Banzembo 16
1 Nzembo ya Davidi. Nzambe, batela ngai, pamba te nabombami kati na Yo.
A miktam of David protect me O God for I have taken refuge in you.
2 Nalobaka na Yawe: « Ozali Nkolo na ngai, Yo moko kaka nde ozali bolamu na ngai. »
You [fem] said to Yahweh [are the] Lord you good my not [is] on you.
3 Natatolaka na tina na basantu oyo bazali kati na mboka ete bazali penza bato minene oyo nasepelaka na bango makasi.
To [the] holy [ones] who [are] in the land they and [the] majestic [ones] [whom] all delight my [is] in them.
4 Bato oyo bapotaka mbangu mpo na koluka bolamu epai ya banzambe mosusu bakomona pasi mingi. Nakosopa te mbeka na bango ya makila epai ya banzambe ya lolenge wana mpe nakotanga bakombo na yango te na bibebu na ngai.
They will increase sorrows their [those who] another [god] they hurried after not I will pour out drink offerings their from blood and not I will take names their on lips my.
5 Yawe, Yo moko kaka nde ozali libula mpe bomoi na ngai; ozali ndanga ya bozwi na ngai.
Yahweh [is] [the] portion of possession my and cup my you [are] holding lot my.
6 Nazwi etando ya motuya makasi, ezali libula ya kitoko penza mpo na ngai!
Boundary lines they have fallen to me in pleasant [places] also an inheritance it is beautiful on me.
7 Nakopambola Yawe oyo apesaka ngai toli mpe, ezala na butu, angengisaka makanisi na ngai.
I will bless Yahweh who he has counseled me also nights they have instructed me kidneys my.
8 Natalelaka Yawe tango nyonso, pamba te azali pene na ngai mpo ete naningana te.
I have placed Yahweh to before me continually for [he is] from right [hand] my not I will be shaken.
9 Yango wana motema na ngai etondi na esengo, molimo na ngai ezali kosepela, nzoto na ngai mpe ekopema na kimia.
Therefore - it is glad heart my and it rejoiced honor my also body my it will dwell to security.
10 Oh Yawe, okosundola ngai te kati na mboka ya bakufi, okotika mpe te ete mosantu na Yo apola. (Sheol h7585)
For - not you will abandon life my to Sheol not you will permit faithful [one] your to see [the] pit. (Sheol h7585)
11 Okolakisa ngai nzela ya bomoi; okotondisa ngai na esengo kati na bozalisami na Yo, elongo na bilengi ya suka te na ngambo ya loboko na Yo ya mobali.
You will make known to me [the] path of life abundance of gladness [are] with presence your pleasant [things] [are] at right [hand] your perpetuity.
