Banzembo 10
1 Yawe, mpo na nini otelemi mosika? Mpo na nini obombami na tango ya pasi?
Why stand you afar off, O Lord? [why] do you overlook [us] in times of need, in affliction?
2 Na lolendo na ye, moto mabe oyo akangami na mabongisi na ye anyokolaka mobola.
While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.
3 Pamba te moto mabe amikumisaka na tina na posa makasi ya motema na ye, apambolaka moto oyo azali na lokoso mpe afingaka Yawe.
Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.
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 sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him.
5 Misala na ye ekendeke liboso tango nyonso, asalaka keba te na mikano na Yo, Yawe; atiolaka banguna na ye nyonso.
His ways are profane at all times; your judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.
6 Amilobelaka: « Eloko moko te ekotikala kolengisa ngai. » Alapaka ndayi boye: « Moko te akotikala kosala ngai mabe. »
For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without evil from generation to generation.
7 Monoko na ye etonda na bilakeli mabe, lokuta mpe mangungu; abongisaka kaka pasi mpe mabe.
Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.
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 lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to kill the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.
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 lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will bring him down in his snare.
10 Agumbaka ye mpe avandisaka ye na mabele, mpe akweyaka na se ya bokonzi na ye.
He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.
11 Amilobelaka: « Nzambe akotikala koyeba te, abombaka elongi na Ye mpe akotikala komona te. »
For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.
12 Oh Yawe, telema. Nzambe, sembola loboko na Yo, kanisa babola.
Arise, O Lord God; let your hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.
13 Mpo na nini moto mabe afinga Nzambe? Mpo na nini amilobela: « Nzambe akopesa ngai etumbu te? »
Therefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart, He will not require [it].
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.
You see [it]; for you do observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into your hands: the poor has been left to you; you were a helper to the orphan.
15 Bebisa nguya ya moto mabe, pesa moto ya misala mabe etumbu mpo na mabe na ye, mpo ete emonana lisusu te.
Break you the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.
16 Yawe azali Mokonzi mpo na seko, bapagano bakozala lisusu te kati na mokili na Ye.
The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: you Gentiles shall perish out his land.
17 Yawe, oyokaka posa ya banyokolami, olendisaka bango, mpe oyokaka koganga na bango,
The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: your ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;
18 mpo na kolongisa mwana etike mpe monyokolami; boye, bato ya mokili bakobangisa lisusu te.
to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.
