Banzembo 26

1 Nzembo ya Davidi. Yawe, longisa ngai na miso ya basambisi, pamba te natambolaka na bosembo; natielaka Yawe motema, nakozonga sima te.

Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

2 Yawe, tala ngai malamu mpe meka ngai, sosola motema mpe makanisi na ngai,

Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

3 pamba te napengwaka te liboso ya bolingo na Yo mpe nabikaka bomoi na ngai kolanda bosembo na Yo.

For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

4 Navandaka esika moko te na bakosi, natambolaka nzela moko te na bato ya mitema mibale.

I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

5 Nayinaka kosangana elongo na bato ya misala mabe mpe navandaka te esika moko na bato mabe.

I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

6 Yawe, nasukoli maboko na ngai mpo na kolakisa ete nasali mabe te, mpe nabandi na etumbelo na Yo,

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

7 mpo na kozongisela Yo matondi mpe kotatola misala minene na Yo.

to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.

8 Yawe, nasepelaka na Tempelo epai wapi ovandaka elongo na nkembo na Yo.

O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

9 Kolongola te molimo na ngai nzela moko na bato ya masumu, bomoi na ngai elongo na basopi makila,

Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

10 oyo maboko na bango etondi na makila, mpe maboko na bango ya mibali etondi na kanyaka.

in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

11 Natambolaka na bomoi ya bosembo; kangola ngai mpe salela ngai ngolu.

But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.

12 Makolo na ngai etambolaka na nzela ya alima; nakopambola Yawe kati na mayangani ya monene.

My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.