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 Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
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, and he shall be blessed upon the earth; and deliver not thou him unto 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 support him upon the couch of languishing: thou makest all his bed 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, have mercy upon me: heal my soul; 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? »
Mine enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When shall 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.
And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity; his heart gathereth iniquity to itself: when he goeth abroad, he telleth 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 my hurt.
8 Balobaka: « Pasi moko ya somo penza ekangi ye, ebwaki ye na mbeto mpe azali kokoka lisusu kotelema te. »
An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
9 Ezala molingami na ngai ya kimia, oyo nazalaki kotiela motema mpe azalaki kolia sani moko elongo na ngai, abalukeli ngai.
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, 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 thou, O LORD, have mercy upon me, and 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 delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 Mpo ete nazangi pamela, okosunga ngai mpe okovandisa ngai na makolo na Yo mpo na libela.
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13 Tika ete Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, akumisama libela na libela!
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
