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! O Yahweh with opponents my fight with [those who] fight with me.
2 Kamata nguba ya moke mpe ya monene, mpe telema mpo na kosunga ngai.
Take hold of shield and body shield and arise! help my.
3 Tombola likonga ya monene mpe ya moke mpo na kobundisa bato oyo bazali kolanda ngai. Loba na ngai: « Nazali lobiko na Yo. »
And draw out a spear and lance to meet pursuers my say to self my [am] salvation your I.
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 they be ashamed and they may be humiliated [those who] seek life my may they be turned back backwards and may they be abashed [those who] plot harm my.
5 Tika ete bakoma lokola matiti ya kokawuka oyo mopepe ezali kopumbwisa, tango anjelu ya Yawe akotindika bango;
May they be like chaff before a wind and [the] angel of Yahweh pushing.
6 tika ete nzela na bango ekoma molili mpe moselu tango anjelu ya Yawe akobengana bango.
May it be way their darkness and slippery places and [the] angel of Yahweh pursuing them.
7 Mpo ete, na kozanga tina, mpo na kokanga ngai, batielaki ngai mitambo mpe batimolaki mabulu,
For without cause they have hidden for me [the] pit of net their without cause they have dug for life my.
8 tika ete libebi ekweyela bango na mbalakata, bakangama bango moko na mitambo oyo batielaki ngai mpe bakweya kati na mabulu yango!
May it come to him destruction [which] not he knows and net his which he hid may it catch him in destruction may he fall in it.
9 Nakotonda na esengo kati na Yawe mpe nakosepela kati na lobiko na Ye.
And self my it will rejoice in Yahweh it will exult in salvation his.
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 bones my - they will say O Yahweh who? [is] like you [one who] delivers a poor [person] from a person [too] strong for him and [the] poor and [the] needy from [one who] robs him.
11 Batatoli oyo bamipesa na kanza batelemi, bazali kopesa ngai mituna na tina na makambo oyo nayebi te.
They rise up! witnesses of violence [that] which not I know they ask me.
12 Bazali kozongisela ngai mabe mpo na bolamu oyo nasalaki, mpe kosundola ngai lokola monyokolami.
They repay me harm in place of good bereavement [belongs] to self my.
13 Nzokande tango bango babelaki, ngai nalataki saki, namikitisaki na kokila bilei, nazalaki kobondela mpo na bango.
And I - when were sick they clothing my [was] sackcloth I humbled with fasting self my and prayer my to bosom my it returned.
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.
Like a friend like a brother of me I went about like a mourner of a mother mourning I bowed.
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.
And at stumbling my they rejoiced and they gathered they gathered on me smitten [people] and not I knew they tore and not they were still.
16 Lokola bapagano, bazali koseka ngai, bazali kolia minu na tina na ngai.
Godless [ones] of mockers of cake they gnashed towards me teeth their.
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 how long? will you look bring back! life my from ravages their from young lions only [life] my.
18 Nakokumisa Yo kati na mayangani monene, nakosanzola Yo kati na ebele ya bato.
I will give thanks to you in [the] assembly great among a people numerous I will praise you.
19 Tika ete banguna na ngai basepela te na tina na ngai; tika ete bayini na ngai na kozanga tina bakanga miso te.
May not they rejoice to me enemies my falsehood [those who] hate me without cause let them wink an eye.
20 Pamba te balobaka te maloba ya kimia, kasi babongisaka lokuta mpo na kokosela bato ya kimia makambo kati na mboka.
For not peace they speak and on [the] quiet [people] of [the] land words of deceit they plan!
21 Balobaka na mongongo makasi: « Eh! Eh! Tomonaki ye! »
And they have opened wide on me mouth their they have said aha! - aha! it has seen eyes our.
22 Yawe, omoni nyonso wana; kovanda nye te! Nkolo, kozala mosika na ngai te!
You have seen O Yahweh may not you be silent O Lord may not you be distant from me.
23 Lamuka mpe telema mpo na kolongisa ngai! Nzambe na ngai mpe Nkolo na ngai, kota likambo na ngai.
Wake up! and awake! for judgment my O God my and O Lord for cause my.
24 Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, longisa ngai na bosembo na Yo; kotika bango te kosepela na tina na ngai.
Vindicate me according to righteousness your O Yahweh God my and may not they rejoice to me.
25 Tika ete bamilobela te: « Ah! Tala makambo oyo tozalaki koluka! » Tika ete baloba te: « Tolie ye. »
May not they say in heart their aha! desire our may not they say we have swallowed 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!
May they be ashamed and they may be abashed - altogether [the] [people] joyful of distress my may they be clothed shame and ignominy who magnify themselves on 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! »
May they shout for joy and they may rejoice [the] [people] desirous of righteousness my and may they say continually may he be great Yahweh desiring [the] welfare of servant his.
28 Nakosakola bosembo na Yo, nakokumisa Yo mikolo nyonso.
And tongue my it will utter righteousness your all the day praise your.
