Banzembo 64
1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Nzembo ya Davidi. Oh Nzambe, yoka mongongo na ngai kati kolela na ngai, batela ngai mosika ya monguna oyo azali kopesa ngai somo.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Bomba ngai mosika ya mikano ya bato mabe, mosika ya makita ya bato ya misala mabe.
Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
3 Bapelisaka lolemo na bango ndenge bapelisaka mopanga, babimisaka maloba ya bololo lokola makonga
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
4 mpo na kobwakela, na kobombama, moto oyo azangi pamela; babangaka te kobwakela ye yango na mbalakata.
ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
5 Balendisanaka mpo na mabongisi mabe, bayokanaka kotia mitambo; balobaka: « Nani akomona yango? »
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
6 Basalaka mabongisi ya kosala bato mabe, balobaka: « Toselingwi na mabongisi na biso! » Makanisi mpe motema ya moto ezali mozindo makasi.
They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.
7 Kasi Nzambe akobwakela bango makonga na Ye na mbalakata; ekozwa mpe ekozokisa bango.
But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
8 Maloba na bango moko ekobalukela bango mpe ekomema bango na libebi; mpe moto nyonso oyo akomona bango akoningisa moto.
They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
9 Bato nyonso bakokoma kobanga, kopanza sango ya misala ya Nzambe mpe kososola makambo oyo asalaka.
Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
10 Moto ya sembo akosepela mpe akomibomba kati na Yawe; bato nyonso oyo bazali na mitema alima bakomikumisa mpo na yango.
Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.
