Banzembo 88
1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Nzembo ya bana ya Kore. Ezali ya koyemba na flite. Nzembo ya Emani, moto ya Ezera. Yawe, ozali Nzambe; Yo nde obikisaka ngai! Butu mpe moyi, nagangaka epai na Yo!
“A song or psalm of the sons of Korach, to the chief musician upon Machalath-le'annoth, a Maskil of Heman the Ezrachite.” O Lord the God of my salvation, by day do I cry, [and] at night I am before thee.
2 Tika ete losambo na ngai ekoma epai na Yo; Yoka koganga na ngai!
Let my prayer come unto thy presence; incline thy ear unto my entreaty.
For my soul is sated with troubles; and my life draweth nigh unto the nether world. (Sheol h7585)
4 Batie ngai na molongo ya bato oyo bazali kokende na kunda; nakeseni ata moke te na moto oyo azali lisusu na makasi te.
I am counted with those that descend into the pit; I am become as a man without vigor:
5 Nakomi moko kati na bakufi, lokola bato oyo basila kokufa na bitumba mpe bazali sik’oyo kati na kunda, lokola bato oyo okanisaka lisusu te, pamba te obatelaka bango lisusu te.
Free among the dead, like the slain that dwell in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more; and those that are cut off by thy hand.
6 Obwaki ngai na libulu ya mozindo makasi, kati na mozindo ya molili.
Thou hast laid me in the pit of the lower world, in darkness, in the depths.
7 Kanda na Yo ya makasi ekweyeli ngai, bambonge na yango nyonso ezali konyokola ngai.
Upon me lieth heavily thy fury, and with all thy billows hast thou afflicted me. (Selah)
8 Okaboli ngai na balingami na ngai ya motema, okomisi ngai eloko ya nkele na miso na bango; nakomi lokola mokangami kati na boloko, nakoki kobima te!
Thou hast removed my acquaintances far from me; thou hast rendered me an abomination unto them: I am imprisoned, and I cannot go forth.
9 Miso na ngai ezali komona lisusu te mpo na pasi; nzokande nabelelaka Yo, Yawe, mikolo nyonso, natombolaka maboko na ngai epai na Yo!
My eye languisheth by reason of affliction: I call on thee, O Lord, every day, I stretch out unto thee my hands.
10 Boni, okosala bikamwa mpo na bakufi? Boni, bakufi bakoki kotelema mpo na kosanzola Yo?
Wilt thou display wonders to the dead? shall the departed arise [and] thank thee? (Selah)
11 Boni, bolingo na Yo etatolamaka kati na kunda, mpe bosembo na Yo, kati na mboka ya bakufi?
Shall thy kindness be related in the grave? thy faithfulness in the place of corruption?
12 Boni, bikamwa na Yo eyebani kati na molili, mpe bosembo na Yo, kati na mokili ya bato oyo babosana?
Shall thy wonders be acknowledged in the darkness? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 Kasi ngai, nazali kobelela nde Yo, Yawe; nabondelaka Yo tongo nyonso.
Yet I cry indeed aloud unto thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
14 Yawe, mpo na nini kobwaka ngai mpe kobombela ngai elongi na Yo?
Why, O Lord, wilt thou cast off my soul? [why] wilt thou hide thy face from me?
15 Wuta bolenge na ngai, nazali mobola mpe moto na pasi; mpe okweyiselaka ngai makambo na Yo ya somo! Solo, elikya esili ngai!
I am afflicted and perishing from my youth up: I bear thy terrors, I am distracted.
16 Kanda makasi na Yo ebetaka ngai, minyoko oyo ewutaka epai na Yo ekomisaka ngai moto pamba.
Over me have the fires of thy wrath passed; thy terrors have destroyed me;
17 Ezingelaka ngai mikolo nyonso, lokola mayi, na bangambo nyonso.
They encompass me like water all the time; they have closed in round about me together.
18 Okaboli ngai na baninga mpe balingami na ngai, natikali na moninga kaka moko ya motema: molili!
Thou hast removed far from me lover and friend, my acquaintances [are in] darkness.
