Banzembo 16
1 Nzembo ya Davidi. Nzambe, batela ngai, pamba te nabombami kati na Yo.
God, protect me because I go to you to keep me safe!
2 Nalobaka na Yawe: « Ozali Nkolo na ngai, Yo moko kaka nde ozali bolamu na ngai. »
I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; all the good things that I have come from you.”
3 Natatolaka na tina na basantu oyo bazali kati na mboka ete bazali penza bato minene oyo nasepelaka na bango makasi.
Your people who live in this land are wonderful; I delight to be with 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.
Those who choose to worship other gods will have many things that cause them to be sad. I will not join them when they make sacrifices [to their gods]; I will not even join them when they speak [MTY] the names of their gods.
5 Yawe, Yo moko kaka nde ozali libula mpe bomoi na ngai; ozali ndanga ya bozwi na ngai.
Yahweh, you are the one whom I have chosen, and you give me great blessings. You protect me and control what happens to me.
6 Nazwi etando ya motuya makasi, ezali libula ya kitoko penza mpo na ngai!
Yahweh has given me a wonderful place in which to live; I am delighted with all the things that he has given me [MET].
7 Nakopambola Yawe oyo apesaka ngai toli mpe, ezala na butu, angengisaka makanisi na ngai.
I will praise Yahweh, the one who teaches/disciplines me; even at night [he] you put in my mind what is right for me to do.
8 Natalelaka Yawe tango nyonso, pamba te azali pene na ngai mpo ete naningana te.
I know that Yahweh is always with me. He is beside me; so nothing will (perturb me/cause me to be worried).
9 Yango wana motema na ngai etondi na esengo, molimo na ngai ezali kosepela, nzoto na ngai mpe ekopema na kimia.
Therefore I am glad and I [MTY, DOU] rejoice; I can rest securely
10 Oh Yawe, okosundola ngai te kati na mboka ya bakufi, okotika mpe te ete mosantu na Yo apola. (Sheol h7585)
because you, Yahweh, will not allow my soul/spirit to remain in the place where the dead people are; you will not allow me, your godly one, to stay there. (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 show me the road that leads to [receiving eternal] life, and you will make me joyful when I am with you. I will have pleasure forever when I am (at your right hand/seated next to you).
