Banzembo 86

1 Libondeli ya Davidi. Yawe, yoka mpe yanola ngai; pamba te nazali mobola mpe moto akelela.

A Prayer of David. O Lord, incline your ear, and listen to me; for I am poor and needy.

2 Batela bomoi na ngai, pamba te nazali moyengebene na Yo. Yo, Nzambe na ngai, bikisa ngai, mosali na Yo, oyo natiaka elikya kati na Yo.

Preserve my soul, for I am holy; save your servant, O God, who hopes in you.

3 Oh Nkolo, yokela ngai mawa; pamba te nabelelaka Yo tango nyonso!

Pity me, O Lord: for to you will I cry all the day.

4 Nkolo, sepelisa motema na ngai, mosali na Yo, pamba te natombolaka molimo na ngai epai na Yo.

Rejoice the sold of your servant: for to you, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.

5 Nkolo, ozali malamu, olimbisaka, otonda na bolingo mpo na bato nyonso oyo babelelaka Yo.

For you, O Lord, are kind, and gentle; and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon you.

6 Yawe, yoka losambo na ngai, yoka libondeli na ngai!

Give ear to my prayer, o Lord; and attend to the voice of my supplication.

7 Na mokolo ya pasi na ngai, nabelelaka Yo, pamba te oyanolaka ngai.

In the day of my trouble I cried to you: for you did hear me.

8 Nkolo, nzambe moko te ekokani na Yo, kati na banzambe; moko te ekoki kosala makambo oyo Yo osalaka.

There is none like to you, O Lord, among the god; and there are no [works] like to your works.

9 Nkolo, bikolo nyonso oyo osala ekoya kogumbama liboso na Yo mpe ekoya kopesa Kombo na Yo nkembo.

All nations whom you have made shall come, and shall worship before you, O Lord; and shall glorify your name.

10 Pamba te ozali monene mpe osalaka bikamwa; Yo kaka nde ozali Nzambe.

For you are great, and do wonders: you are the only [and] the great God.

11 Yawe, lakisa ngai nzela na Yo, mpe nakotambola kolanda bosolo na Yo. Pesa ngai motema ya sembo mpo ete natosa Yo.

Guide me, O Lord, in your way, and I will walk in your truth: let my heart rejoice, that I may fear your name.

12 Nkolo, Nzambe na ngai, nakosanzola Yo, na motema na ngai mobimba, nakopesa Kombo na Yo nkembo mpo na Yo libela.

I will give you thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and I will glorify your name for ever.

13 Pamba te bolingo na Yo mpo na ngai ezali monene, mpe okangolaki ngai wuta na mozindo ya mboka ya bakufi. (Sheol h7585)

For your mercy is great toward me; and you have delivered my soul from the lowest hell. (Sheol h7585)

14 Nzambe, bato ya lofundu bazali kobundisa ngai, mpe ngulupa ya bato na kanza bazali koluka koboma ngai; batosaka Yo ata moke te.

O God, transgressors have risen up against me, and an assembly of violent [men] have sought my life; and have not set you before them.

15 Kasi Yo Nkolo, ozali Nzambe na mawa mpe na ngolu, osilikaka noki te, otonda na bolingo mpe na boyengebene.

But you, O Lord God, are compassionate and merciful, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and true.

16 Balola elongi na Yo epai na ngai mpe yokela ngai mawa; pesa ngai, mosali na Yo, makasi mpe bikisa ngai mwana ya mwasi mosali na Yo!

Look you upon me, and have mercy upon me: give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your handmaid.

17 Salela ngai elembo ya boboto na Yo mpo ete banguna na ngai bamona yango mpe bakufa soni! Yawe, ozali Mosungi mpe Mobondi na ngai.

Establish with me a token for good; and let them that hate me see [it] and be ashamed; because you, O Lord, have helped me, and comforted me.