Banzembo 35
1 Nzembo ya Davidi. Yawe, kota likambo na ngai liboso ya bayini na ngai; bundisa bato oyo bazali kobundisa ngai.
[A Psalm] of David. Judge thou, O Lord, them that injure me, fight against them that fight against me.
2 Kamata nguba ya moke mpe ya monene, mpe telema mpo na kosunga ngai.
Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help.
3 Tombola likonga ya monene mpe ya moke mpo na kobundisa bato oyo bazali kolanda ngai. Loba na ngai: « Nazali lobiko na Yo. »
Bring forth a sword, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am thy 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!
Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.
5 Tika ete bakoma lokola matiti ya kokawuka oyo mopepe ezali kopumbwisa, tango anjelu ya Yawe akotindika bango;
Let them be as dust before the wind, and an angel of the Lord afflicting them.
6 tika ete nzela na bango ekoma molili mpe moselu tango anjelu ya Yawe akobengana bango.
Let their way be dark and slippery, and an angel of the Lord persecuting them.
7 Mpo ete, na kozanga tina, mpo na kokanga ngai, batielaki ngai mitambo mpe batimolaki mabulu,
For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare: without a cause they have reproached my soul.
8 tika ete libebi ekweyela bango na mbalakata, bakangama bango moko na mitambo oyo batielaki ngai mpe bakweya kati na mabulu yango!
Let a snare which they know not come upon them; and the gin which they hid take them; and let them fall into the very same snare.
9 Nakotonda na esengo kati na Yawe mpe nakosepela kati na lobiko na Ye.
But my soul shall exult in the Lord: it shall delight 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 shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.
11 Batatoli oyo bamipesa na kanza batelemi, bazali kopesa ngai mituna na tina na makambo oyo nayebi te.
Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I new not.
12 Bazali kozongisela ngai mabe mpo na bolamu oyo nasalaki, mpe kosundola ngai lokola monyokolami.
They rewarded me evil for good, and bereavement to my soul.
13 Nzokande tango bango babelaki, ngai nalataki saki, namikitisaki na kokila bilei, nazalaki kobondela mpo na bango.
But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting: and my prayer shall return to my [own] bosom.
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 behaved agreeably towards them as [if it had been] our neighbour [or] brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance.
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.
Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew [it] not: they were scattered, but repented not.
16 Lokola bapagano, bazali koseka ngai, bazali kolia minu na tina na ngai.
They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon 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.
O Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? Deliver my soul from their mischief, mine only-begotten one from the lions.
18 Nakokumisa Yo kati na mayangani monene, nakosanzola Yo kati na ebele ya bato.
I will give thanks to thee even in a great congregation: in an abundant people I will praise thee.
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 them that are mine enemies without a cause rejoice against me; who hate me for nothing, and wink with their eyes.
20 Pamba te balobaka te maloba ya kimia, kasi babongisaka lokuta mpo na kokosela bato ya kimia makambo kati na mboka.
For to me they spoke peaceably, but imagined deceits in [their] anger.
21 Balobaka na mongongo makasi: « Eh! Eh! Tomonaki ye! »
And they opened wide their mouth upon me; they said Aha, aha, our eyes have seen [it].
22 Yawe, omoni nyonso wana; kovanda nye te! Nkolo, kozala mosika na ngai te!
Thou hast seen [it], O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, withdraw not [thyself] from me.
23 Lamuka mpe telema mpo na kolongisa ngai! Nzambe na ngai mpe Nkolo na ngai, kota likambo na ngai.
Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment, [even] 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.
Judge me, O Lord, according to thy righteousness, O Lord my God; and let them not rejoice against 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, aha, [it is pleasing] to our soul: neither let them say, We have devoured him.
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!
Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions: let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me.
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! »
Let them that rejoice in my righteousness exult and be glad: and let them say continually, The Lord be magnified, who desire the peace of his servant.
28 Nakosakola bosembo na Yo, nakokumisa Yo mikolo nyonso.
And my tongue shall meditate on thy righteousness, [and] on thy praise all the day.
