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.
For the chief musician. A psalm of David. I waited patiently for Yahweh; he listened to me and heard my cry.
2 Abimisaki ngai na libulu ya mozindo, kati na potopoto; atelemisaki ngai na likolo ya libanga mpe alendisaki makolo na ngai.
He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and he set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure.
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.
He has put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God. Many will see it and honor him and will trust in Yahweh.
4 Esengo na moto oyo atiaka elikya kati na Yawe, kasi atalelaka te bato ya lolendo mpe bakosi.
Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not honor the proud or those who turn away from him to lies.
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.
Many, Yahweh my God, are the wonderful deeds that you have done, and your thoughts which are about us cannot be numbered; if I declared and spoke of them, they would be more than could be counted.
6 Osepelaki te na bambeka mpe na makabo, kasi ofungolaki matoyi na ngai; osengaki te makabo ya kotumba mpe bambeka mpo masumu.
You have no delight in sacrifice or offering, but you have opened my ears; you have not required burnt offerings or sin offerings.
7 Bongo nalobaki: « Ngai oyo, nayei epai na Yo kolanda ndenge ekomami na tina na ngai kati na buku.
Then said I, “See, I have come; it is written about me in the scroll of the document.
8 Nzambe na ngai, nasepelaka kosala mokano na Yo, Mobeko na Yo ezali kati na motema na ngai. »
I delight to do your will, my God; your laws are in my heart.”
9 Nasakolaka bosembo na Yo kati na mayangani, nakokanga monoko na ngai te; Yawe, oyebi yango!
I have proclaimed good news of your righteousness in the great assembly; Yahweh, you know that my lips have not kept back from doing this.
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 righteousness in my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your covenant faithfulness or your trustworthiness from the great assembly.
11 Yawe, kopimela ngai mawa na Yo te; kasi sala ete bolingo mpe bosolo na Yo ebatelaka ngai tango nyonso.
Do not keep back your acts of mercy from me, Yahweh; let your covenant faithfulness and your trustworthiness always preserve 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.
Troubles that cannot be numbered surround me; my iniquities have caught up with me so that I am no longer able to see anything; they are more than the hairs on my head, and my heart has failed me.
13 Yawe, nabondeli Yo, kangola ngai; Yawe, yaka noki kosunga ngai.
Be pleased, Yahweh, to rescue me; hurry to help me, Yahweh.
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 be ashamed and completely disappointed who pursue my life to take it away. Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor, those who delight in hurting me.
15 Tika ete ba-oyo balobaka na ngai: « Ah! Ah! » bayoka somo mpe bakufa soni!
Let them be shocked because of their shame, those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
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! »
But may all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; let everyone who loves your salvation say continually, “May Yahweh be praised.”
17 Solo, nazali mobola mpe moto akelela, kasi tika ete Nkolo asunga mpe akangola ngai. Nzambe na ngai, kowumela te!
I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks about me. You are my help and you come to my rescue; do not delay, my God.
