Banzembo 41
1 Nzembo ya Davidi. Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Esengo na moto oyo akanisaka mobola! Yawe akokangola ye na tango ya pasi.
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” Happy is he who hath regard to the poor! The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 Yawe akokengela ye mpe akobatela bomoi na ye, akokomisa ye moto ya esengo kati na mokili mpe akokaba ye te na maboko ya banguna na ye.
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; He shall be happy on the earth; Thou wilt not give him up to the will of his enemies!
3 Yawe akosunga ye na mbeto na ye soki abeli mpe akobikisa ye na bokono na ye nyonso.
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of disease; All his bed thou wilt change in his sickness.
4 Nalobaki: « Oh Yawe, yokela ngai mawa; bikisa ngai na bokono, pamba te nasalaki masumu epai na Yo. »
I said, O LORD! be merciful to me! Heal me, for I have sinned against thee!
5 Banguna na ngai balobaka mabe na tina na ngai: « Akokufa mokolo nini mpo ete kombo na ye etangama lisusu te? »
My enemies speak evil of me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 Kati na bango, moto nyonso oyo ayaka kotala ngai alobaka kaka lokuta mpo na kobebisa lokumu na ngai, akangisaka kati na ye makambo ya lokuta mpe, soki kaka abimi libanda, apanzaka yango na matongi.
If one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth malice; When he goeth abroad, he uttereth it.
7 Banguna na ngai basanganaka kaka mpo na kotonga ngai mpe kokanisa mpo na libebi na ngai.
All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise mischief:
8 Balobaka: « Pasi moko ya somo penza ekangi ye, ebwaki ye na mbeto mpe azali kokoka lisusu kotelema te. »
“A deadly disease cleaveth fast unto him; He lieth down, and he shall never arise!”
9 Ezala molingami na ngai ya kimia, oyo nazalaki kotiela motema mpe azalaki kolia sani moko elongo na ngai, abalukeli ngai.
Yea, my familiar friend in whom I trusted, who did eat of my bread, —He hath lifted up his heel against me.
10 Kasi Yo, Yawe, yokela ngai mawa mpe telemisa ngai mpo ete nazongisela bango mabe na mabe.
But do thou, O LORD! have pity upon me; Raise me up, that I may requite them!
11 Nakoyeba ete osepelaka na ngai soki kaka monguna na ngai agangi te na tina na ngai.
By this I know that thou favorest me, Because my enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 Mpo ete nazangi pamela, okosunga ngai mpe okovandisa ngai na makolo na Yo mpo na libela.
As for me, thou wilt uphold me in my integrity; Thou wilt set me before thy face for ever!
13 Tika ete Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, akumisama libela na libela!
[Praised be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen! Amen!]
