Banzembo 56

1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Eyembamaki ndenge moko na « Ebenga ya terebente ya mosika. » Nzembo ya Davidi, tango bato ya Filisitia bakangaki ye kati na mboka Gati. Nzambe, yokela ngai mawa, pamba te bato bazali kotungisa ngai. Babundisaka mpe banyokolaka ngai mikolo nyonso.

TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “A SILENT DOVE FAR OFF.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN THE PHILISTINES’ TAKING HOLD OF HIM IN GATH. Favor me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresses me,

2 Bayini na ngai batungisaka ngai mikolo nyonso; bato oyo babundisaka ngai na lolendo bazali ebele.

My enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O Most High,

3 Mokolo oyo nazalaka na bobangi, natiaka elikya na ngai kati na Yo.

[In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.

4 Epai ya Nzambe, nakumisaka Liloba na Ye; Epai ya Nzambe, natiaka motema mpe nabangaka te. Moto oyo akokufa akoki kosala ngai nini?

In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I do not fear what flesh does to me.

5 Babongolaka maloba na ngai mikolo nyonso; mabongisi na bango nyonso ezalaka mpo na kosala ngai mabe.

All the day they wrest my words, All their thoughts [are] for evil concerning me,

6 Basalaka makita, babombamaka, balandaka ngai mpo na kosala ngai mabe.

They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

7 Mpo na makambo oyo ya mabe, boni, bazanga etumbu? Oh Nzambe, kweyisela bikolo kanda na Yo!

They escape by iniquity, In anger put down the peoples, O God.

8 Solo, oyebi motango ya matambe ya bomoi na ngai ya mitelengano. Sopa mpinzoli na ngai kati na mbeki na Yo, oyo ezali buku na Yo ya ekaniseli.

You have counted my wandering, You place my tear in Your bottle, Are they not in Your scroll?

9 Bongo, na mokolo oyo nakobelela mpo na kosenga lisungi, banguna na ngai bakozonga sima. Na nzela ya likambo yango, nakoyeba ete Nzambe azali mpo na ngai.

Then turn back my enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.

10 Pembeni ya Nzambe oyo nakumisaka Liloba na Ye, pembeni ya Yawe oyo nakumisaka Liloba na Ye,

In God I praise the word, In YHWH I praise the word.

11 pembeni ya Nzambe oyo natielaka motema mpe nazalaka na bobangi te, moto akoki kosala ngai nini?

In God I trusted, I do not fear what man does to me,

12 Epai na Yo Nzambe, nakokokisa bandayi na ngai mpe nakobonza bambeka ya matondi.

On me, O God, [are] Your vows, I repay thank-offerings to You.

13 Pamba te okangoli ngai na kufa mpe obateli makolo na ngai ete ebeta mabaku te, mpo ete natambola liboso na Yo Nzambe kati na pole ya bomoi.

For You have delivered my soul from death, Do You not [keep] my feet from falling? To habitually walk before God in the light of the living!