Banzembo 139
1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Nzembo ya Davidi. Yawe, omonaka mozindo ya bomoi na ngai mpe oyebi ngai malamu;
For the leader. Of David, a psalm. O Lord, you search and know me;
2 oyebi tango navandaka mpe tango natelemaka. Liboso na ngai kokanisa, ososolaka mabongisi na ngai;
when I sit, when I rise you know it, you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 omonaka tango natambolaka mpe tango nalalaka, oyebi mozindo ya banzela na ngai nyonso.
When I walk, when I lie you sift it, familiar with all my ways.
4 Pamba te, oh Yawe, liboso ete liloba ekoma na lolemo na ngai, omiyebelaka yango.
There is not a word on my tongue, but see! Lord, you know it all.
5 Ozali pene ngai, na liboso mpe na sima, mpe osimbi ngai na loboko na Yo.
Behind and before you beset me, upon me you lay your hand.
6 Solo, boyebi oyo ya kokamwa elekelaka ngai, ezali likolo makasi, nakoki kososola yango te.
It’s too wonderful for me to know too lofty I cannot attain it.
7 Nakende wapi mpo na kokima Molimo na Yo? Nakima wapi mpo na kozala mosika na Yo?
Whither shall I go from your spirit? Or whither shall I flee from your face?
8 Soki namati na likolo, ozali kuna; soki nakeyi na mboka ya bakufi, ozali lisusu kuna. (Sheol h7585)
If I climb up to heaven, you are there: or make Sheol my bed, you are there. (Sheol h7585)
9 Soki nazwi mapapu ya lipekapeka mpo na kokende kovanda mosika ya ebale monene,
If I lift up the wings of the morning and fly to the end of the sea,
10 kuna mpe loboko na Yo ekotambolisa ngai, loboko na Yo ya mobali ekosimba ngai makasi.
there also your hand would grasp me, and your right hand take hold of me.
11 Soki nalobi: « Tembe te, molili ekobomba ngai penza; tika ete pole ekoma butu zingazinga na ngai! »
If I say, ‘Let the darkness cover me, and night be the light about me,’
12 Epai na Yo, butu ezalaka molili te, butu ezalaka na pole lokola moyi, pole mpe molili ezali ndenge moko.
The dark is not dark for you, but night is as light as the day.
13 Ezali Yo nde okelaki mozindo ya bomoto na ngai, obombaki ngai kati na libumu ya mama na ngai.
For you did put me together; in my mother’s womb you did weave me.
14 Nasanzolaka Yo, pamba te osala ngai kitoko makasi. Misala na Yo ezali ya kokamwa; ngai, nayebi yango malamu.
I give you praise for my fashioning so full of awe, so wonderful. Your works are wonderful. You knew me 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 you, when I was made in secret, and woven in the depths 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.
Your eyes saw all my days: they stood on your book every one written down, before they were fashioned, while none of them yet was mine.
17 Oh Nzambe, tala ndenge ezali pasi mpo na ngai kososola makanisi na Yo! Tala ndenge motango na yango ezali ebele!
But how far, O God, beyond measure are your thoughts! How mighty their sum!
18 Nameki kotanga yango, ezali ebele koleka motango ya bambuma ya zelo. Nalamuki, nazali kaka elongo na Yo.
Should I count, they are more than the sand. When I wake, I am still with you.
19 Oh Nzambe, soki kaka ozalaki na Yo koboma moto mabe! Bino basopi makila ya bato, bokende mosika na ngai!
Will you slay the wicked, O God? And remove from me the bloodthirsty,
20 Bayini na Yo basalelaka Kombo na Yo mpo na kosala mabongisi ya mabe, batangaka Kombo na Yo mpo na kokosa.
who maliciously defy you and take your name in vain.
21 Yawe, ndenge nini nayina te banguna na Yo, ndenge nini nayoka batelemeli na Yo nkele te?
Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord? Do I not loathe those who resist you?
22 Nayinaka bango makasi; nazwaka bango lokola banguna na ngai.
With perfect hatred I hate them, I count them my 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, know my heart: test me, and know my thoughts,
24 Tala soki nazali kotambola na nzela mabe mpe tambolisa ngai na nzela ya tango nyonso!
and see if guile be in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.
