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 him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
2 oyebi tango navandaka mpe tango natelemaka. Liboso na ngai kokanisa, ososolaka mabongisi na ngai;
Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
3 omonaka tango natambolaka mpe tango nalalaka, oyebi mozindo ya banzela na ngai nyonso.
Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
4 Pamba te, oh Yawe, liboso ete liloba ekoma na lolemo na ngai, omiyebelaka yango.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
5 Ozali pene ngai, na liboso mpe na sima, mpe osimbi ngai na loboko na Yo.
Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
6 Solo, boyebi oyo ya kokamwa elekelaka ngai, ezali likolo makasi, nakoki kososola yango te.
Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
7 Nakende wapi mpo na kokima Molimo na Yo? Nakima wapi mpo na kozala mosika na Yo?
Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 Soki namati na likolo, ozali kuna; soki nakeyi na mboka ya bakufi, ozali lisusu kuna. (Sheol h7585)
If I ascende into heauen, thou art there: if I lye downe in hell, thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
9 Soki nazwi mapapu ya lipekapeka mpo na kokende kovanda mosika ya ebale monene,
Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
10 kuna mpe loboko na Yo ekotambolisa ngai, loboko na Yo ya mobali ekosimba ngai makasi.
Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
11 Soki nalobi: « Tembe te, molili ekobomba ngai penza; tika ete pole ekoma butu zingazinga na ngai! »
If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
12 Epai na Yo, butu ezalaka molili te, butu ezalaka na pole lokola moyi, pole mpe molili ezali ndenge moko.
Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
13 Ezali Yo nde okelaki mozindo ya bomoto na ngai, obombaki ngai kati na libumu ya mama na ngai.
For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
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 fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it 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 are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in 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 me, when I was without forme: for in thy booke were all things written, which in continuance were facioned, when there was none of them before.
17 Oh Nzambe, tala ndenge ezali pasi mpo na ngai kososola makanisi na Yo! Tala ndenge motango na yango ezali ebele!
Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
18 Nameki kotanga yango, ezali ebele koleka motango ya bambuma ya zelo. Nalamuki, nazali kaka elongo na Yo.
If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, 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, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:
20 Bayini na Yo basalelaka Kombo na Yo mpo na kosala mabongisi ya mabe, batangaka Kombo na Yo mpo na kokosa.
Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
21 Yawe, ndenge nini nayina te banguna na Yo, ndenge nini nayoka batelemeli na Yo nkele te?
Doe not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and doe not I earnestly contend with those that rise vp against thee?
22 Nayinaka bango makasi; nazwaka bango lokola banguna na ngai.
I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
23 Oh Nzambe, kundola mpe yeba mozindo ya motema na ngai, meka ngai mpe yeba makambo oyo ezali kotungisa ngai!
Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
24 Tala soki nazali kotambola na nzela mabe mpe tambolisa ngai na nzela ya tango nyonso!
And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer.
