Banzembo 35
1 Nzembo ya Davidi. Yawe, kota likambo na ngai liboso ya bayini na ngai; bundisa bato oyo bazali kobundisa ngai.
Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
2 Kamata nguba ya moke mpe ya monene, mpe telema mpo na kosunga ngai.
Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
3 Tombola likonga ya monene mpe ya moke mpo na kobundisa bato oyo bazali kolanda ngai. Loba na ngai: « Nazali lobiko na Yo. »
Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
4 Tika ete bato oyo bazali komeka bomoi na ngai basambwa mpe bayoka soni; tika ete bato oyo bazali kokana kosala ngai mabe bazonga sima mpe bakoma mawa-mawa!
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
5 Tika ete bakoma lokola matiti ya kokawuka oyo mopepe ezali kopumbwisa, tango anjelu ya Yawe akotindika bango;
May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
6 tika ete nzela na bango ekoma molili mpe moselu tango anjelu ya Yawe akobengana bango.
May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
7 Mpo ete, na kozanga tina, mpo na kokanga ngai, batielaki ngai mitambo mpe batimolaki mabulu,
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
8 tika ete libebi ekweyela bango na mbalakata, bakangama bango moko na mitambo oyo batielaki ngai mpe bakweya kati na mabulu yango!
May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
9 Nakotonda na esengo kati na Yawe mpe nakosepela kati na lobiko na Ye.
Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
10 Mikuwa na ngai nyonso ekoloba: « Oh Yawe, nani akoki kokangola, lokola Yo, mobola wuta na maboko ya moto oyo aleki ye na makasi, mobola mpe mokeleli wuta na maboko ya banyokoli na bango? »
All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
11 Batatoli oyo bamipesa na kanza batelemi, bazali kopesa ngai mituna na tina na makambo oyo nayebi te.
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
12 Bazali kozongisela ngai mabe mpo na bolamu oyo nasalaki, mpe kosundola ngai lokola monyokolami.
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
13 Nzokande tango bango babelaki, ngai nalataki saki, namikitisaki na kokila bilei, nazalaki kobondela mpo na bango.
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
14 Nazalaki kotambola na mawa lokola mpo na moninga to mpo na ndeko; nazalaki kokitisa moto na se mpo na mawa lokola moto oyo azali kolela mama na ye.
I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
15 Kasi awa ngai nakomi na pasi, bango bazali kosepela mpe kosangana; wana ngai nayebi te, bango bazali kosangana mpo na kotonga ngai, bazali kolemba te kofinga ngai.
But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
16 Lokola bapagano, bazali koseka ngai, bazali kolia minu na tina na ngai.
Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
17 Yawe, kino tango nini okotala kaka boye? Kangola ngai wuta na misala na bango ya mabe, bomoi na ngai wuta na manzaka ya bankosi oyo.
How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
18 Nakokumisa Yo kati na mayangani monene, nakosanzola Yo kati na ebele ya bato.
Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
19 Tika ete banguna na ngai basepela te na tina na ngai; tika ete bayini na ngai na kozanga tina bakanga miso te.
Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
20 Pamba te balobaka te maloba ya kimia, kasi babongisaka lokuta mpo na kokosela bato ya kimia makambo kati na mboka.
For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
21 Balobaka na mongongo makasi: « Eh! Eh! Tomonaki ye! »
They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
22 Yawe, omoni nyonso wana; kovanda nye te! Nkolo, kozala mosika na ngai te!
O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Lamuka mpe telema mpo na kolongisa ngai! Nzambe na ngai mpe Nkolo na ngai, kota likambo na ngai.
Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
24 Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, longisa ngai na bosembo na Yo; kotika bango te kosepela na tina na ngai.
Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
25 Tika ete bamilobela te: « Ah! Tala makambo oyo tozalaki koluka! » Tika ete baloba te: « Tolie ye. »
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
26 Tika ete bato nyonso oyo basepelaka na pasi na ngai, bango nyonso lisanga, bayoka soni mpe basambwa! Tika ete bato oyo batombokelaka ngai balata soni mpe bazala kati na yikiyiki!
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
27 Tika ete bato oyo basepelaka na bosembo na ngai baganga na esengo mpe basepela; tika ete balobaka tango nyonso: « Tika ete Yawe anetolama, Ye oyo asepelaka na kimia ya mowumbu na Ye! »
May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
28 Nakosakola bosembo na Yo, nakokumisa Yo mikolo nyonso.
Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
