Psalms 74
1 Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Nzembo ya Azafi. Oh Nzambe, mpo na nini kosundola biso mpo na tango nyonso? Mpo na nini kongalisa kanda na Yo likolo ya etonga oyo oleisaka?
2 Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old: the rod of thy inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, in which thou hast dwelt.
Kanisa lisusu lisanga ya bato na Yo, oyo osikola wuta kala, libota oyo okomisa libula na Yo. Kanisa ngomba Siona epai wapi ovandaka.
3 Lift up thy feet to the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Tika ete matambe na Yo ekoma kino na bisika oyo ebebi nye! Kati na Esika na Yo ya bule, monguna abebisi nyonso;
4 Thy enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
bayini na Yo bagangi lokola nkosi, ata kati na esika oyo okutanaka na biso, batelemisi bendele na bango lokola elembo.
5 [A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
Bazali lokola bato oyo basimbi bipasola mpe bazali kokata banzete kati na zamba.
6 But now they break down the carved work of it at once with axes and hammers.
Babuki-buki bililingi nyonso oyo batobola na mabaya, na nzela ya bipasola mpe bamarto na bango;
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground.
batumbi Esika na Yo ya bule, bakweyisi mpe bakomisi mbindo esika oyo Kombo na Yo evandaka.
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
Bazalaki komilobela: « Tokopanza yango nyonso! » Kati na mokili, bazikisi esika nyonso epai wapi bagumbamelaka Nzambe.
9 We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long.
Tozali lisusu komona te bilembo na biso, basakoli bazali lisusu te; mpe moko te kati na biso ayebi tango boni makambo oyo ekowumela.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Oh Nzambe, kino tango nini monguna akofinga Yo? Boni, akokoba tango nyonso kotiola Kombo na Yo?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom.
Mpo na nini ozongisi loboko na Yo na sima, loboko na Yo ya mobali? Mpo na nini okangi maboko na Yo?
12 For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Nzokande, Yo Nzambe, ozali Mokonzi na ngai wuta kala; Yo nde omemaka lobiko kati na mokili.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Yo nde opasolaki ebale na nguya na Yo, opanzaki mito ya bilima ya mayi;
14 Thou didst break the head of leviathan in pieces, [and] didst give him [to be] food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Yo nde opanzaki mito ya Leviatani mpe opesaki yango lokola bilei epai ya banyama ya esobe;
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou didst dry up mighty rivers.
Yo nde osalaki ete bitima ya mayi mpe miluka etiola, mpe okawusaki bibale mpo na libela.
16 The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Moyi ezali ya Yo, butu mpe ezali ya Yo; Yo nde osalaki sanza mpe moyi.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
Ezali Yo nde otiaki bandelo nyonso ya mokili, Yo nde osalaki tango ya malili mpe tango ya moyi.
18 Remember this, the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Yawe, kobosana te ete monguna afingi Yo, ete bato bazanga tina batioli Kombo na Yo!
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove to the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
Kokaba te bomoi ya ebenga na Yo na monoko ya nyama oyo ezali na nzala, kobosana te mpo na libela bomoi ya babola oyo bazali bato na Yo!
20 Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Tala lisusu Boyokani na Yo! Pamba te, kati na mokili, bisika ya molili ekomi ebele, etondi na makambo na kanza.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Sala ete moto oyo bazali konyokola azwa lisusu lokumu! Sala ete mobola mpe moto akelela bakumisa Kombo na Yo.
22 Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
Oh Nzambe, telema mpe lobela Kombo na Yo! Kanisa lisusu ndenge nini bazoba bafingaka Yo mikolo nyonso!
23 Forget not the voice of thy enemies: the tumult of those that rise against thee increaseth continually.
Kobosana te makelele ya bayini na Yo, mangungu ya banguna na Yo, oyo ezali kaka komata se komata!
