Banzembo 109
1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Nzembo ya Davidi. Nzambe, Yo oyo ngai nakumisaka, kovanda kimia te!
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
2 Bato mabe bazali koloba lokuta mpo na kofunda ngai, bazali mpe kokosela ngai makambo.
For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
3 Bazingeli ngai na maloba ya koyina mpe bazali kobundisa ngai kaka pamba.
They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
4 Bato oyo ngai nalingaka bafundi ngai, kasi ngai namipesi na ngai kaka na mabondeli.
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5 Bazali kozongisela ngai mabe na bolamu, mpe koyina na bolingo.
They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Kaba ye na maboko ya moto mabe! Bimisela ye monguna, na ngambo ya loboko na ye ya mobali!
Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 Tika ete bazwa ye lokola moto mabe na tango ya kosamba, mpe libondeli na ye etangama lokola masumu!
When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
8 Tika ete mikolo ya bomoi na ye ekoma moke, tika ete moto mosusu azwa mokumba na ye!
May his days be few; may another take his position.
9 Tika ete bana na ye bakoma bana bitike, mpe tika ete mwasi na ye akoma mwasi akufisa mobali!
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 Tika ete bana na ye batelengana mpe bakoma bisengasenga, tika ete bakende kosenga mosika ya ndako na bango oyo ebukana-bukana!
May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
11 Tika ete moto oyo adefisaki ye mbongo akanga ye biloko nyonso, mpe tika ete bapaya babotola ye bambuma ya mosala na ye!
May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 Tika ete moko te atalisa ye bolingo, tika ete moko te ayokela bana bitike na ye mawa!
May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
13 Tika ete bakitani na ye basila na kokufa, mpe bakombo na bango elongwa na ekeke oyo ezali kolanda!
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
14 Tika ete Yawe alandela masumu ya batata na ye mpe alimbisa te masumu ya mama na ye!
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 Tika ete Yawe akanisaka masumu yango tango nyonso mpe asala ete babosana bango libela na mokili!
May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
16 Lokola atikalaki te kotambola na boboto, mpe lokola anyokolaki mobola mpe moto na mawa kino kobomisa moto oyo azoka na motema;
For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
17 lokola azalaki kolinga mingi kolakela bato mabe, tika ete bilakeli mabe ekweyela ye! Lokola azalaki kosepela te kopambola bato, tika ete mapamboli ezala mosika na ye!
The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
18 Tika ete alata elakeli mabe lokola kazaka, tika ete ekota kati na ye lokola mayi, mpe kati na mikuwa na ye lokola mafuta!
The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
19 Tika ete elakeli mabe yango elata ye lokola elamba oyo alati, mpe ekangama ye na loketo lokola mokaba mpo na tango nyonso!
May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20 Tala ndenge Yawe akofuta banguna na ngai mpe bato oyo balobaka mabe na tina na ngai.
May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
21 Kasi Yo Nkolo Yawe, salela ngai bolamu mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Yo, kangola ngai kolanda boboto ya bolingo na Yo.
But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
22 Solo, nazali mobola mpe moto na mawa, mpe motema na ngai ezali ya kozoka kati na ngai.
For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
23 Nazali kokende lokola elili oyo ezali kolimwa; bazali kobengana ngai lokola mabanki.
I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24 Mabolongo na ngai elembi mpo na kokila mingi bilei, nzoto na ngai mpe ebukani mpo ete nakondi makasi.
My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
25 Mpo na bango, nakomi eloko ya nkele; soki kaka bamoni ngai, baningisi mito.
I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
26 Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, sunga ngai; bikisa ngai kolanda bolingo na Yo!
Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.
27 Tika ete banguna na ngai bayeba ete Yo Yawe nde osalaki bongo.
Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
28 Ata balakeli ngai mabe, Yo okopambola ngai; soki mpe bameki kotelema mpo na kobundisa ngai, bakokufa soni. Nzokande ngai mosali na Yo, nakozala moto ya esengo.
Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
29 Tika ete bayini na ngai bazanga lokumu mpe bamizipa na soni lokola kazaka.
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
30 Nakosanzola Yawe na mongongo makasi, nakokumisa Ye kati na ebele ya bato.
With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.
31 Pamba te atelemaka na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali ya mobola mpo na kokangola ye wuta na maboko ya bato oyo bakatela ye etumbu.
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
