Banzembo 69
1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Nzembo ya Davidi: ezali ya koyemba lokola « lisi. » Nzambe, bikisa ngai, pamba te mayi ekomi na kingo na ngai.
For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
2 Nazali kozinda na potopoto, na mozindo makasi epai wapi eloko ya kosimba ezali te; nakiti na mozindo ya mayi, mbonge ememi ngai.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 Nalembi nzoto likolo ya kobelela lisungi; mongongo na ngai ekawuki, miso na ngai elembi mpo na kotalela Nzambe na ngai.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 Bato oyo bayinaka ngai na kozanga tina bazali ebele koleka motango ya suki ya moto na ngai; ba-oyo balukaka kobebisa bomoi na ngai, oyo bazali banguna na ngai kaka pamba, bazali bato na nguya; bazali kosenga ngai na makasi ete nazongisa eloko oyo nayibaki te.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
5 Nzambe, oyebi bozoba na ngai, mpe mabe na ngai ezali ya kobombama te na miso na Yo.
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
6 Nkolo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, tika ete ba-oyo batiaka elikya kati na Yo basila lokumu te likolo na ngai! Nzambe ya Isalaele, tika ete bato oyo balukaka Yo bayokisama soni te likolo na ngai!
Let not them that wait on thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts: let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonour through me, O God of Israel.
7 Pamba te nandimi kofingama mpo na Yo, mpe soni ezipi ngai elongi.
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
8 Bandeko na ngai bakomi kozwa ngai lokola moto oyo bayebi te, nakomi lokola mopaya na miso ya bana ya mama na ngai.
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
9 Pamba te bolingo oyo nazali na yango mpo na ndako na Yo ezali kozikisa ngai, mpe mafinga ya bato oyo bafingaka Yo ezali kokweya na moto na ngai.
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
10 Soki naleli mpe nakili bilei, nasengeli kaka kofingama;
When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11 soki nalati saki, bato basalaka masapo mpo na kotiola ngai.
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a proverb unto them.
12 Bato oyo bavandi na ekuke batiolaka ngai, balangwi masanga bayembaka kombo na ngai kati na banzembo na bango.
They that sit in the gate talk of me; and [I am] the song of the drunkards.
13 Yawe, nabondeli Yo! Nzambe, tango ekoki, tango ya kotalisa ngai bolingo monene na Yo! Yanola ngai na nzela ya boyengebene mpe lobiko na Yo!
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, answer me in the truth of thy salvation.
14 Bimisa ngai na potopoto, sala ete nazinda lisusu te, nakangolama wuta na maboko ya bayini na ngai mpe nabima na mayi ya mozindo!
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Tika ete mbonge ya mayi emema ngai lisusu te, mozindo emela lisusu ngai te, mpe libulu ekangamela ngai te!
Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Yawe, yanola ngai, pamba te bolingo na Yo ezali malamu; baluka epai na ngai, na mawa monene na Yo.
Answer me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
17 Kobombela lisusu mosali na Yo te elongi na Yo. Yanola ngai noki, pamba te nazali na pasi.
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily.
18 Pusana pene na ngai, mpe sikola ngai; kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bayini na ngai.
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: ransom me because of mine enemies.
19 Oyebi ndenge nini nazali kofingama, oyebi soni mpe kosambwa na ngai; banguna na ngai nyonso bazali liboso na Yo.
Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20 Mafinga ezokisi motema na ngai, mpe pota yango ezali kosila te; nazelaki elembo ya mawa kowuta na bato, kasi namonaki yango te; nalukaki babondisi, kasi namonaki bango te.
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21 Batiaki ngenge kati na bilei na ngai, mpe bamelisaki ngai vino ya ngayi tango nayokaki posa ya mayi.
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Tika ete mesa na bango ekoma motambo liboso na bango, mpe kimia na bango ekoma monyama.
Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.
23 Tika ete miso na bango ekufa mpo ete bamona lisusu te, mpe babela mikongo mpo na libela.
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
24 Sopela bango kanda makasi na Yo, mpe tika ete kanda na Yo ya makasi ekanga bango.
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
25 Tika ete molako na bango etikala polele, mpe ete moto moko te avanda na bandako na bango ya kapo.
Let their habitation be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.
26 Pamba te bazali konyokola bato oyo ozokisaki, mpe bazali kopanza sango ya pasi ya bato oyo oyokisaki pasi.
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded,
27 Bakisa mabe na likolo ya mabe na bango, mpe kokota likambo na bango te na bosembo na Yo.
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28 Tika ete bakombo na bango elongwa na buku ya bomoi, mpe batangama te na molongo ya bato ya sembo.
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
29 Solo, nazali mobola mpe moto ya pasi; kasi lobiko na Yo, oh Nzambe, ebatelaka ngai.
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 Nakoyemba mpo na lokumu ya Kombo ya Nzambe, mpe nakopesa Ye nkembo elongo na matondi.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 Yango nde ekosepelisa Yawe, koleka ngombe oyo ezali na maseke mpe na makolo ekabwana.
And it shall please the LORD better than an ox, [or] a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
32 Babola bamoni mpe bazali kosepela. Tika ete mitema na bino oyo bolukaka Nzambe ezala na bomoi!
The meek have seen it, and are glad: ye that seek after God, let your heart live.
33 Pamba te Yawe ayokaka bato oyo bakelela, mpe atiolaka bato na Ye te ata bazali bakangami kati na boloko.
For the LORD heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34 Tika ete likolo mpe mabele, bibale minene mpe nyonso oyo ezali kati na yango ekumisa Ye!
Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
35 Pamba te Nzambe akobikisa Siona mpe akotonga lisusu bingumba ya Yuda. Bato bakovanda kuna mpe bakozwa yango lokola libula na bango.
For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
36 Bakitani ya basali na Ye bakozwa yango lokola libula, mpe bato oyo balingaka Kombo na Ye bakovanda kati na yango.
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
