Banzembo 40
1 Nzembo ya Davidi. Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Natiaki elikya na ngai kati na Yawe; abalukaki epai na ngai mpe ayokaki koganga na ngai.
Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.
2 Abimisaki ngai na libulu ya mozindo, kati na potopoto; atelemisaki ngai na likolo ya libanga mpe alendisaki makolo na ngai.
And he heard my prayers and he led me out of the pit of misery and the quagmire. And he stationed my feet upon a rock, and he directed my steps.
3 Atiaka nzembo ya sika kati na monoko na ngai, nzembo ya masanzoli mpo na Nzambe na biso. Bato ebele bakomona, bakobanga mpe bakotiela Yawe motema.
And he sent a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many will see, and they will fear; and they will hope in the Lord.
4 Esengo na moto oyo atiaka elikya kati na Yawe, kasi atalelaka te bato ya lolendo mpe bakosi.
Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.
5 Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, bikamwa mpe mabongisi oyo osalaka mpo na biso ezali ebele penza. Moko te akokani na Yo; nalingi kotatola mpe kopanza sango na yango, kasi motango na yango eleki ebele.
You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.
6 Osepelaki te na bambeka mpe na makabo, kasi ofungolaki matoyi na ngai; osengaki te makabo ya kotumba mpe bambeka mpo masumu.
Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require.
7 Bongo nalobaki: « Ngai oyo, nayei epai na Yo kolanda ndenge ekomami na tina na ngai kati na buku.
Then I said, “Behold, I draw near.” At the head of the book, it has been written of me:
8 Nzambe na ngai, nasepelaka kosala mokano na Yo, Mobeko na Yo ezali kati na motema na ngai. »
that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart.
9 Nasakolaka bosembo na Yo kati na mayangani, nakokanga monoko na ngai te; Yawe, oyebi yango!
I have announced your justice in a great Church: behold, I will not restrain my lips. O Lord, you have known it.
10 Nabombaka bosembo na Yo te kati na motema na ngai, natatolaka boyengebene mpe lobiko na Yo kati na mayangani, nakobomba yango ata moke te.
I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly.
11 Yawe, kopimela ngai mawa na Yo te; kasi sala ete bolingo mpe bosolo na Yo ebatelaka ngai tango nyonso.
O Lord, do not take your tender mercies far from me. Your mercy and your truth ever sustain me.
12 Pamba te makambo ebele ya pasi ezingeli ngai, mabunga na ngai ekomi konyokola ngai, mpe nazali kokoka lisusu te kotala yango; ezali ebele koleka suki ya moto na ngai, mpe motema na ngai elembi kati na ngai.
For evils without number have surrounded me. My iniquities have taken hold of me, and I was not able to see. They have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. And my heart has forsaken me.
13 Yawe, nabondeli Yo, kangola ngai; Yawe, yaka noki kosunga ngai.
Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me. Look down, O Lord, to help me.
14 Tika ete bato oyo balukaka kufa na ngai bakufa soni mpe basambwa! Tika ete bato oyo bazelaka libebi na ngai bazonga sima mpe babungisa lokumu na bango!
Let them together be confounded and awed, who seek after my soul to steal it away. Let them be turned back and be in awe, who wish evils upon me.
15 Tika ete ba-oyo balobaka na ngai: « Ah! Ah! » bayoka somo mpe bakufa soni!
Let them bear their confusion all at once, who say to me, “Well, well.”
16 Kasi tika ete bato nyonso oyo balukaka Yo batonda na esengo mpe basepela kati na Yo! Tika ete ba-oyo balingaka lobiko na Yo balobaka tango nyonso: « Yawe azali monene! »
Let all who seek you exult and rejoice over you. And let those who love your salvation always say, “May the Lord be magnified.”
17 Solo, nazali mobola mpe moto akelela, kasi tika ete Nkolo asunga mpe akangola ngai. Nzambe na ngai, kowumela te!
But I am a beggar and poor. The Lord has been concerned about me. You are my helper and my protector. My God, do not delay.
