Banzembo 10
1 Yawe, mpo na nini otelemi mosika? Mpo na nini obombami na tango ya pasi?
Why standest thou farre off, O Lord, and hidest thee in due time, euen in affliction?
2 Na lolendo na ye, moto mabe oyo akangami na mabongisi na ye anyokolaka mobola.
The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.
3 Pamba te moto mabe amikumisaka na tina na posa makasi ya motema na ye, apambolaka moto oyo azali na lokoso mpe afingaka Yawe.
For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.
4 Na lolendo na ye, moto mabe alobaka: « Nzambe azalaka te. » Kati na makanisi na ye nyonso, ezali na esika te mpo na Nzambe.
The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.
5 Misala na ye ekendeke liboso tango nyonso, asalaka keba te na mikano na Yo, Yawe; atiolaka banguna na ye nyonso.
His wayes alway prosper: thy iudgements are hie aboue his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.
6 Amilobelaka: « Eloko moko te ekotikala kolengisa ngai. » Alapaka ndayi boye: « Moko te akotikala kosala ngai mabe. »
He saith in his heart, I shall neuer be moued, nor be in danger.
7 Monoko na ye etonda na bilakeli mabe, lokuta mpe mangungu; abongisaka kaka pasi mpe mabe.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.
8 Abombamaka pene ya bamboka. Wuta na bisika oyo abombamaka, abomaka moto oyo asali mabe te. Miso na ye ezelaka na kobombama bato ya koboma.
He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murder the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore.
9 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.
He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.
10 Agumbaka ye mpe avandisaka ye na mabele, mpe akweyaka na se ya bokonzi na ye.
He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.
11 Amilobelaka: « Nzambe akotikala koyeba te, abombaka elongi na Ye mpe akotikala komona te. »
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.
12 Oh Yawe, telema. Nzambe, sembola loboko na Yo, kanisa babola.
Arise, O Lord God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.
13 Mpo na nini moto mabe afinga Nzambe? Mpo na nini amilobela: « Nzambe akopesa ngai etumbu te? »
Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.
14 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.
Yet thou hast seene it: for thou beholdest mischiefe and wrong, that thou mayest take it into thine handes: the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee: for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.
15 Bebisa nguya ya moto mabe, pesa moto ya misala mabe etumbu mpo na mabe na ye, mpo ete emonana lisusu te.
Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: searche his wickednes, and thou shalt finde none.
16 Yawe azali Mokonzi mpo na seko, bapagano bakozala lisusu te kati na mokili na Ye.
The Lord is King for euer and euer: the heathen are destroyed foorth of his land.
17 Yawe, oyokaka posa ya banyokolami, olendisaka bango, mpe oyokaka koganga na bango,
Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,
18 mpo na kolongisa mwana etike mpe monyokolami; boye, bato ya mokili bakobangisa lisusu te.
To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.
