Banzembo 3
1 Nzembo ya Davidi. Ayembaki yango tango azalaki kokima Abisalomi, mwana na ye. Oh Yawe, banguna na ngai bazali motango boni! Banguna boni oyo bazali kobundisa ngai!
A PSALM OF DAVID, IN HIS FLEEING FROM THE FACE OF HIS SON ABSALOM. YHWH, how my distresses have multiplied! Many are rising up against me.
2 Ebele bazali koloba na tina na ngai: « Nzambe akobikisa ye te! »
Many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” (Selah)
3 Nzokande Yo, Yawe, ozali nguba mpe nkembo na ngai, Yo nde omatisaka lokumu na ngai.
And You, O YHWH, [are] a shield for me, My glory, and lifter up of my head.
4 Nabelelaka Yawe, mpe ayanolaka ngai wuta na ngomba na Ye ya bule.
My voice [is] to YHWH: I call and He answers me from His holy hill, (Selah)
5 Nalalaka mpe nazwaka pongi; nalamukaka lisusu, pamba te Yawe azali makasi na ngai.
I have lain down, and I sleep, I have awoken, for YHWH sustains me.
6 Nakobanga te atako ebele ya bankoto bazingeli ngai na bangambo nyonso.
I am not afraid of myriads of people, That they have set against me all around.
7 Yawe, telema! Nzambe na ngai, kangola ngai! Beta banguna na ngai nyonso bambata, buka bato mabe minu.
Rise, O YHWH! Save me, my God! For You have struck all my enemies [on] the cheek. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
8 Kokangolama na ngai ewutaka na Yawe. Tika ete lipamboli na Yo ewumela kati na bato na Yo.
This salvation [is] of YHWH; Your blessing [is] on Your people! (Selah)
