Banzembo 140
1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Nzembo ya Davidi. Yawe, kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bato ya misala mabe! Kokutanisa ngai te na bato na kanza.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
2 Basalaka mabongisi mabe kati na mitema na bango mpe balukaka bitumba mikolo nyonso.
who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
3 Bapelisaka lolemo na bango lokola nyoka, bibebu na bango ezali na ngenge ya etupa.
They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips.
4 Yawe, batela ngai mosika ya maboko ya moto mabe; kokutanisa ngai te na bato na kanza oyo bazali kosala mabongisi ya kokweyisa ngai!
Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
5 Bato ya lofundu batieli ngai mitambo, batandi basinga ya minyama na nzela mpe batimoli mabulu mpo na kokanga ngai.
The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me.
6 Nalobaka na Yawe: « Ozali Nzambe na ngai! » Yawe, yoka mabondeli na ngai.
I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
7 Oh Yawe, Nkolo na ngai, ozali makasi ya lobiko na ngai, obatelaka moto na ngai kati na mokolo ya etumba.
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
8 Yawe, kokokisa te posa ya moto mabe, kolongisa te mabongisi na ye, noki te akokoma lolendo.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted.
9 Tika ete pasi oyo bibebu na bango esili kobongisa ekweyela bato oyo bazingeli ngai.
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
10 Tika ete makala ya moto esopanela bango! Tika ete Nzambe atindika bango kati na moto, kati na mabulu ya potopoto epai wapi bakokoka kotelema lisusu te!
May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
11 Batioli bakowumela te kati na mokili, pasi ekolanda bato na kanza na kolemba te.
May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
12 Nayebi ete Yawe akotaka makambo ya babola mpe alongisaka bato oyo bakelela.
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
13 Solo, bato ya sembo bakosanzola Kombo na Yo, bato ya alima bakovanda liboso na Yo.
Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
