Psalms 38
1 Nkunga Davidi mu diambu di thebokolo moyo. A Yave, kadi kuthemima ku tsi nganzi aku voti kadi kuphana thumbudulu ku tsi nganzi aku yi kikhesa.
melody to/for David to/for to remember LORD not in/on/with wrath your to rebuke me and in/on/with rage your to discipline me
2 Bila madionga maku mathobudi ayi koko kuaku kumbetidi.
for arrow your to descend in/on/with me and to descend upon me hand your
3 Mu diambu di nganzi aku yi kikhesa, buvini buisi ko mu nitu ama. Mimvesi miama misiedi ko buvini mu diambu di masumu mama.
nothing soundness in/on/with flesh my from face: because indignation your nothing peace: well-being in/on/with bone my from face: because sin my
4 Zinzimbala ziama zimfietikisidi ngolo banga mfuna widi zitu kiwombo; madidi ngolo zitu mu diambu diama banga mfuna wu ngolo.
for iniquity: crime my to pass head my like/as burden heavy to honor: heavy from me
5 Ziphuta ziama zilembo bodi ngolo yiwombo ayi zilembo yizi tsudi yiwombo mu diambu di buvulu buama bu masumu.
to stink to rot wound my from face: because folly my
6 Ndidi wukomvama ngolo ayi khulukidi nate va tsi; Lumbu ki mvimba mu kiadi ndieti diatila.
to twist to bow till much all [the] day be dark to go: went
7 Bila ziphasi zingolo zidi mu luketo luama, buvini buisi ko mu nitu ama.
for loin my to fill to roast and nothing soundness in/on/with flesh my
8 Ndidi wuvonga ngolo ayi ndidi wukosakana mvimba. Ndilembo kungi mu diambu di ziphasi zi ntima.
be numb and to crush till much to roar from groaning heart my
9 Zitsatu ziama zioso zidi dio yambi va ntualꞌaku, a Yave, ayi vumina kuama kuisi ko kusuama kuidi ngeyo.
Lord before you all desire my and sighing my from you not to hide
10 Ntimꞌama wulembo sadi ngolo ayi zingolo ziama zimeni; kiezila kibotukidi mu meso mama.
heart my to trade to leave: forsake me strength my and light eye my also they(masc.) nothing with me
11 Bakundi bama ayi bobo bankibanga yama bathinini mu diambu di ziphuta ziama; bobo bafikasana yama thama batelimini.
to love: friend me and neighbor my from before plague my to stand: stand and near my from distant to stand: stand
12 Bobo bantomba luzingu luama balembo mintambu miawu bobo bantomba kuphanga mbimbi balembo yolukila mbivusu ama; Mu lumbu kimvimba balembo kubika mambu ma luvunu.
and to snare to seek soul: life my and to seek distress: harm my to speak: speak desire and deceit all [the] day to mutter
13 Minu, ndieka banga mutu wufua matu, wunkambu wa; banga dibaba dikambu zibula munu andi.
and I like/as deaf not to hear: hear and like/as mute not to open lip his
14 Ndieka banga mutu wowo wu nkambu wa mutu wowo munu wunkambu baka bu vutudila mvutu.
and to be like/as man which not to hear: hear and nothing in/on/with lip his argument
15 Ngeyo ndieti tadidila, a Yave, wela vutula mvutu, a Yave Nzambi ama.
for to/for you LORD to wait: wait you(m. s.) to answer Lord God my
16 Bila ndituba: “kadi tala ti bamona khini voti bakiyayisa bawu veka mu diambu diama. Kulu kuama bu kusialumukini.”
for to say lest to rejoice to/for me in/on/with to shake foot my upon me to magnify
17 Bila nduka bua ndieka ayi ziphasi ziama zidi kaka mu minu.
for I to/for stumbling to establish: prepare and pain my before me continually
18 Ndimfunda mbimbi ama. Ndilembo niongi mu diambu di disumu diama.
for iniquity: crime my to tell be anxious from sin my
19 Bawombo badi bambeni ziama; ziozi zibeki zingolo. Bobo bakundendanga mu kambu bila badi bawombo.
and enemy my alive be vast and to multiply to hate me deception
20 Bobo bakuphutudilanga mambimbi mu mamboti mama balembo thubidila ku ndambu mu thangu ndinlandakana vanga mamboti.
and to complete distress: evil underneath: instead welfare to oppose me underneath: because of (to pursue I *Q(k)*) pleasant
21 A Yave, kadi kundiekula; kadi kuthatukila Nzambi ama.
not to leave: forsake me LORD God my not to remove from me
22 Yiza nsualu mu kutsadisa, A Yave, Mvulusi ama.
to hasten [emph?] to/for help my Lord deliverance: salvation my
