Psalms 104
1 [I tell] myself that I should praise Yahweh. Yahweh, my God, you are very great! Like a king has on his royal robes [MET], you have honor and majesty/greatness all around you!
Eh molimo na ngai, pambola Yawe! Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, ozali monene! Olata kongenga mpe lokumu,
2 You [created/caused] light to be like your robe [MET]. You spread out the sky like [a man sets up] a tent.
omifinika moyi lokola kazaka, otanda likolo lokola ndako ya kapo.
3 You made/put your home [in heaven], above the rain clouds in the sky, [like a man puts the] rafters of his house in place [MET]. You made/caused the clouds to be like chariots [to carry you].
Opika makonzi na yango na mayi ya likolo, okomisaka mapata shar na Yo, otambolaka na mapapu ya mopepe.
4 You caused the winds to be [like] your messengers [MET], and flames of fire to be [like] your servants.
Okomisaka bantoma na Yo mipepe, mpe basali na Yo, ndemo ya moto.
5 You placed the world firmly on its foundation so that it can never be moved/shaken.
Otia mokili na likolo ya miboko na yango mpo ete eningana te seko na seko.
6 [Later], you covered the earth with a flood, like a blanket, with the water that covered the mountains.
Ozipa yango na mayi monene lokola elamba; mayi ezalaki kovanda na likolo ya bangomba.
7 [But] when you rebuked the water, the oceans receded; your voice spoke like thunder, and then the waters rushed away.
Kasi na pamela na Yo, mayi ekimaki; na lokito ya kake na Yo, mayi etiolaki,
8 Mountains rose up [from the water], and the valleys sank down to the levels that you had determined for them.
emataki na likolo ya bangomba, ekitaki na mabwaku, na bisika oyo obongisaki mpo na yango.
9 [Then] you set a boundary for the oceans, a boundary that they cannot cross; their water will never again cover the [whole] earth.
Otiaki mondelo oyo ekoki koleka te; ekozonga lisusu te kozipa mokili.
10 You make/cause springs to pour [water] into ravines; their [water] flows down between the mountains.
Obimisaka mayi ya bitima mpo na kosopa yango na mayi minene oyo elekaka na kati-kati ya bangomba;
11 Those [streams] provide water for all the animals [to drink]; the wild donkeys [drink the water and] are no longer thirsty.
ekomaka mayi ya komela mpo na banyama nyonso ya bilanga mpe mpo na ba-ane ya zamba.
12 Birds make their nests alongside [the streams], and they sing among the branches [of the trees].
Bandeke ya likolo evandaka pembeni ya mayi yango mpe eyembaka kati na makasa.
13 From (your home in heaven/the sky) you send rain down on the mountains, and you fill the earth with many good things that you create.
Wuta na bandako na Yo ya likolo, onokisaka mvula na likolo ya bangomba; mokili etondi na mbuma ya misala na Yo.
14 You make/cause grass to grow for the cattle [to eat], and you make/cause plants to grow for people. In that way [animals and people] get their food from [what grows in] the soil.
Matiti ebotaka mpo na bibwele, mpe milona ya bato ekolaka mpo ete mabele ebotela bango bilei,
15 We get [grapes to make] [MTY] wine to [drink and] make us cheerful, and we get [olives to make] [MTY] olive oil to [put on our] skin and cause it to shine, and we get [grain to make] [MTY] bread to give us strength.
vino mpo na kosepelisa mitema na bango, mafuta mpo na kongengisa bilongi na bango, mpe mapa mpo na kolendisa mitema na bango.
16 Yahweh, you [send plenty of rain to] water your trees, the cedar [trees] that you planted in Lebanon.
Banzete ya Yawe etondi na mayi; ndenge wana nde ezali, banzete ya sedele ya Libani, oyo Yawe alona.
17 Birds make their nests in those [trees]; even storks make their nests in pine/fir trees.
Bandeke esalaka bazala na yango kuna, mpe nkoko evandaka na banzete ya sipele.
18 High up in the mountains the wild goats live, and hyraxes/badgers live in the crags/crevices in the rocks.
Bangomba milayi ezali ekimelo mpo na bantaba ya zamba, mpe madusu ya mabanga ezali bibombamelo mpo na bampanya ya zamba.
19 [Yahweh], you made the moon to indicate the times for our festivals, and you made the sun that knows when to go down.
Osala sanza mpo na koyeba mikolo ya bafeti. Moyi eyebi tango na yango ya kolala.
20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the animals in the forest prowl around, [looking for food].
Otindaka molili, mpe butu ekomaka. Bongo banyama nyonso ya zamba ekomaka kotambola-tambola.
21 At night the young lions roar as they seek their prey, [but] they depend on you to give them food.
Bana ya nkosi egangaka sima na nyama mpe esengaka bilei epai ya Nzambe.
22 At dawn, they go back to their dens and lie down.
Soki moyi ebimi, nkosi elongwaka, ezongaka mpo na kolala na bisika na yango;
23 And during the daytime, people go to their work; they work until it is evening.
kasi moto abimaka mpo na kokende na mosala na ye mpe asalaka kino na pokwa.
24 Yahweh, you have made so many different kinds of things! You were [very] wise as you made them all. The earth is full of the creatures that you [made].
Oh Yawe, misala na Yo ezali ebele! Osalaki nyonso na bwanya; mokili etondi na biloko oyo okela.
25 [We see] the ocean which is very large [DOU]! It is full of many kinds of living creatures, big ones and little ones.
Tala ndenge ebale monene ezali molayi mpe epanzana, etonda na banyama oyo tokoki kotanga te, kobanda na oyo eleki mike kino na oyo eleki minene.
26 We see the ships which sail along! We see the huge sea monster, which you made to (splash around/play) in the sea.
Kuna, bamasuwa ekendeke mpe ezongaka; bongo Leviatani oyo osala mpo ete esakanaka kuna.
27 All of those creatures depend on you to give them the food that they need.
Nyonso etalelaka Yo mpo ete opesa yango bilei na tango oyo ekoki.
28 When you give them the food that they need, they gather it. You give them what you have in your hand, and they [eat it and] are satisfied.
Opesaka bilei, mpe ezwaka yango; ofungolelaka yango loboko na Yo, mpe etondaka na biloko.
29 [But] if you refuse to give food to them, they become terrified. And when you cause them to stop breathing, they die; their bodies [decay and] become soil again.
Tango obombaka elongi na Yo, somo ekangaka yango; tango olongolaka yango pema, ekufaka mpe ezongaka na putulu;
30 When you cause newborn creatures to begin to breathe, they start to live; you give new life to all the living creatures on the earth.
tango otindaka pema Yo, ezwaka bomoi; mpe okomisaka mokili sika.
31 I want the glory of Yahweh to last forever. I want him to rejoice about [all] the things that he has created.
Tika ete nkembo ya Yawe ewumela libela na libela! Tika ete Yawe asepela na misala na Ye!
32 He causes the earth to shake [just] by looking at it! By [merely] touching the mountains he makes/causes them to pour out fire and smoke!
Soki atali mokili, mokili elengaka; soki asimbi bangomba, ebimisaka milinga.
33 I will sing to Yahweh (as long as I live/throughout my entire life). I will praise my God until the day that I die.
Nakoyembela Yawe bomoi na ngai mobimba; nakoyembela Nzambe na ngai tango nyonso nazali na bomoi.
34 I want Yahweh to be pleased by all those things that I have thought [about him], because I rejoice about [knowing] him.
Tika ete maloba na ngai esepelisa Ye! Tika ete Yawe azala esengo na ngai!
35 [But] I desire that sinners will disappear from the earth, so that there will be no more wicked [people]! [But as for] me, I will praise Yahweh! (Praise him/Hallelujah)!
Tika ete bato ya masumu basila na mokili, mpe bato mabe bazala lisusu te! Oh molimo na ngai, pambola Yawe! Aleluya, bokumisa Yawe!
