Banzembo 139
1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Nzembo ya Davidi. Yawe, omonaka mozindo ya bomoi na ngai mpe oyebi ngai malamu;
To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
2 oyebi tango navandaka mpe tango natelemaka. Liboso na ngai kokanisa, ososolaka mabongisi na ngai;
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
3 omonaka tango natambolaka mpe tango nalalaka, oyebi mozindo ya banzela na ngai nyonso.
Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;
4 Pamba te, oh Yawe, liboso ete liloba ekoma na lolemo na ngai, omiyebelaka yango.
For there is not yet a word on my tongue, [but] lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Ozali pene ngai, na liboso mpe na sima, mpe osimbi ngai na loboko na Yo.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
6 Solo, boyebi oyo ya kokamwa elekelaka ngai, ezali likolo makasi, nakoki kososola yango te.
O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
7 Nakende wapi mpo na kokima Molimo na Yo? Nakima wapi mpo na kozala mosika na Yo?
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
8 Soki namati na likolo, ozali kuna; soki nakeyi na mboka ya bakufi, ozali lisusu kuna. (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou [art there]; (Sheol h7585)
9 Soki nazwi mapapu ya lipekapeka mpo na kokende kovanda mosika ya ebale monene,
[If] I take the wings of the dawn [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 kuna mpe loboko na Yo ekotambolisa ngai, loboko na Yo ya mobali ekosimba ngai makasi.
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 Soki nalobi: « Tembe te, molili ekobomba ngai penza; tika ete pole ekoma butu zingazinga na ngai! »
And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
12 Epai na Yo, butu ezalaka molili te, butu ezalaka na pole lokola moyi, pole mpe molili ezali ndenge moko.
Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.
13 Ezali Yo nde okelaki mozindo ya bomoto na ngai, obombaki ngai kati na libumu ya mama na ngai.
For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
14 Nasanzolaka Yo, pamba te osala ngai kitoko makasi. Misala na Yo ezali ya kokamwa; ngai, nayebi yango malamu.
I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.
15 Na miso na Yo, nzoto na ngai ezalaki ya kobombama te tango osalaki ngai na esika ebombama, tango otongaki ngai kati na mozindo ya mabele.
My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.
16 Tango nazalaki nanu na lolenge te, ozalaki komona ngai; mpe omikomelaki kati na buku na Yo mikolo nyonso oyo obongisaki mpo na bomoi na ngai liboso ete moko te kati na yango ezala.
Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all [my members] were written; [during many] days were they fashioned, when [as yet] there was none of them.
17 Oh Nzambe, tala ndenge ezali pasi mpo na ngai kososola makanisi na Yo! Tala ndenge motango na yango ezali ebele!
But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 Nameki kotanga yango, ezali ebele koleka motango ya bambuma ya zelo. Nalamuki, nazali kaka elongo na Yo.
[If] I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Oh Nzambe, soki kaka ozalaki na Yo koboma moto mabe! Bino basopi makila ya bato, bokende mosika na ngai!
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
20 Bayini na Yo basalelaka Kombo na Yo mpo na kosala mabongisi ya mabe, batangaka Kombo na Yo mpo na kokosa.
For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.
21 Yawe, ndenge nini nayina te banguna na Yo, ndenge nini nayoka batelemeli na Yo nkele te?
Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?
22 Nayinaka bango makasi; nazwaka bango lokola banguna na ngai.
I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.
23 Oh Nzambe, kundola mpe yeba mozindo ya motema na ngai, meka ngai mpe yeba makambo oyo ezali kotungisa ngai!
Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;
24 Tala soki nazali kotambola na nzela mabe mpe tambolisa ngai na nzela ya tango nyonso!
And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.
