Banzembo 102
1 Libondeli ya moto na pasi, oyo abungisi elikya mpe azali kolela liboso ya Yawe. Yawe, yoka libondeli na ngai! Tika ete koganga na ngai ekoma kino epai na Yo!
A Prayer for the Poor; when he is deeply afflicted, and pours out his supplication before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you.
2 Kobombela ngai elongi na Yo te, wana nazali na pasi. Yoka libondeli na ngai na mokolo oyo nazali kobelela Yo; yanola ngai noki!
Turn not away your face from me: in the day [when] I am afflicted, incline your ear to me: in the day [when] I shall call upon you, speedily hear me.
3 Pamba te mikolo ya bomoi na ngai ezali kolimwa lokola molinga, mikuwa na ngai ezali kozika lokola makala ya moto.
For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick.
4 Motema na ngai ebungisi elikya mpe ezali komitungisa lokola matiti oyo bakati; mpo na yango, nakomi ata kobosana kolia bilei na ngai.
I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread.
5 Mpo ete naleli makasi, natikali kaka na poso ya nzoto likolo ya mikuwa.
By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh.
6 Nakomi lokola esulungutu ya esobe, lokola esulungutu ya bisika oyo ebeba.
I have become like a pelican of the wilderness;
7 Pongi ekimi ngai; nakomi lokola ndeke oyo etikali yango moko na likolo ya ndako.
I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof.
8 Banguna na ngai batombokeli ngai, bazali kofinga ngai tango nyonso mpe bazali kosalela kombo na ngai mpo na kolakela bato mabe.
All the day long mine enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me.
9 Nakomi kolia putulu na esika ya bilei, mpe komela mayi esangana na mpinzoli na ngai.
For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping;
10 Mpo na kanda monene na Yo, otombokeli ngai mpe obwaki ngai mosika.
because of your anger and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and dashed me down.
11 Mikolo ya bomoi na ngai ezali kokima lokola elili, mpe nakawuki lokola matiti.
My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass.
12 Kasi Yo Yawe, ozali Mokonzi mpo na libela, ozali Nzambe seko na seko.
But you, Lord, endure for ever, and your memorial to generation and generation.
13 Okotelema solo mpo na Siona, pamba te ekomi tango ya koyokela yango mawa; tango oyo ekatama ekoki.
You shall arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for [it is] time to have mercy upon her, for the set time is come.
14 Pamba te biso basali na Yo, tosepelaka na mabanga na yango, mpe toyokelaka putulu na yango mawa.
For your servants have taken pleasure in her stones, and they shall pity her dust.
15 Bikolo ekotosa Yawe, mpe bakonzi nyonso ya mokili bakondima nkembo na Yo.
So the nations shall fear your name, O Lord, and all kings your glory.
16 Pamba te Yawe akotonga lisusu Siona mpe akomonana kati na nkembo na Ye.
For the Lord shall build up Sion, and shall appear in his glory.
17 Akoyanola libondeli ya bato oyo babungisaki biloko, mpe akondima mabondeli na bango.
He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition.
18 Tika ete bakoma yango mpo na ekeke oyo ekolanda, mpo ete bikelamu ya sika ekumisa Yawe.
Let this be written for another generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord.
19 Wuta na Esika na Ye ya bule, wuta na likolo, Yawe atalaki biso awa na mokili
For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the earth from heaven;
20 mpo na koyoka kolela ya bakangami kati na boloko mpe kokangola bato oyo bazwaki etumbu ya kufa.
to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain;
21 Kombo ya Yawe ekokende sango kati na Siona, mpe masanzoli na Ye, kati na Yelusalemi
to proclaim the name of the Lord in Sion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
22 tango bato mpe bikolo bakosangana mpo na kogumbamela Yawe.
when the people are gathered together, and the kings, to serve the Lord.
23 Na bomoi na ngai, abukaki lolendo ya makasi na ngai, mpe akitisaki motango ya mikolo ya bomoi na ngai.
He answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of my days.
24 Nalobaki: « Nzambe na ngai, Yo oyo ozali na bomoi seko na seko, koboma ngai te na kati-kati ya mikolo ya bomoi na ngai!
Take me not away in the midst of my days: your years [are] through all generations.
25 Na kala, otiaki miboko ya mokili, mpe maboko na Yo esalaki Likolo.
In the beginning you, O Lord, did lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands.
26 Bango, bakokufa; kasi Yo, okotikala seko na seko. Nzoto na bango ekolemba lokola elamba; okobongola bango lokola kazaka, mpe bakolimwa.
They shall perish, but you remain: and [they all] shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture shall you fold them, and they shall be changed.
27 Kasi Yo, ozali ndenge moko, mibu na Yo ekotikala kosuka te.
But you are the same, and your years shall not fail.
28 Bana ya basali na Yo bakozwa esika ya kovanda, mpe bakitani na bango bakowumela liboso na Yo. »
The children of your servants shall dwell [securely], and their seed shall prosper for ever.
