Banzembo 38
1 Nzembo ya Davidi mpo na kokanisa. Yawe, kopamela ngai te kati na kanda na Yo to kopesa ngai etumbu te kati na kanda makasi na Yo.
A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2 Pamba te makonga na Yo etoboli ngai, mpe loboko na Yo ebeti ngai.
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
3 Mpo na kanda na Yo, nzoto na ngai ebeli; mpo na masumu na ngai, mikuwa na ngai elembi.
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 Mabe na ngai eleki moto na ngai, ezali kilo makasi epai na ngai lokola mokumba ya kilo makasi.
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5 Bapota na ngai epoli mpe ekomi kolumba solo mpo na bozoba na ngai.
My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
6 Nagumbami, nalembi makasi; nakomi moto ya mawa mpo na libela.
I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 Pamba te nazali koyoka pasi makasi na mokongo na ngai, eteni ata moko te ya nzoto na ngai ezali malamu.
For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
8 Nalembi, makasi na ngai nyonso esili; mobulu ekoti na motema na ngai, nakomi koganga na kolemba te.
I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 Nkolo, oyebi posa na ngai nyonso; kolela na ngai ezali ya kobombama te na miso na Yo.
O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
10 Motema na ngai ezangi kimia, makasi na ngai ekomi kosila, nabungisi ata pole ya miso na ngai.
My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11 Bato oyo balingaka ngai mpe baninga na ngai bakimi pasi na ngai, ba-oyo bazalaka na ngai esika moko batelemi mosika na ngai.
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12 Bato oyo balukaka kufa na ngai bazali kotia mitambo, ba-oyo balukaka pasi na ngai bazali koloba mpo na kosala ngai mabe, bakomi mikolo nyonso kobongisa lokuta.
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
13 Kasi ngai nazali kosala lokola mokufi matoyi; mpe lokola baba, nakangi monoko, naboyi koloba.
But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
14 Nakomi lokola mokufi matoyi oyo akoki kopesa eyano ata moko te na monoko na ye.
I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
15 Yawe, natiaka elikya na ngai kati na Yo; oh Nkolo, Nzambe na ngai, solo, okoyanola.
I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16 Nalobaki: « Kopesa nzela te ete basepela na tina na ngai to bamitombola likolo na ngai soki nabeti libaku. »
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
17 Pamba te nakomi pene ya kokweya, pasi na ngai ezali kaka elongo na ngai tango nyonso.
For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 Solo nandimi mabe na ngai, masumu na ngai ezali kotungisa molimo na ngai.
Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 Banguna na ngai bazali makasi mpe bingambe, bato oyo bayinaka ngai kaka pamba bazali ebele.
Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
20 Bato oyo bazongisaka mabe na bolamu bazali kofunda ngai atako nalukaka kosala bolamu.
Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
21 Yawe, kosundola ngai te; Nzambe na ngai, kozala mpe mosika na ngai te.
Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
22 Nkolo, Mobikisi na ngai, yaka noki kosunga ngai.
Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
