Psalms 38
1 melody to/for David to/for to remember LORD not in/on/with wrath your to rebuke me and in/on/with rage your to discipline me
Nzembo ya Davidi mpo na kokanisa. Yawe, kopamela ngai te kati na kanda na Yo to kopesa ngai etumbu te kati na kanda makasi na Yo.
2 for arrow your to descend in/on/with me and to descend upon me hand your
Pamba te makonga na Yo etoboli ngai, mpe loboko na Yo ebeti ngai.
3 nothing soundness in/on/with flesh my from face: because indignation your nothing peace: well-being in/on/with bone my from face: because sin my
Mpo na kanda na Yo, nzoto na ngai ebeli; mpo na masumu na ngai, mikuwa na ngai elembi.
4 for iniquity: crime my to pass head my like/as burden heavy to honor: heavy from me
Mabe na ngai eleki moto na ngai, ezali kilo makasi epai na ngai lokola mokumba ya kilo makasi.
5 to stink to rot wound my from face: because folly my
Bapota na ngai epoli mpe ekomi kolumba solo mpo na bozoba na ngai.
6 to twist to bow till much all [the] day be dark to go: went
Nagumbami, nalembi makasi; nakomi moto ya mawa mpo na libela.
7 for loin my to fill to roast and nothing soundness in/on/with flesh my
Pamba te nazali koyoka pasi makasi na mokongo na ngai, eteni ata moko te ya nzoto na ngai ezali malamu.
8 be numb and to crush till much to roar from groaning heart my
Nalembi, makasi na ngai nyonso esili; mobulu ekoti na motema na ngai, nakomi koganga na kolemba te.
9 Lord before you all desire my and sighing my from you not to hide
Nkolo, oyebi posa na ngai nyonso; kolela na ngai ezali ya kobombama te na miso na Yo.
10 heart my to trade to leave: forsake me strength my and light eye my also they(masc.) nothing with me
Motema na ngai ezangi kimia, makasi na ngai ekomi kosila, nabungisi ata pole ya miso na ngai.
11 to love: friend me and neighbor my from before plague my to stand: stand and near my from distant to stand: stand
Bato oyo balingaka ngai mpe baninga na ngai bakimi pasi na ngai, ba-oyo bazalaka na ngai esika moko batelemi mosika na ngai.
12 and to snare to seek soul: life my and to seek distress: harm my to speak: speak desire and deceit all [the] day to mutter
Bato oyo balukaka kufa na ngai bazali kotia mitambo, ba-oyo balukaka pasi na ngai bazali koloba mpo na kosala ngai mabe, bakomi mikolo nyonso kobongisa lokuta.
13 and I like/as deaf not to hear: hear and like/as mute not to open lip his
Kasi ngai nazali kosala lokola mokufi matoyi; mpe lokola baba, nakangi monoko, naboyi koloba.
14 and to be like/as man which not to hear: hear and nothing in/on/with lip his argument
Nakomi lokola mokufi matoyi oyo akoki kopesa eyano ata moko te na monoko na ye.
15 for to/for you LORD to wait: wait you(m. s.) to answer Lord God my
Yawe, natiaka elikya na ngai kati na Yo; oh Nkolo, Nzambe na ngai, solo, okoyanola.
16 for to say lest to rejoice to/for me in/on/with to shake foot my upon me to magnify
Nalobaki: « Kopesa nzela te ete basepela na tina na ngai to bamitombola likolo na ngai soki nabeti libaku. »
17 for I to/for stumbling to establish: prepare and pain my before me continually
Pamba te nakomi pene ya kokweya, pasi na ngai ezali kaka elongo na ngai tango nyonso.
18 for iniquity: crime my to tell be anxious from sin my
Solo nandimi mabe na ngai, masumu na ngai ezali kotungisa molimo na ngai.
19 and enemy my alive be vast and to multiply to hate me deception
Banguna na ngai bazali makasi mpe bingambe, bato oyo bayinaka ngai kaka pamba bazali ebele.
20 and to complete distress: evil underneath: instead welfare to oppose me underneath: because of (to pursue I *Q(k)*) pleasant
Bato oyo bazongisaka mabe na bolamu bazali kofunda ngai atako nalukaka kosala bolamu.
21 not to leave: forsake me LORD God my not to remove from me
Yawe, kosundola ngai te; Nzambe na ngai, kozala mpe mosika na ngai te.
22 to hasten [emph?] to/for help my Lord deliverance: salvation my
Nkolo, Mobikisi na ngai, yaka noki kosunga ngai.
