Psalms 10
1 Why, Yahweh, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
Yawe, mpo na nini otelemi mosika? Mpo na nini obombami na tango ya pasi?
2 Because of their arrogance, wicked people chase the oppressed; but please let the wicked be trapped by their own schemes that they have devised.
Na lolendo na ye, moto mabe oyo akangami na mabongisi na ye anyokolaka mobola.
3 For the wicked person boasts of his deepest desires; he blesses the greedy and insults Yahweh.
Pamba te moto mabe amikumisaka na tina na posa makasi ya motema na ye, apambolaka moto oyo azali na lokoso mpe afingaka Yawe.
4 The wicked man has a raised face; he does not seek God. He never thinks about God because he does not care at all about him.
Na lolendo na ye, moto mabe alobaka: « Nzambe azalaka te. » Kati na makanisi na ye nyonso, ezali na esika te mpo na Nzambe.
5 He is secure at all times, but your righteous decrees are too high for him; he snorts at all his enemies.
Misala na ye ekendeke liboso tango nyonso, asalaka keba te na mikano na Yo, Yawe; atiolaka banguna na ye nyonso.
6 He says in his heart,” I will never fail; throughout all generations I will not meet adversity.”
Amilobelaka: « Eloko moko te ekotikala kolengisa ngai. » Alapaka ndayi boye: « Moko te akotikala kosala ngai mabe. »
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.
Monoko na ye etonda na bilakeli mabe, lokuta mpe mangungu; abongisaka kaka pasi mpe mabe.
8 He waits in ambush near the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes look for some helpless victim.
Abombamaka pene ya bamboka. Wuta na bisika oyo abombamaka, abomaka moto oyo asali mabe te. Miso na ye ezelaka na kobombama bato ya koboma.
9 He lurks in secret like a lion in the thicket; he lies in wait to catch the oppressed. He catches the oppressed when he pulls in his net.
Abombamaka lokola nkosi kati na evandelo na yango, abombamaka mpo na kokanga moto oyo azangi nguya; akangaka moto oyo azangi nguya na kotindika ye pembeni ya motambo.
10 His victims are crushed and beaten down; they fall into his strong nets.
Agumbaka ye mpe avandisaka ye na mabele, mpe akweyaka na se ya bokonzi na ye.
11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten; he covers his face; he will not bother to look.”
Amilobelaka: « Nzambe akotikala koyeba te, abombaka elongi na Ye mpe akotikala komona te. »
12 Arise, Yahweh! Lift up your hand, God! Do not forget the oppressed.
Oh Yawe, telema. Nzambe, sembola loboko na Yo, kanisa babola.
13 Why does the wicked man reject God and say in his heart, “You will not hold me accountable”?
Mpo na nini moto mabe afinga Nzambe? Mpo na nini amilobela: « Nzambe akopesa ngai etumbu te? »
14 You have taken notice, for you always see the one who inflicts the misery and sorrow. The helpless entrusts himself to you; you rescue the fatherless.
Pamba te, Yo Nzambe, omoni pasi ya banyokolami; otalaka pasi na bango mpe ozwaka yango kati na loboko na Yo. Banyokolami bamipesaka epai na Yo oyo osungaka bana bitike.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil man. Make him account for his evil deeds, which he thought you would not discover.
Bebisa nguya ya moto mabe, pesa moto ya misala mabe etumbu mpo na mabe na ye, mpo ete emonana lisusu te.
16 Yahweh is King forever and ever; the nations are driven out of his land.
Yawe azali Mokonzi mpo na seko, bapagano bakozala lisusu te kati na mokili na Ye.
17 Yahweh, you have heard the needs of the oppressed; you strengthen their heart, you listen to their prayer;
Yawe, oyokaka posa ya banyokolami, olendisaka bango, mpe oyokaka koganga na bango,
18 You defend the fatherless and the oppressed so that no man on the earth will cause terror again.
mpo na kolongisa mwana etike mpe monyokolami; boye, bato ya mokili bakobangisa lisusu te.
