Banzembo 17
1 Libondeli ya Davidi. Oh Yawe, yoka ngai! Kolela na ngai ezali sembo! Yoka koganga na ngai! Landa malamu libondeli na ngai, oyo ezali kobimela te na bibebu ya lokuta.
prayer to/for David to hear: hear [emph?] LORD righteousness to listen [emph?] cry my to listen [emph?] prayer my in/on/with not lips deceit
2 Tika ete, na mitindo na Yo, bosembo na ngai emonisama solo mpe miso na Yo emona oyo ezali alima!
from to/for face your justice: judgement my to come out: come eye your to see uprightness
3 Soki otali malamu motema na ngai, soki olandeli ngai ata na butu mpe omeki ngai, okomona ete nasalaki mabongisi ya mabe te, monoko na ngai ebukaki mobeko te.
to test heart my to reckon: visit night to refine me not to find to plan not to pass: trespass lip my
4 Ata tango bato bamekaki kopesa ngai kanyaka, nabatelaki kaka maloba na Yo mpo ete natambola te na banzela ya bato ya masumu.
to/for wages man in/on/with word lips your I to keep: guard way violent
5 Matambe na ngai ezalaka kaka na banzela na Yo, napengwaka te.
to grasp step my in/on/with track your not to shake beat my
6 Nzambe na ngai, nabelelaka Yo, pamba te oyanolaka ngai. Yoka libondeli na ngai.
I to call: call to you for to answer me God to stretch ear your to/for me to hear: hear word my
7 Yo oyo obikisaka mpe okangolaka, na nzela ya loboko na Yo ya mobali, bato oyo bazwaka Yo lokola ebombamelo na bango, lakisa ngai misala kitoko ya bolingo monene na Yo.
be distinguished kindness your to save to seek refuge from to arise: attack in/on/with right your
8 Batela ngai lokola mbuma ya liso, bomba ngai na se ya mapapu na Yo,
to keep: guard me like/as pupil daughter eye in/on/with shadow wing your to hide me
9 mosika ya bato mabe oyo bazali konyokola ngai, mosika ya banguna na ngai oyo bazingeli ngai.
from face: before wicked this to ruin me enemy my in/on/with soul: life to surround upon me
10 Bakomisi mitema na bango makasi, mpe bazali koloba na lolendo.
fat their to shut lip their to speak: speak in/on/with majesty
11 Bazali kolanda ngai, basili kozingela ngai, mpe bazali koluka ndenge nini kobwaka ngai na mabele.
step our now (to turn: surround us *Q(K)*) eye their to set: make to/for to stretch in/on/with land: soil
12 Bazali lokola nkosi oyo etondi na posa makasi ya kokanga nyama, lokola nkosi ya kanda makasi kati na ebombamelo na yango.
likeness his like/as lion to long to/for to tear and like/as lion to dwell in/on/with hiding
13 Yawe, telema, kutana na bango mpe bebisa bango; na nzela ya mopanga na Yo, kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bato mabe.
to arise: rise [emph?] LORD to meet [emph?] face of his to bow him to escape [emph?] soul my from wicked sword your
14 Yawe, na nzela ya nguya na Yo, kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bato wana, kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bato ya mokili oyo. Tika ete kufa ezala litomba na bango! Tika ete, bango mpe bana na bango, balia na lokoso, mpe mabumu na bango etonda na bikolo oyo obombaka mpo na bango; bongo babomba ndambo oyo ekotikala mpo na bakitani na bango!
from man hand: power your LORD from man from lifetime/world portion their in/on/with life (and to treasure your *Q(K)*) to fill belly: womb their to satisfy son: child and to rest remainder their to/for infant their
15 Mpo na ngai, sima na ngai kolonga, nakotala elongi na Yo; sima na ngai kolamuka, nakosepela na komona Yo!
I in/on/with righteousness to see face your to satisfy in/on/with to awake likeness your
