Psalms 35
1 Nkunga Davidi. Zonzisa, a Yave, bobo balembo nzonzisa. Nuanisa bobo balembo nduanisa,
Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
2 simba nkaku wu fioti ayi wunneni telama ayi yiza wutsadisa.
Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
3 Bonga dionga difioti ayi dinneni ayi kaka nzila yi bobo balembo ndandakana kamba muelꞌama: “Minu ndidi phulusu aku.”
Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
4 Bika batu babo bantombanga luzingu luama baba dio kombolo ayi bafua tsoni. Bika bobo bantombanga mabienga mama bavutuka ku mbusa ayi baba mu divuda;
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
5 bika baba banga mavevolo mamvevomono kuidi phemo va kimosi ayi mbasi yi Yave yi bakuka.
May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
6 Bika nsolo awu wuba tombi ayi ndelo. Va kimosi ayi mbasi Yave yi balandakana.
May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
7 Bila bathambididi dikondi diawu mu kambu bila; mu kambu kadi bila bakabidi dibulu dinneni mu diambu diama.
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
8 Bika mbivusulu yi babuila mu kinzimbukila ayi bika dikondi diodi batamba bawu veka dibabuila; bika babua mu dibulu, mu diambu di mbivusulu awu.
May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
9 Buna muelꞌama wela mona khini mu Yave ayi wela yangalala mu phulusu andi.
Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
10 Buna nitu ama yimvimba yela yamikina: “nani widi banga ngeyo Yave? Ngeyo weti kula nsukami mu mioko mi mutu wunlutidi zingolo; nsukami ayi nkua mabienga mu mioko mi mutu wowo wulembo bayibi.”
All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
11 Bambangi bakondolo kiadi zilembo telama; zilembo ndiuvula buivu mu mambu ma khambulu kuama zaba.
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
12 Bamvutudidi mambimbi mu mamboti. Bayekudi muelꞌama wawu veka.
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
13 Vayi bu baba mu kimbevo; minu ndivuata tsaku. Ndikikulula mu kukifuisa nzala mu diambu di lusambulu Thangu zitsambulu ziama zivutuka kuidi minu mu kambu mvutu.
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
14 Ndibedi diatanga ku tsi kiadi banga mu diambu di nkundi ama voti khomba ama. Ndibedi komvikanga ntu ku tsi mu diambu di kiadi banga minu ndindila ngudi ama.
I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
15 Minu bu ndibumina thutu, bakutakana va kimosi mu khini. Batu bakutakana mu diambu di kunduanisa minu mu kambu zaba diambu. Bawu bamfinga mu kambu vonga.
But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
16 Banga batu bobo bankinzikanga ko mambu ma Nzambi, balembo tsekinina mu bu mbimbi balembo khuetila meso.
Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
17 A Yave, nate thangu mbi wela kumatadidilanga e? Kula luzingu luama mu mbivusu awu; kula luzingu luama luthalu mu zikhosi zioso.
How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
18 Ndiela kuvutudila matondo mu lukutukunu lunneni; va khatitsika batu bawombo ndiela kuzitisa.
Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
19 Kadi tala ti bamona khini mu diambu diama, bobo badi bambeni ziama mu kambu bila; Kadi tala ti bobo bakundenganga mu kambu bila, bandiengudila meso mu bumbimbi.
Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
20 Bayolukilanga ndembama ko; vayi banyindulanga mambu ma luvunu mu diambu di vunina bobo banzingilanga mu ndembama mu tsi.
For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
21 Balembo nzibudila miunu ayi balembo tubi: “A, a… mu meso meto veka tumueni mawu.”
They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
22 A Yave, ngeyo wumona mambu momo bika ba dio sui, kadi kuthatukila, a Yave,
O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
23 kotuka ayi telama mu zonzika, Nzambi ama ayi Yave ama.
Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
24 Wundungisa boso buididi busonga buaku, a Yave, Nzambi ama; ayi kadi tala ti bamona khini mu diambu diama.
Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
25 Kadi kuba bika bayindula: “A, a … buawu bobo tutididi.” Voti babika tuba: “beto tumminini.”
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
26 Bika babo bammonanga khini mu ziphasi ziama, bafua tsoni ayi baba dio kombolo Bika bobo balembo kukiniemisanga bawu veka mu diambu diama bafua tsoni ayi baba dio kombolo.
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
27 Bika bobo bamonanga khini mu ndungunu ama bamonanga khini ayi bayangadala bika batuba mu zithangu zioso: “Bika Yave kayayusu, niandi wummonanga khini mu mamboti ma kisadi kiandi.”
May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
28 Buna ludimi luama luela yolukila busonga buaku; ayi minzitusu miaku mu lumbu kimvimba.
Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
