Psalms 78
1 My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.
Nzembo ya Azafi. Bino, bato na ngai, boyoka malako na ngai! Bopesa matoyi na maloba ya monoko na ngai!
2 I am going to give you some sayings that wise people have said. They will be sayings about things that happened long ago, things that were difficult to understand [MET],
Nakofungola monoko na ngai mpo na lisese, nakosakola makambo oyo ebombama wuta na tango ya kala.
3 things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents told us.
Makambo oyo toyoka, oyo toyebi, oyo batata na biso bayebisa biso.
4 We will tell these things to our children [LIT], and we will also tell to our grandchildren [about] Yahweh’s power and the glorious/great things that he has done.
Tokobombela yango bakitani na bango te, kasi tokoloba na bikeke oyo ekoya na sima nkembo ya masanzoli ya Yawe, nguya na Ye mpe bikamwa oyo asalaki.
5 He gave laws and commandments to the Israeli people, [those who are the descendants of] Jacob [DOU], and he told our ancestors to teach them to their children
Apesaki malako mpo na bolamu ya Jakobi, atiaki mibeko kati na Isalaele, apesaki mitindo epai ya batata na biso ete bateya yango epai ya bana mibali na bango,
6 in order that their children would [also] know them and then they would teach them to their children.
mpo ete bikeke oyo ekoya sima eyeba yango, ekeke ya bana oyo bakobotama. Tika ete batelema mpe bayebisa yango na bana na bango,
7 In that way, they also would trust in God, and not forget the things that he has done; instead, they would obey his commandments.
mpo ete batonga elikya na bango kati na Nzambe, babosana te misala ya Nzambe mpe babatela mibeko na Ye.
8 They would not be like their ancestors, who were very stubborn and kept rebelling [against God]; they did not continue firmly trusting in God, and they did not worship only him.
Boye, bakozala te lokola bakoko na bango, oyo bazalaki mito makasi mpe batomboki, oyo mitema na bango ezalaki sembo te na miso ya Nzambe, mpe milimo na bango ezangaki boyengebene epai na Ye.
9 [The soldiers of] the tribe of Ephraim had bows [and arrows] but they ran away [from their enemies] on the day that they fought a battle with their enemies.
Bato ya libota ya Efrayimi basimbaki batolotolo, kasi na mokolo ya etumba, bakimaki.
10 They did not do what they had agreed with God that they would do; they refused to obey his laws.
Babatelaki te Boyokani ya Nzambe mpe baboyaki kotosa mibeko na Ye;
11 They forgot what he had done; they forgot about the miracles that they had seen him perform.
babosanaki bikamwa na Ye mpe makambo minene oyo atalisaki bango.
12 While our ancestors were watching, God performed miracles in the area around Zoan [city] in Egypt.
Na miso ya bakoko na bango, asalaki bikamwa kati na Ejipito, na etuka ya Tsoani;
13 [Then] he caused the [Red] Sea to divide, causing the water [on each side] to pile up like a wall, with the result that [our ancestors] walked through it [on dry ground].
akabolaki ebale monene mpo na kolekisa bango, atelemisaki mayi lokola mir.
14 He led them by a [bright] cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.
Na moyi, azalaki kotambolisa bango na nzela ya lipata; mpe na butu, na nzela ya pole ya moto.
15 He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth.
Apasolaki mabanga kati na esobe mpe amelisaki bango mayi ebele, lokola mayi ya bibale;
16 He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].
abimisaki mayi wuta na libanga mpe asalaki ete etiola lokola mayi ya ebale.
17 But [our ancestors] continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god.
Kasi bakobaki kaka kosala masumu liboso na Ye, kotombokela Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo, kati na esobe.
18 By demanding that God give them the food that they desired, they tried to find out if he would always do what they requested him to do.
Bamekaki Nzambe na nko, na kosenga bilei kolanda posa na bango.
19 They insulted God by saying, “We don’t think he can supply food for us [here] in this desert!
Balobaki mabe na tina na Nzambe: « Boni, Ye Nzambe azali penza na makoki ya kopesa biso bilei kati na esobe?
20 [It is true that] he struck the rock, with the result that water gushed/flowed out, [but] (can he also provide bread and meat for [us], his people?/we doubt that he can also provide bread and meat for us, his people.)” [RHQ]
Solo, abetaki libanga, mayi ebimaki, mpe ebimaki penza ebele. Boni, akokoka lisusu kopesa biso mapa to misuni epai ya bato na Ye? »
21 So, when Yahweh heard that, he became very angry, and he sent a fire to burn up [some of] his Israeli [people]. [MTY, DOU]
Tango Yawe ayokaki bongo, asilikaki makasi; moto na Ye epelelaki Jakobi, mpe kanda makasi na Ye ekitelaki Isalaele,
22 [He did that] because they did not trust in him, and they did not believe that he would rescue them.
pamba te batiaki elikya na Nzambe te, bandimaki te ete akoki kokangola bango.
23 But God spoke to the sky above them; he commanded it to open [like] a door,
Nzokande, apesaki mitindo na mapata mpe afungolaki bikuke ya likolo,
24 and [then food] fell down like rain, [food which they named] ‘manna’; God gave them grain from (heaven/the sky).
anokiselaki bango mana lokola mvula mpo na kopesa bilei, apesaki bango ble ya Likolo.
25 [So] the people ate the food that angels eat, [and] God gave to them all the manna that they wanted.
Moko na moko aliaki mapa ya ba-anjelu. Atindelaki bango bilei ebele penza.
26 [Later], he caused the wind to blow from the east, and by his power he also sent wind from the south,
Wuta na likolo, atindikaki mosika mopepe ya Este; mpe na nguya na Ye, amemaki mopepe ya Sude.
27 and the wind brought birds which were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.
Anokiselaki bango misuni lokola putulu, bandeke ebele lokola zelo ya ebale monene;
28 God caused those birds to fall [dead] in the middle of (their camp)/the area where the people had put up their tents. [There were dead birds] all around their tents.
akweyiselaki bango yango kati na molako na bango, zingazinga ya bandako na bango ya kapo.
29 [So] the people [cooked the birds and] ate the meat and their stomachs were full, because God had given them what they wanted.
Baliaki mpe batondaki makasi; Nzambe apesaki bango biloko oyo bazalaki na yango posa.
30 But before they had eaten all that they wanted, and while they were still eating it,
Liboso ete posa na bango ekoka, wana bazalaki nanu na minoko etonda na bilei,
31 God was [still] very angry with them, and he caused their strongest men to die; he got rid of [many of] the finest [young] Israeli men.
kanda ya Nzambe ekweyelaki bango, abomaki bato minene kati na bango, anyokolaki bilenge ya Isalaele.
32 In spite of all that, the people continued to sin; in spite of all the miracles that God had performed, they still did not trust that he [would take care of them].
Kasi atako bongo, bakobaki kaka kosala masumu, bandimaki kaka te bikamwa na Ye.
33 So, he caused their lives to end as quickly as a puff of wind ends; they died when disasters suddenly struck them.
Boye, asukisaki mikolo ya bomoi na bango lokola mopepe, mpe mibu na bango ya mbotama kati na somo.
34 When God caused [some of] them to die, [the others] turned to God; they repented and earnestly asked God [to save them].
Tango nyonso Nzambe azalaki koboma bango, bazalaki koluka Ye; bazalaki komizongisa noki epai na Ye.
35 They remembered that God is [like] a huge rock ledge [under which they would be safe] [MET], and that he, who was greater than any other god, is the one who protected/rescued them.
Bazalaki kozongisa na makanisi na bango ete Nzambe nde azali Libanga na bango, ete Nzambe-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo azali Mosikoli na bango.
36 But they [tried to] deceive God by what they said [MTY]; their words [MTY] were [all] lies.
Kasi bazalaki koloba lokuta, minoko na bango ezalaki kokosa Ye;
37 They were not loyal to him; they disregarded/ignored the agreement that he had made with them.
mitema na bango ezalaki sembo te na miso na Ye, mpe bazalaki kobuka Boyokani na Ye.
38 But God was merciful to his people. He forgave them for having sinned and did not get rid of them. Many times he refrained from becoming angry [with them] and restrained from furiously/severely [punishing them] [MTY].
Nzokande Ye, na mawa na Ye, azalaki kolimbisa mabe na bango na esika ya kobebisa bango; mbala mingi, azalaki kokanga motema na esika ya kopelisela bango kanda na Ye;
39 He remembered/considered that they were only humans who die; they [disappear quickly] [SIM], like a wind that blows by and then is gone.
pamba te azalaki koyeba ete bazali kaka bato, bazali kaka lokola mopepe oyo ezali koleka mpe ekozonga lisusu te.
40 Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the desert and caused him to become very sad.
Mbala mingi, batombokelaki Ye kati na esobe mpe bayokisaki Ye mawa kati na bisika ya kokawuka;
41 Many times they did evil things, to find out [if they could do those things without God punishing them]. They frequently caused the holy God of Israel to become disgusted/sad.
bazalaki kozongela komeka Nzambe, koyokisa Mosantu ya Isalaele mawa.
42 They forgot about his [great] power, and they (forgot/did not think) about the time when he rescued them from their enemies.
Babosanaki makambo minene oyo asalaki na nguya na Ye, mokolo oyo akangolaki bango wuta na maboko ya monyokoli;
43 They forgot about when he performed many miracles in the area near Zoan [city] in Egypt.
babosanaki bikamwa oyo asalaki kati na Ejipito, misala minene oyo asalaki kati na etuka ya Tsoani.
44 He caused the [Nile] River (OR, their sources of water) to become [red like] blood, with the result that the people of Egypt had no water to drink.
Abongolaki bibale na bango makila; boye, bakokaki lisusu te komela na mayi na bango.
45 He sent among the people of Egypt swarms of flies that bit them, and he sent frogs that ate up everything.
Atindelaki bango banzinzi oyo eswaka, mpe eliaki bango; mpe magorodo oyo ebebisaki bango.
46 He sent locusts to eat their crops and the other things that grew in their fields.
Akabaki bambuma ya bilanga na bango epai ya mabanki, mpe mbuma ya mosala na bango epai ya mankoko.
47 He sent hail that destroyed the grapevines, and sent frost that ruined the figs.
Abebisaki bilanga na bango ya vino na nzela ya mvula ya mabanga, mpe banzete na bango ya sikomori na nzela ya mvula ya pembe;
48 He sent hail that killed their cattle and sent lightning that killed their sheep and cows.
akabaki bameme na bango epai ya mvula ya mabanga, mpe bibwele na bango epai ya kake.
49 Because God was fiercely angry with the people of Egypt, he caused them to be very distressed. The disasters that struck them were like a group of angels that destroyed [everything].
Atindelaki bango kanda na Ye ya makasi lokola moto: kanda makasi, kotomboka, pasi mpe ba-anjelu oyo babebisaka.
50 He did not lessen his being angry [with them], and he did not (spare their lives/prevent them from dying); he sent a (plague/serious illness) that killed [many of] them.
Apesaki na kanda na Ye nzela ya kopela, abatelaki bango te na kufa; kasi akabaki bango na bokono oyo ebomaka.
51 He also caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die.
Abomaki bana mibali nyonso ya liboso kati na Ejipito, bambuma ya liboso ya makasi na bango na se ya bandako ya kapo ya Cham.
52 Then he led his people out [of Egypt] like [a shepherd leads] his sheep [SIM], and he guided them [while they walked] through the desert.
Abimisaki bato na Ye lokola etonga, amemaki bango kati na esobe lokola meme;
53 He led them safely, and they were not afraid, but their enemies were drowned in the sea.
atambolisaki bango na kimia penza, babangaki eloko te; mpe ebale monene emelaki banguna na bango.
54 [Later] he brought them to [Canaan], his sacred land, to [Zion] Hill (OR, the hilly area) and by his power [MTY] he enabled them to conquer [the people who were living there].
Amemaki bango na mokili na Ye ya bule, na ngomba oyo loboko na Ye ya nguya ezwaki;
55 He expelled the people-groups while his people were advancing; he allotted part of the land for [each tribe] to possess, and he gave to the Israeli people the houses of those people who had been expelled.
abenganaki bikolo liboso na bango, apesaki bango etando lokola libula mpe avandisaki mabota ya Isalaele kati na bandako na bango ya kapo.
56 However, the Israeli people rebelled against God, who is greater than any other god, and they did many evil things to see if they could do those things without God punishing them, and they did not obey his commandments.
Kasi bamekaki Nzambe, batombokelaki Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo mpe babatelaki te malako na Ye;
57 Instead, like their ancestors did, they rebelled against God and (were not loyal to/did not faithfully [obey]) him; they were as [unreliable as] a crooked arrow [that does not go straight] [SIM].
bapengwaki mpe babukaki mibeko ya boyokani, ndenge batata na bango basalaki; batengamaki lokola tolotolo oyo mbanzi na yango ekeyi na mopanzi;
58 Because they [worshiped] carved images of their gods on the tops of hills, they caused God to become angry [DOU].
bayokisaki Ye kanda na nzela ya bisambelo na bango ya likolo ya bangomba, mpe bapelisaki zuwa na Ye na nzela ya banzambe na bango ya bikeko.
59 He saw what they were doing and became very angry, so he rejected the Israeli people.
Nzambe ayokaki mpe asilikaki makasi, abwakaki Isalaele mobimba;
60 He no longer appeared to them at Shiloh in the tent where he had lived among them.
asundolaki Mongombo ya Silo, ndako ya kapo oyo atelemisaki kati na bato,
61 He allowed their enemies to capture [the sacred chest], [which was the symbol of] his power and his glory.
akabaki nguya na Ye na bowumbu, mpe lokumu na Ye na maboko ya monguna;
62 Because he was angry with his people, he allowed them to be killed [MTY] [by their enemies].
akabaki bato na Ye na mopanga, mpe asilikelaki libula na Ye.
63 Young men were killed in battles, with the result that the young women had no one to marry.
Moto etumbaki bilenge mibali, mpe banzembo ya libala eyembamaki lisusu te mpo na lokumu ya bilenge basi.
64 [Many] priests were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and (the people did not allow the priests’ widows/the priests’ widows were not allowed) to mourn.
Banganga-Nzambe bakufaki na mopanga, mpe basi oyo bakufisaki mibali balelaki te na banzembo ya matanga.
65 Later, [it was as though] the Lord awoke from sleeping; he was like a strong man who (became stimulated/felt that he was strong) by (OR, became sober after) [drinking] a lot of wine [SIM].
Nkolo alamukaki lokola moto oyo awuti na pongi, lokola moto oyo abimi na kwiti ya vino;
66 He pushed their enemies back and caused them to be [very] ashamed for a long time [HYP] [because they had been defeated].
azokisaki banguna na Ye na sima, wana bazalaki kokima, ayokisaki bango soni ya libela.
67 [But] he did not set up his tent where [the people of] the tribe of Ephraim lived; he did not choose their area [to do that].
Asundolaki bandako ya kapo ya Jozefi mpe aboyaki kopona libota ya Efrayimi;
68 Instead he chose [the area where] the tribe of Judah [lived]; he chose Zion Hill, which he loves.
kasi aponaki libota ya Yuda, ngomba Siona oyo alingaki;
69 He [decided to have] his temple built [there], high up, like [his home in] heaven; he caused it to be firm, [and intended that] his temple would last forever, like the earth.
atongaki Esika na Ye ya bule lokola bisika ya likolo makasi, lokola mabele oyo atia mpo na libela.
70 He chose David, who served him [faithfully], and took him from the pastures
Aponaki Davidi, mosali na Ye, mpe azwaki ye kati na lopango ya meme;
71 where he was taking care of his [father’s] sheep, and appointed him to be the leader [MET] of the Israeli people, the people who belong to God.
abengaki ye wuta na sima ya meme oyo azalaki kobatela mpo na kokomisa Ye mobateli ya Jakobi, bato na Ye, mpe ya Isalaele, libula na Ye.
72 David took care of the Israeli people sincerely and wholeheartedly, and guided them skillfully/wisely.
Davidi abatelaki bango na motema ezanga pamela, mpe akambaki bango na maboko ya mayele.
