Ezayi 26
1 Na mokolo wana, bakoyemba nzembo oyo kati na mokili ya Yuda: Tozali na engumba moko ya makasi; Nzambe akomisi lobiko lokola mir mpe ebombamelo na yango.
In that day shall this canticle be sung the land of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.
2 Bofungola bikuke mpo ete ekolo ya sembo, ekolo oyo ebatelaka boyokani, ekoka kokota!
Open ye the gates, and let the just nation, that keepeth the truth, enter in.
3 Ndenge esila kokatama, ye oyo akomitika epai na Yo, okobatela ye na kimia, na kimia penza, mpo ete amipesi mobimba epai na Yo.
The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee.
4 Botia tango nyonso elikya na Yawe, pamba te Yawe azali penza Libanga ya tango nyonso.
You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in the Lord God mighty for ever.
5 Akitisaka bavandi ya likolo, akweyisaka engumba oyo batonga makasi, alalisaka yango penza na mabele mpe akomisaka yango putulu.
For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust.
6 Makolo ya bato ekonyata-nyata yango: makolo ya babola, matambe ya bato pamba.
The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
7 Nzela ya moto ya sembo, ezali alima; Yo oyo ozali Sembo, okomisaka kitoko nzela ya moto ya sembo.
The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in.
8 Oh Yawe, tango totambolaka na nzela oyo mibeko na Yo etalisaka, totalelaka Yo; Kombo na Yo mpe kotatola yango, yango nde posa ya mitema na biso.
And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and thy remembrance are the desire of the soul.
9 Na butu, motema na ngai ezali solo na posa na Yo; kati na ngai, molimo na ngai ezali kolukaluka Yo makasi, pamba te bavandi ya mokili bayekolaka bosembo tango opesaka mabele bitumbu.
My soul hath desired thee in the night: yea, and with my spirit within me in the morning early I will watch to thee. When thou shalt do thy judgments on the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn justice.
10 Soki basaleli moto mabe ngolu, akoyekola bosembo te; ezala kati na mokili ya bosembo, asalaka kaka mabe mpe amonaka na ye monene ya Yawe te.
Let us have pity on the wicked, but he will not learn justice: in the land of the saints he hath done wicked things, and he shall not see the glory of the Lord.
11 Oh Yawe, loboko na Yo emati solo likolo, kasi bazali komona yango te. Tika ete bayokisama soni tango bakomona bolingo makasi na Yo, oyo eleka ndelo mpo na bato na Yo; tika ete moto oyo obongiselaki banguna na Yo etumba bango!
Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the envious people see, and be confounded: and let fire devour thy enemies.
12 Yawe, okopesa biso kimia, pamba te okokiselaka biso misala nyonso oyo tosalaka.
Lord, thou wilt give us peace: for thou hast wrought all our works for us.
13 Oh Yawe, Nzambe na biso, atako bakonzi mosusu bakambaki biso, kasi biso, topesaka lokumu kaka na Kombo na Yo.
O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us, only in thee let us remember thy name.
14 Bakufi bakozala lisusu na bomoi te, milimo ya bakufi ekozonga lisusu na bomoi te; opesaki bango etumbu mpe obomaki bango nye; osalaki ete ata moto moko te akanisa bango lisusu!
Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and best destroyed all their memory.
15 Oh Yawe, okomisi ekolo na Yo monene! Solo, okomisi ekolo na Yo monene, omipesi penza lokumu; opusi bandelo nyonso ya mokili mosika penza.
Thou hast been favourable to the nation, O Lord, thou hast been favourable to the nation: art thou glorified? thou hast removed all the ends of the earth far off.
16 Yawe, kati na pasi na bango, balukaki Yo; tango opesaki bango etumbu, bamikabaki na mabondeli makasi.
Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.
17 Oh Yawe, tozalaki liboso na Yo lokola mwasi ya zemi oyo akomi pene ya kobota, bongo azali kobaluka mpe koganga na pasi.
As a woman with child, when she draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs: so are we become in thy presence, O Lord.
18 Tozalaki na zemi, tozalaki mpe kobaluka na pasi; kasi tango tobotaki, tobotaki kaka mopepe: tomemelaki mabele lobiko te, mpe tomemelaki mokili bato ya sika te.
We have conceived, and been as it were in labour, and have brought forth wind: we have not wrought salvation on the earth, therefore the inhabitants of the earth have not fallen.
19 Kasi bato na Yo, oyo bakufa bakozonga lisusu na bomoi, bibembe na bango ekosekwa. Bino bato oyo bovandaka kati na putulu, bolamuka mpe boganga na esengo! Pamba te mamwe na Yo ezali lokola mamwe ya tongo; mabele ekopesa bomoi epai ya bakufi.
Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.
20 Bato na ngai, bokende, bokota na bashambre na bino mpe bokanga bikuke sima na bino; bomibomba nanu mwa tango moke kino tango kanda ekoleka.
Go, my people, enter into thy chambers, shut thy doors upon thee, hide thyself a little for a moment, until the indignation pass away.
21 Tala, Yawe azali kobima wuta na esika na Ye mpo na kopesa bato ya mokili etumbu mpo na masumu na bango; mabele ekobimisa makila oyo basopa likolo na yango, ekobomba lisusu te bato oyo baboma.
For behold the Lord will come out of his place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against him: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall cover her slain no more.
