Psalms 16
1 God, protect me because I go to you to keep me safe!
Nzembo ya Davidi. Nzambe, batela ngai, pamba te nabombami kati na Yo.
2 I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; all the good things that I have come from you.”
Nalobaka na Yawe: « Ozali Nkolo na ngai, Yo moko kaka nde ozali bolamu na ngai. »
3 Your people who live in this land are wonderful; I delight to be with them.
Natatolaka na tina na basantu oyo bazali kati na mboka ete bazali penza bato minene oyo nasepelaka na bango makasi.
4 Those who choose to worship other gods will have many things that cause them to be sad. I will not join them when they make sacrifices [to their gods]; I will not even join them when they speak [MTY] the names of their gods.
Bato oyo bapotaka mbangu mpo na koluka bolamu epai ya banzambe mosusu bakomona pasi mingi. Nakosopa te mbeka na bango ya makila epai ya banzambe ya lolenge wana mpe nakotanga bakombo na yango te na bibebu na ngai.
5 Yahweh, you are the one whom I have chosen, and you give me great blessings. You protect me and control what happens to me.
Yawe, Yo moko kaka nde ozali libula mpe bomoi na ngai; ozali ndanga ya bozwi na ngai.
6 Yahweh has given me a wonderful place in which to live; I am delighted with all the things that he has given me [MET].
Nazwi etando ya motuya makasi, ezali libula ya kitoko penza mpo na ngai!
7 I will praise Yahweh, the one who teaches/disciplines me; even at night [he] you put in my mind what is right for me to do.
Nakopambola Yawe oyo apesaka ngai toli mpe, ezala na butu, angengisaka makanisi na ngai.
8 I know that Yahweh is always with me. He is beside me; so nothing will (perturb me/cause me to be worried).
Natalelaka Yawe tango nyonso, pamba te azali pene na ngai mpo ete naningana te.
9 Therefore I am glad and I [MTY, DOU] rejoice; I can rest securely
Yango wana motema na ngai etondi na esengo, molimo na ngai ezali kosepela, nzoto na ngai mpe ekopema na kimia.
10 because you, Yahweh, will not allow my soul/spirit to remain in the place where the dead people are; you will not allow me, your godly one, to stay there. (Sheol h7585)
Oh Yawe, okosundola ngai te kati na mboka ya bakufi, okotika mpe te ete mosantu na Yo apola. (Sheol h7585)
11 You will show me the road that leads to [receiving eternal] life, and you will make me joyful when I am with you. I will have pleasure forever when I am (at your right hand/seated next to you).
Okolakisa ngai nzela ya bomoi; okotondisa ngai na esengo kati na bozalisami na Yo, elongo na bilengi ya suka te na ngambo ya loboko na Yo ya mobali.
