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 this song is sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city, He makes salvation [for] walls and bulwark.
2 Bofungola bikuke mpo ete ekolo ya sembo, ekolo oyo ebatelaka boyokani, ekoka kokota!
Open the gates, That a righteous nation may enter, Preserving steadfastness.
3 Ndenge esila kokatama, ye oyo akomitika epai na Yo, okobatela ye na kimia, na kimia penza, mpo ete amipesi mobimba epai na Yo.
You keep [him] in peace [whose] imagination [is] stayed—peace! For he is confident in You.
4 Botia tango nyonso elikya na Yawe, pamba te Yawe azali penza Libanga ya tango nyonso.
Trust in YHWH forever, For in YAH—YHWH [is] a rock of ages,
5 Akitisaka bavandi ya likolo, akweyisaka engumba oyo batonga makasi, alalisaka yango penza na mabele mpe akomisaka yango putulu.
For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He makes low, He makes it low to the earth, He causes it to come to the dust,
6 Makolo ya bato ekonyata-nyata yango: makolo ya babola, matambe ya bato pamba.
A foot treads it down, Feet of the poor—steps of the weak.
7 Nzela ya moto ya sembo, ezali alima; Yo oyo ozali Sembo, okomisaka kitoko nzela ya moto ya sembo.
The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, O upright One, You ponder the path of the righteous.
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.
Also, [in] the path of Your judgments, O YHWH, we have waited [for] You, To Your Name and to Your remembrance [Is] 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.
I desired You in the night [with] my soul, Also, I seek You earnestly [with] my spirit within me, For when Your judgments [are] on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.
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.
The wicked finds favor, He has not learned righteousness, He deals perversely in a land of straightforwardness, And does not see the excellence of YHWH.
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!
O YHWH, Your hand [is] high—they do not see, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire consumes Your adversaries.
12 Yawe, okopesa biso kimia, pamba te okokiselaka biso misala nyonso oyo tosalaka.
O YHWH, You appoint peace to us, For You have also worked 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 our God YHWH, lords have ruled us besides You, Only, by You we make mention of Your 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!
Dead—they do not live, Rephaim, they do not rise, Therefore You have inspected and destroy them, Indeed, you destroy 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.
You have added to the nation, O YHWH, You have added to the nation, You have been honored, You have put 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.
O YHWH, in distress they missed You, They have poured out a whisper, Your discipline [is] on them.
17 Oh Yawe, tozalaki liboso na Yo lokola mwasi ya zemi oyo akomi pene ya kobota, bongo azali kobaluka mpe koganga na pasi.
When a pregnant woman comes near to the birth, She is pained—she cries in her pangs, So we have been from Your face, O YHWH.
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, we have been pained. We have brought forth, as it were, wind, We do not work salvation in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.
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.
Your dead live—My dead body, they rise. Awake and sing, you dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs [is] your dew, And you cause the land of Rephaim to fall.
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.
Come, My people, enter into your inner chambers, And shut your doors behind you, Hide yourself shortly [for] a moment until the indignation passes over.
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, YHWH is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth on him, And the earth has revealed her blood, Nor does she cover her slain anymore!”
