< Banzembo 144 >
1 Nzembo ya Davidi. Tika ete Yawe, Libanga na ngai, apambolama; Ye oyo akembisaka maboko mpe makofi na ngai mpo na bitumba!
to/for David to bless LORD rock my [the] to learn: teach hand my to/for battle finger my to/for battle
2 Azali bolingo na ngai mpe ndako na ngai ya makasi, ebombamelo mpe mokangoli na ngai, nguba mpe ekimelo na ngai; Ye nde atiaka bato na ngai na se ya bokonzi na ngai.
kindness my and fortress my high refuge my and to escape me to/for me shield my and in/on/with him to seek refuge [the] to subdue people my underneath: under me
3 Oh Yawe, moto nde nani mpo ete obatelaka ye? Moto nde nani mpo ete okanisaka ye?
LORD what? man and to know him son: child human and to devise: think him
4 Moto azali lokola mopepe, mikolo ya bomoi na ye ezali lokola elili oyo ezali koleka.
man to/for vanity to resemble day his like/as shadow to pass
5 Yawe, fungola likolo mpe kita awa na mabele! Yaka kosimba bangomba mpe sala ete ebimisa milinga!
LORD to stretch heaven your and to go down to touch in/on/with mountain: mount and be angry
6 Tinda mikalikali mpe panza banguna na ngai; bwakela bango makonga na Yo mpe bungisa bango nzela.
to flash lightning and to scatter them to send: depart arrow your and to confuse them
7 Tanda loboko na Yo wuta kuna na likolo mpo na kobikisa mpe kokangola ngai na mayi minene, na maboko ya bapaya
to send: reach hand your from height to open me and to rescue me from water many from hand son: type of foreign
8 oyo minoko na bango elobaka kaka lokuta mpe maboko na bango elapaka ndayi ya lokuta.
which lip their to speak: speak vanity: false and right their right deception
9 Oh Nzambe, nakoyembela Yo nzembo ya sika, nakobetela Yo lindanda ya basinga zomi.
God song new to sing to/for you in/on/with harp ten to sing to/for you
10 Ezali Yo, Nzambe, nde opesaka bakonzi elonga, obikisaka Davidi, mosali na Yo, liboso ya mopanga oyo ebomaka.
[the] to give: give deliverance: victory to/for king [the] to open [obj] David servant/slave his from sword bad: evil
11 Bikisa mpe kangola ngai na maboko ya bapaya oyo minoko na bango elobaka kaka lokuta mpe maboko na bango elapaka ndayi ya lokuta.
to open me and to rescue me from hand son: type of foreign which lip their to speak: speak vanity: false and right their right deception
12 Bana mibali na biso bazali lokola milona, bazali kokola malamu wuta na bomwana na bango; bana basi na biso bazali lokola bililingi kitoko oyo batoboli na bamir ya ndako ya mokonzi.
which son: descendant/people our like/as plant to magnify in/on/with youth their daughter our like/as corner to chop pattern temple: palace
13 Bibombelo na biso etondi na biloko ya ndenge na ndenge; bameme na biso ezali kobotana na minkoko, na bankoto zomi kati na bitonga na biso;
granary our full to promote from kind to(wards) kind flock our to produce thousands to multiply in/on/with outside our
14 bangombe na biso ezali minene; likama ezali te, zemi ezali kosopana te, mpe koganga moko te ya pasi ezali koyokana na bisika na biso.
tame our to bear nothing breach and nothing to come out: produce and nothing outcry in/on/with street/plaza our
15 Esengo na bato oyo batondisami na bolamu ya boye! Esengo na bato oyo Yawe azali Nzambe na bango!
blessed [the] people which/that thus to/for him blessed [the] people which/that LORD God his