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 the choirmaster a psalm of David. Rescue me O Yahweh from a man evil from a man of violence you will preserve me.
2 Basalaka mabongisi mabe kati na mitema na bango mpe balukaka bitumba mikolo nyonso.
[those] who They plan evil things in [the] heart every day they stir up trouble wars.
3 Bapelisaka lolemo na bango lokola nyoka, bibebu na bango ezali na ngenge ya etupa.
They sharpen tongue their like a snake [the] venom of a viper [is] under lips their (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!
Keep me O Yahweh - from [the] hands of [the] wicked from a man of violence you will preserve me [those] who they have planned to trip up footsteps my.
5 Bato ya lofundu batieli ngai mitambo, batandi basinga ya minyama na nzela mpe batimoli mabulu mpo na kokanga ngai.
They have hidden proud [people] - a trap for me and ropes they have spread a net to [the] side of a track snares they have set for me (Selah)
6 Nalobaka na Yawe: « Ozali Nzambe na ngai! » Yawe, yoka mabondeli na ngai.
I say to Yahweh [are] God my you give ear to! O Yahweh [the] sound of supplications my.
7 Oh Yawe, Nkolo na ngai, ozali makasi ya lobiko na ngai, obatelaka moto na ngai kati na mokolo ya etumba.
O Yahweh O Lord [the] strength of salvation my you cover head my in a day of weaponry.
8 Yawe, kokokisa te posa ya moto mabe, kolongisa te mabongisi na ye, noki te akokoma lolendo.
May not you grant O Yahweh [the] desires of [the] wicked plot his may not you promote they will arise (Selah)
9 Tika ete pasi oyo bibebu na bango esili kobongisa ekweyela bato oyo bazingeli ngai.
[the] head of Surroundings my [the] mischief of lips their (may it cover them. *Q(K)*)
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 they be dropped *Q(K)*) on them burning coals in the fire let someone make fall them in pits [which] not they will arise.
11 Batioli bakowumela te kati na mokili, pasi ekolanda bato na kanza na kolemba te.
A person of tongue not let him be established in the land a person of violence trouble let it hunt him for blows.
12 Nayebi ete Yawe akotaka makambo ya babola mpe alongisaka bato oyo bakelela.
(I know *Q(k)*) that he will do Yahweh [the] cause of [the] poor [the] justice of needy [people].
13 Solo, bato ya sembo bakosanzola Kombo na Yo, bato ya alima bakovanda liboso na Yo.
Surely righteous [people] they will give thanks to name your they will dwell upright [people] with presence your.
