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.
To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Deliuer me, O Lord, from the euill man: preserue me from the cruel man:
2 Basalaka mabongisi mabe kati na mitema na bango mpe balukaka bitumba mikolo nyonso.
Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually.
3 Bapelisaka lolemo na bango lokola nyoka, bibebu na bango ezali na ngenge ya etupa.
They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. (Selah)
4 Yawe, batela ngai mosika ya maboko ya moto mabe; kokutanisa ngai te na bato na kanza oyo bazali kosala mabongisi ya kokweyisa ngai!
Keepe mee, O Lord, from the handes of the wicked: preserue mee from the cruell man, which purposeth to cause my steppes to slide.
5 Bato ya lofundu batieli ngai mitambo, batandi basinga ya minyama na nzela mpe batimoli mabulu mpo na kokanga ngai.
The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. (Selah)
6 Nalobaka na Yawe: « Ozali Nzambe na ngai! » Yawe, yoka mabondeli na ngai.
Therefore I saide vnto the Lord, Thou art my God: heare, O Lord, the voyce of my prayers.
7 Oh Yawe, Nkolo na ngai, ozali makasi ya lobiko na ngai, obatelaka moto na ngai kati na mokolo ya etumba.
O Lord God the strength of my saluation, thou hast couered mine head in the day of battel.
8 Yawe, kokokisa te posa ya moto mabe, kolongisa te mabongisi na ye, noki te akokoma lolendo.
Let not the wicked haue his desire, O Lord: performe not his wicked thought, least they be proude. (Selah)
9 Tika ete pasi oyo bibebu na bango esili kobongisa ekweyela bato oyo bazingeli ngai.
As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.
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!
Let coles fal vpon them: let him cast them into the fire, and into the deepe pits, that they rise not.
11 Batioli bakowumela te kati na mokili, pasi ekolanda bato na kanza na kolemba te.
For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.
12 Nayebi ete Yawe akotaka makambo ya babola mpe alongisaka bato oyo bakelela.
I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and iudge the poore.
13 Solo, bato ya sembo bakosanzola Kombo na Yo, bato ya alima bakovanda liboso na Yo.
Surely the righteous shall prayse thy Name, and the iust shall dwell in thy presence.
