Banzembo 18
1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Nzembo ya Davidi, mosali na Yawe. Ayembelaki Yawe nzembo na maloba oyo, tango Yawe akangolaki ye wuta na maboko ya banguna na ye nyonso mpe na loboko ya Saulo. Oh Yawe, makasi na ngai, nalingaka Yo.
Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. I will love thee, O Lord, my strength:
2 Yawe azali libanga na ngai, ndako na ngai ya makasi mpe mokangoli na ngai; azali Nzambe na ngai, libanga na ngai mpe ebombamelo na ngai; azali nguba na ngai, Mobikisi na ngai, mpe ekimelo na ngai.
The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
3 Nabelelaki Yawe oyo abongi na lokumu, mpe nakangolamaki wuta na maboko ya banguna na ngai.
Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.
4 Basinga ya kufa efinaki ngai, mpela ya libebi epesaki ngai somo.
The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me. (Sheol h7585)
6 Kati na pasi na ngai, nabelelaki Yawe, nagangaki epai ya Nzambe na ngai mpo ete asunga ngai. Yawe ayokaki mongongo na ngai wuta na Tempelo na Ye; koganga na ngai mpo na kosenga lisungi ekomaki kino na matoyi na Ye.
In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.
7 Mabele ekomaki koningana makasi, miboko ya bangomba elengaki mpe ebukanaki, pamba te Yawe asilikaki.
The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
8 Milinga ekomaki kobima na zolo na Ye, moto makasi elongo na makala ya moto ekomaki kobima na monoko na Ye.
There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.
9 Yawe afungolaki Lola mpe akitaki; mapata ya mwindo ezalaki na se ya matambe na Ye.
He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
10 Amataki na likolo ya Sheribe mpe apumbwaki, apepaki na mapapu ya mopepe.
And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.
11 Akomisaki molili ebombamelo na Ye, kapo na Ye, oyo ezingelaki Ye; mapata minene ezingelaki Ye, mwindo lokola mayi ya mozindo.
And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
12 Kongenga oyo ezalaki liboso na Ye ezalaki kokimisa mapata, konokisa mvula ya mabanga mpe kobimisa makala ya moto.
At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
13 Yawe agangaki wuta na Lola, mongongo ya Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo eyokanaki na nzela ya mvula ya mabanga mpe makala ya moto.
And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
14 Abwakaki makonga na Ye mpe atindaki yango na bangambo nyonso; abakisaki motango ya mikalikali mpo na kopalanganisa yango.
And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
15 Yawe, tango ogangelaki yango, na nzela ya pema na Yo mpe ya milinga ya zolo na Yo, nzela oyo mayi ya ebale elekelaka ebimaki, miboko ya mokili emonanaki na libanda.
Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
16 Atandaki loboko na Ye wuta na likolo, akamataki ngai mpe abimisaki ngai na likama oyo nazalaki na yango kati na mayi ya mozindo makasi;
He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
17 akangolaki ngai wuta na maboko ya monguna na ngai ya nguya mpe ya bayini na ngai, pamba te balekaki ngai na makasi.
He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 Babundisaki ngai, na mokolo oyo pasi ezalaki kokanga ngai, kasi Yawe azalaki eyekamelo na ngai.
They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
19 Abimisaki ngai mpo na kokomisa ngai nsomi, akangolaki ngai, pamba te alingaka ngai.
And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
20 Yawe asaleli ngai makambo wana kolanda bosembo na ngai, afuti ngai kolanda bopeto ya maboko na ngai;
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
21 pamba te nabateli banzela ya Yawe, napesi Nzambe na ngai mokongo te lokola bato mabe.
Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
22 Natosaka mibeko na Ye nyonso mpe nabatelaka bikateli na Ye.
For till his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
23 Epai na Ye, nazalaki moto oyo azangi pamela mpe namibatelaki mpo ete nasala masumu te.
And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
24 Yawe afuti ngai kolanda bosembo na ngai, kolanda bopeto ya maboko na ngai na miso na Ye.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
25 Solo, otalisaka bosembo na Yo epai ya moto oyo atambolaka na bosembo, mpe bolamu na Yo, epai ya moto oyo azangi pamela.
With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
26 Otalisaka bopeto na Yo epai ya moto ya peto, kasi omibombaka liboso ya moto oyo atambolaka nyoka-nyoka.
And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
27 Yo nde obikisaka banyokolami, okitisaka bato na lofundu.
For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
28 Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, Yo nde opelisaka mwinda na ngai; obongolaka molili na ngai pole.
For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
29 Elongo na Yo, nabundisaka mampinga oyo elati bibundeli; mpe na lisungi ya Nzambe na ngai, nakatisaka bamir.
For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall.
30 Nzela ya Nzambe ezali ya kokoka, Liloba na Yawe ezali na mbeba te; azali nguba mpo na bato nyonso oyo bazwaka Ye lokola ebombamelo na bango.
As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.
31 Nani azali Nzambe soki Yawe te? Nani azali libanga soki Nzambe na biso te?
For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?
32 Nzambe apesaka ngai makasi mpe akomisaka nzela na ngai ya kokoka;
God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
33 akomisaka makolo na ngai lokola ya mboloko, mpe avandisaka ngai na bisika ya likolo;
Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places.
34 alakisaka ngai kobunda, mpe maboko na ngai ekoki kobenda tolotolo ya bronze.
Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
35 Okomisaka lobiko na Yo nguba na ngai, loboko na Yo ya mobali elendisaka ngai, mpe lisungi na Yo ekomisaka ngai makasi.
And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.
36 Otambolisaka ngai na kimia, mpe makolo na ngai elengaka te.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.
37 Nalandaka banguna na ngai, mpe nakangaka bango; nazongaka kaka soki nasilisi koboma bango.
I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
38 Nabebisaka bango nye, mpe bakokaka lisusu kotelema te; bakweyaka na se ya matambe na ngai.
I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
39 Opesaka ngai makasi ya bitumba, ogumbaka banguna na ngai mpe otiaka bango na se ya matambe na ngai.
And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.
40 Okimisaka banguna na ngai mosika na ngai, mpe nabebisaka bayini na ngai.
And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
41 Bagangaka mpo na koluka lisungi, kasi moto oyo akokaki kobikisa bango azalaka te; babelelaka Yawe, kasi ayanolaka bango te.
They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
42 Nanikaka bango lokola putulu oyo mopepe epumbwisaka, nanyataka bango lokola potopoto ya nzela.
And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.
43 Olongisaka ngai na bitumba ya bato, obatelaka ngai mpo ete nazala mokambi ya bikolo. Bato oyo nayebaki te bakomi kosalela ngai.
Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
44 Soki kaka bayoki ngai, batosaka ngai; mpe bapaya bayaka mpo ete nasepela na bango.
A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
45 Bango nyonso balembi nzoto mpe bakomi kobima na kolenga wuta na bandako na bango ya makasi.
The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
46 Longonya na Yawe! Tika ete Ye oyo azali libanga na ngai akumisama! Tika ete Nzambe ya lobiko na ngai anetolama!
The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted:
47 Azali Nzambe oyo abundelaka ngai, oyo atiaka bikolo na se ya matambe na ngai,
O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.
48 oyo akangolaka ngai wuta na maboko ya banguna na ngai. Olongisaka ngai liboso ya banguna na ngai, obikisaka ngai na maboko ya banguna na ngai.
And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
49 Yango wana, nakosanzola Yo, Yawe, kati na bikolo; nakoyemba mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Yo.
Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
50 Yawe apesaka elonga monene epai ya mokonzi na Ye, atalisaka bolingo na Ye epai ya mopakolami na Ye, epai ya Davidi mpe epai ya libota na ye, mpo na libela.
Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed for ever.
