Banzembo 55
1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Eyembamaki na lindanda. Nzembo ya Davidi. Oh Nzambe, yoka libondeli na ngai, komibomba te wana nazali kobelela Yo.
Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and despise not my supplication.
2 Yoka ngai mpe yanola ngai. Kati na kolela na ngai, nakomi koyengayenga mpe nazangi kimia,
Be attentive to me, and heed me. I have been grieved in my training, and I have been disturbed
3 mpo na maloba ya monguna na ngai mpe kanda ya moto mabe, pamba te bazali kokweyisela ngai misala mabe mpe konyokola ngai na kanda.
at the voice of the adversary and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have diverted iniquities toward me, and they have been harassing me with rage.
4 Motema na ngai etondi na mawa, mpe somo ya kufa ekangi ngai.
My heart has become disturbed within me, and the dread of death has fallen over me.
5 Nakomi kobanga mpe kolenga, somo monene ekangi ngai.
Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and darkness has buried me.
6 Nakomi komilobela: « Soki nazalaki ata na mapapu ya ebenga, nalingaki kopumbwa mpo na koluka bopemi;
And I said, “Who will give me wings like the dove, so that I may fly away and take rest?”
7 nalingaki kokima mosika penza, mpo na kokende kovanda ata na esobe.
Behold, I have fled far away, and I linger in solitude.
8 Solo, na lombangu penza, nalingaki kokende koluka ebombamelo mpo na kokima mopepe makasi mpe ekumbaki. »
I waited for him who saved me from a weak-minded spirit and from a tempest.
9 Nkolo, bebisa mabongisi ya banguna na ngai mpe kotisa mobulu kati na bango; pamba te, kati na engumba, nazali komona mobulu mpe bokabwani.
Cast them down, O Lord, and divide their tongues. For I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
10 Butu mpe moyi, ezali kotambola na bamir na yango; misala mabe mpe ya kanza etondi kati na yango.
Day and night, iniquity will surround it upon its walls, and hardship is in its midst,
11 Banguya oyo ebebisaka ezali kosala kati na yango, minyoko mpe lokuta ezali kosila te.
with injustice. And usury and deceit have not fallen away from its streets.
12 Soki monguna nde azalaki kofinga ngai, nalingaki kokanga motema; soki ezalaki mpe moyini nde azalaki kotelemela ngai, nalingaki komibomba mpo ete amona ngai te.
For if my enemy had spoken evil about me, certainly, I would have sustained it. And if he who hated me had been speaking great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.
13 Kasi ezali yo, moto lokola ngai, oyo otambolaka elongo na ngai, molingami mpe moninga na ngai ya motema
Truly, you are a man of one mind: my leader and my acquaintance,
14 oyo nazalaki kokabola elongo na yo, pasi mpe basekele tango tozalaki kokende nzela moko na Tempelo ya Nzambe.
who took sweet food together with me. In the house of God, we walked side-by-side.
15 Tika ete kufa ekanga bango na mbalakata mpe bakita ya bomoi kati na mboka ya bakufi; pamba te mabe etondi kati na bandako mpe mitema na bango. (Sheol h7585)
Let death come upon them, and let them descend alive into Hellfire. For there is wickedness in their dwellings, in their midst. (Sheol h7585)
16 Mpo na ngai, nabelelaka Nzambe, mpe Yawe akobikisa ngai.
But I have cried out to God, and the Lord will save me.
17 Tongo, midi, pokwa, nasopaka motema na ngai mpe nalelaka, mpe ayokaka mongongo na ngai.
Evening and morning and midday, I will discourse and announce, and he will heed my voice.
18 Akopesa ngai kimia, akokangola ngai na bitumba oyo babundisaka ngai; pamba te bato oyo batelemeli ngai bazali ebele.
He will redeem my soul in peace from those who draw near to me. For, among the many, they were with me.
19 Nzambe ayokaka, akosambwisa bango penza; akonzaka mpo na libela na libela. Babongolaka mitema te mpe batosaka Nzambe te.
God will hear, and He who is before time will humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God.
20 Abundisi balingami na ye, abebisi boyokani na ye.
He has stretched forth his hand in retribution. They have contaminated his covenant.
21 Maloba ya monoko na ye ezalaka sukali, nzokande bitumba evandi kati na motema na ye; maloba na ye ezalaka ya kimia koleka mafuta, nzokande ezali mopanga oyo ezangi ebombelo.
They were divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart has drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and they are arrows.
22 Bwakela Yawe mokumba na yo, akosunga yo; akotika te ete moto ya sembo akweya mpo na libela.
Cast your cares upon the Lord, and he will nurture you. He will not allow the just to be tossed about forever.
23 Mpe Yo, Nzambe, okobwaka basopi makila mpe bakosi kati na libulu ya libebi; bakokokisa ata kati-kati te ya mikolo ya bomoi na bango. Kasi ngai, natiaka elikya na ngai kati na Yo.
Truly, O God, you will lead them away into the well of death. Bloody and deceitful men will not divide their days in half. But I will hope in you, O Lord.
