandi banga mamemi; wuba tuadisa banga nkangu wu bibulu mu dikanga.
53 And he led them safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Wuba diatisila mu luvovomo; diawu basia mona tsisi ko ayi mbu wumina bambeni ziawu.
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
Buna wuba kotisa mu yenda tsi andi yinlongo; ku tsi yi mongo wowo koko kuandi ku lubakala kukibakila.
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.
Wukuka makanda ku ntualꞌawu; ayi wuba kabudila mintoto miawu banga kiuka wuvuandisa makanda ma Iseli mu zinzo ziawu.
56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and kept not his testimonies;
Vayi batota Nzambi ayi batinguna Nzambi Yizangama; basia keba zinzengolo ziandi ko.
57 But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Banga madisa mawu basia ba bafuana ko ayi basia ba minu ko balendi tudulu diana ko banga wuvenga.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Bamfuemisa mu bibuangu biawu bizangama balemisa kiphala kiandi mu bitumba biawu
59 When God heard [this], he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Nzambi bu kawa, buna wufuema ngolo wutumbu loza mvimba Iseli.
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
Wuyekula, nzo ngoto mbuabununu yi Silo; nzo yoyo mu kakivuandisa;
61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the adversary’s hand.
Wufidisa kesi yi lulendo luandi mu buvika, ayi kiezila kiandi mu mioko mi mbeni.
62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
Wuyekula batu bandi mu sabala, wufuemina ngolo kiuka kiandi.
63 Fire devoured their young men; and their maidens had no marriage-song.
Mbazu yi zinisa bamatoko mawu, ayi bandumba ziawu ziozi zisia zaba babakala ko zisia baka ko minkunga mi makuela ko.
64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Zinganga ziawu zinzambi zimana fuila mu sabala ayi mafuola mawu masia baka bu didila ko.
65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
Buna Yave wukotuka banga mutu wuba wuleka, banga mutu kotukidi mu diambu di vinu kakololo.
66 And he smote his adversaries backward: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Wuvutula bambeni bandi ku manima; wuzifuisa zitsoni ka zisukanga ko.
67 Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim;
Buna wuloza zinzo zi ngoto zi Zozefi, kasia sobula ko dikanda di Efalayimi;
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Vayi wusobula dikanda di Yuda, mongo wu Sioni, wowo kazola.
69 And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Wutunga buangu kiandi kinlongo banga bibuangu bizangama, banga ntoto wowo kakubika mu zithangu zioso zi kazimani.
70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Wusobula Davidi kisadi kiandi ayi wumbonga mu ziphangu zi mamemi,
71 From following the ewes that give suck he brought him, to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Wumbongila vana vaba mamemi momo kaba sunga mu diambu di kaba nsungi wu batu bandi Yakobi, wu Iseli kiuka kiandi.
72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Buna Davidi wuba nsungi awu mu ntima wufuana ayi wuba diatisila mu koko ku diela.
