Psalms 18
1 Nkunga Davidi, kisadi ki Yave, kuidi Pfumu minyimbidi. Wuyimbila nkunga wawu mu diambu di Yave mu thangu Yave kankula mu mioko mi bambeni bandi ayi mu mioko mi Sawuli. Yave, ndikuzolanga, ngeyo zingolo ziama.
TO THE OVERSEER. BY A SERVANT OF YHWH, BY DAVID, WHO HAS SPOKEN TO YHWH THE WORDS OF THIS SONG IN THE DAY YHWH DELIVERED HIM FROM THE HAND OF ALL HIS ENEMIES, AND FROM THE HAND OF SAUL, AND HE SAYS: I love You, O YHWH, my strength.
2 A Yave, niandi ditadi diama, tinunu kiama ki ngolo, ayi ngeyo nkudi ama. Nzambi ama, niandi ditadi diama; mu niandi ndintombila suamunu, niandi nkaku ama, ayi phoka yi phulusu ama, ayi tinunu kiama ki zangama.
YHWH [is] my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God [is] my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower.
3 Ndiela tela Yave, niandi fueni mu zitusu ayi ndiela vuka mu bambeni ziama.
I call on YHWH, the Praised One, And I am saved from my enemies.
4 Minsinga mi lufua mimfietikisa. Bosi khuka nlangu yimbunganga yimbuila mu kinzimbukila.
Cords of death have surrounded me, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.
Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Snares of death have been before me. (Sheol h7585)
6 Mu ziphasi ziama, nditela Yave Ndiyamikina kuidi Nzambi ama mu tomba lusadusu wuwa mbemboꞌama tona kuna nzoꞌandi, ayi yamikina kuama kutula va ntualꞌandi, mu matu mandi.
In my adversity I call YHWH, And I cry to my God. He hears my voice from His temple, And My cry comes into His ears before Him.
7 Buna ntoto wunikuka ayi wutita. Zifondasio zi miongo zinikunu ayi zinikuka, bila wuba wufuema ngolo.
And the earth shakes and trembles, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake—because He has wrath.
8 Muisi wutotuka mu mayilu mandi, ayi mbazu yi nlalikisanga yitotuka mu munuꞌandi; muawu mu totukila makala ma mbazu.
Smoke has gone up from His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumes, Coals have been kindled by it.
9 Wukulula diyilu ayi wukuluka, ayi matuti ma ndombe maba ku tsi malu mandi.
And He inclines the heavens, and comes down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
10 Wukuma va yilu kheluba ayi wudumuka. Wuvevumuka va yilu mavavi ma phemo.
And He rides on a cherub, and flies, And He flies on wings of wind.
11 Wukitula tombi buangu kiandi kisuamina; kapu andi yiba kunzungidila, tombi kinokisa mvula yi matuti ma diyilu.
He makes darkness His secret place, Around Him His dwelling place, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 Mu kiezila kiba va ntualꞌandi mutotukila matuti, mvula yi matadi ayi zitsiemo.
From the brightness before Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.
13 Yave wuduma tona mu Diyilu; mbembo yi Nzambi yizangama yiwakakana.
And YHWH thunders in the heavens, And the Most High gives forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.
14 Niandi wuloza madionga mandi ayi wusasikisa bambeni; zitsiemo zinneni ayi wuba zimbikisa nzila.
And He sends His arrows and scatters them, And much lightning, and crushes them.
15 Tsi nlangu yi mbu yimonika, ayi zifondasio zi ntoto zimonika ngeyo Yave bu wutema mu phemo yitotukila mu mayilu maku.
And the streams of waters are seen, And foundations of the earth are revealed, From Your rebuke, O YHWH, From the breath of the wind of Your anger.
16 Wunonuna koko kuandi tona ku yilu ayi wutsimba, wuthotula mu minlangu minneni midi thipula.
He sends from above—He takes me, He draws me out of many waters.
17 Niandi wukhula mu mbeni ama yingolo, ayi mu batu bobo bandenda bila bawu bandutila ngolo.
He delivers me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.
18 Bawu banduanisa mu lumbu ki ndiba mu mabienga, vayi Yave niandi wuba singumunu kiama.
They go before me in a day of my calamity And YHWH is for a support to me.
19 Niandi wuthotula ayi wuthula va buangu kikambulu tsisi; wukhula bila khini kaba monanga mu minu.
And He brings me forth to a large place, He draws me out, because He delighted in me.
20 Yave wuphangidi bobo boso buididi busonga buama; wupheni mfutu boso buididi vedila ku mioko miama
YHWH repays me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He returns to me.
21 Bila ndikebidi zinzila zi Yave ayi ndisia tamba Nzambi ama mbusa ko mu diambu di vanga mambimbi.
For I have kept the ways of YHWH, And have not done wickedly against my God.
22 Mina miandi mioso midi va ntualꞌama ayi ndisia vengama ko mu zithumunu ziandi.
For all His judgments [are] before me, And I do not turn His statutes from me.
23 Ndiba mutu wukambu tsembolo va ntualꞌandi Ndikikeba mu diambu di masumu.
And I am perfect with Him, And I keep myself from my iniquity.
24 Yave wupheni mfutu boso buididi busonga buama, boso buididi vedila ku mioko miama va ntuala meso mandi.
And YHWH returns to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Before His eyes.
25 Kuidi mutu widi wukuikama, ngeyo wukukimonisanga wukuikama. Kuidi mutu wukambulu tsembolo ngeyo wukukimonisanga mutu wukambulu tsembolo.
With the kind You show Yourself kind, With a perfect man You show Yourself perfect.
26 Kuidi mutu wuvedila, wukukimonisanga wuvedila. Kuidi mutu wumbimbi, wukukimonisanga wumbimbi.
With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverse You show Yourself a wrestler,
27 Ngeyo wumvukisanga batu beti kukikula ayi wunkululanga meso madi luyanu.
For You save a poor people, And cause the eyes of the high to fall.
28 Ngeyo a Yave, keba muindꞌama wuba wulema A Nzambiꞌama, kitula tombi kiama; kikituka kiezila.
For You light my lamp, My God YHWH enlightens my darkness.
29 Mu lusadusu luaku ndilenda nuanisa nkangu masodi, va kimosi ayi Nzambi ama, ndilenda dumuka baka kikunzama.
For by You I run [against] a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.
30 Kuidi Nzambi, nzilꞌandi yidi yi fuana, mambu ma Yave madi ma kiedika. Niandi nkaku wu batu boso bobo bansuaminanga mu niandi.
God—perfect [is] His way, The saying of YHWH is tried, He [is] a shield to all those trusting in Him.
31 Bila nani Nzambi, enati ka Yave ko e? Ayi nani ditadi di ngolo, enati ka Nzambi eto ko e?
For who [is] God besides YHWH? And who [is] a rock except our God?
32 Nzambi, niandi wukuphananga ngolo ayi wunkitulanga nzilꞌama yi fuana.
God—who is girding me [with] strength, And He makes my way perfect.
33 Wunkitulanga malu mama banga malu ma tsesi, ayi wukuthelimisanga va bibuangu biama bizangama.
Making my feet like does, And on my high places causes me to stand.
34 Wunlongisanga mioko miama mu nuana mvita, mioko miama milenda leka mbasa wusengo.
Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms.
35 Wuphana nkaku aku wu ndungunu, ayi koko kuaku ku lubakala kukhindisa ayi wukuluka mu diambu di kukhitula mutu wunneni.
And You give to me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand supports me, And Your lowliness makes me great.
36 Ngeyo wukubikidi nsolo wuyalumuka ku tsi bitambi biama, muingi bikodi biama bibika visuka.
You enlarge my step under me, And my ankles have not slipped.
37 Ndikuka bambeni ziama ayi ndizibakidila. Ndisia vutuka manima ko enati ndisia mana kuzivonda.
I pursue my enemies, and overtake them, And do not turn back until they are consumed.
38 Ndiba kosikisa ayi basia buela baka bu telimina ko; babua ku tsi malu mama.
I strike them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,
39 Ngeyo wuphana zingolo zi nuanina mvita; Ngeyo weti komvika batu beti kundenda ku tsi malu mama.
And You gird me [with] strength for battle, You cause my withstanders to bow under me.
40 Ngeyo wuntinisanga bambeni ziama va ntualꞌama ayi ndibunga bobo bakundendanga.
As for my enemies—You have given to me the neck, As for those hating me—I cut them off.
41 Bayamikina mu tomba lusadusu, vayi kadi mutu mu kuba vukisa. Bayamikina kuidi Yave vayi kasia ku bavutudila mvutu ko.
They cry, and there is no savior, On YHWH, and He does not answer them.
42 Ndiba kosikisa banga mbungi-mbungi yeti vevumunu kuidi phemo. Ndiba loza thama banga nyamba wu zinzila.
And I beat them as dust before wind, I empty them out as mire of the streets.
43 Wukhula mu minzonza mi batu, ayi wukhitula ntu wu makanda; batu bobo ndisia zaba ko, bawu ndiela yadila.
You deliver me From the strivings of the people, You place me for a head of nations, A people I have not known serve me.
44 Bu batumbu kungua bathumukina; banzenza zikikulula va ntualꞌama.
At the hearing of the ear they listen to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,
45 Zinzenza zilembo vongi, balembo titi sumbu bantotuka mu bibuangu biawu bisuama ngolo.
Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.
46 Yave wulembo zingi Nzitusu wuba kuidi ditadi diama yayusu kuba kuidi Nzambi Mvulusi ama.
YHWH lives—and blessed [is] my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation.
47 Niandi Nzambi wukuphutudilanga landi; ayi wutula makanda ku tsi luyalu luama.
God—who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdues peoples under me,
48 Wuphukisa mi bambeni ziama, Ngeyo wundiayisa va yilu batu bobo bandenda. Ngeyo wukhula mu batu ba matsita.
My deliverer from my enemies, You raise me above my withstanders, Deliver me from a man of violence.
49 Diawu ngeyo Yave, ndiela ku zitisa va khatitsika makanda. Ndiela yimbila minzitusu mu diambu di dizina diaku.
Therefore I confess You among nations, O YHWH, And I sing praise to Your Name,
50 Niandi wuvana ndungunu yinneni kuidi ntinu andi ayi wummonisanga mamboti mandi ma ngolo kuidi mutu andi kavinda mafuta, kuidi Davidi ayi nkuna andi mu zithangu zioso.
Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed—for all time!
