Psalms 74
1 Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
Nzembo ya Azafi. Oh Nzambe, mpo na nini kosundola biso mpo na tango nyonso? Mpo na nini kongalisa kanda na Yo likolo ya etonga oyo oleisaka?
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.
Kanisa lisusu lisanga ya bato na Yo, oyo osikola wuta kala, libota oyo okomisa libula na Yo. Kanisa ngomba Siona epai wapi ovandaka.
3 Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Tika ete matambe na Yo ekoma kino na bisika oyo ebebi nye! Kati na Esika na Yo ya bule, monguna abebisi nyonso;
4 And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,
bayini na Yo bagangi lokola nkosi, ata kati na esika oyo okutanaka na biso, batelemisi bendele na bango lokola elembo.
5 And they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,
Bazali lokola bato oyo basimbi bipasola mpe bazali kokata banzete kati na zamba.
6 They have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.
Babuki-buki bililingi nyonso oyo batobola na mabaya, na nzela ya bipasola mpe bamarto na bango;
7 They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.
batumbi Esika na Yo ya bule, bakweyisi mpe bakomisi mbindo esika oyo Kombo na Yo evandaka.
8 They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land.
Bazalaki komilobela: « Tokopanza yango nyonso! » Kati na mokili, bazikisi esika nyonso epai wapi bagumbamelaka Nzambe.
9 Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.
Tozali lisusu komona te bilembo na biso, basakoli bazali lisusu te; mpe moko te kati na biso ayebi tango boni makambo oyo ekowumela.
10 How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?
Oh Nzambe, kino tango nini monguna akofinga Yo? Boni, akokoba tango nyonso kotiola Kombo na Yo?
11 Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?
Mpo na nini ozongisi loboko na Yo na sima, loboko na Yo ya mobali? Mpo na nini okangi maboko na Yo?
12 But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Nzokande, Yo Nzambe, ozali Mokonzi na ngai wuta kala; Yo nde omemaka lobiko kati na mokili.
13 Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Yo nde opasolaki ebale na nguya na Yo, opanzaki mito ya bilima ya mayi;
14 Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.
Yo nde opanzaki mito ya Leviatani mpe opesaki yango lokola bilei epai ya banyama ya esobe;
15 Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.
Yo nde osalaki ete bitima ya mayi mpe miluka etiola, mpe okawusaki bibale mpo na libela.
16 Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun.
Moyi ezali ya Yo, butu mpe ezali ya Yo; Yo nde osalaki sanza mpe moyi.
17 Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by thee.
Ezali Yo nde otiaki bandelo nyonso ya mokili, Yo nde osalaki tango ya malili mpe tango ya moyi.
18 Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name.
Yawe, kobosana te ete monguna afingi Yo, ete bato bazanga tina batioli Kombo na Yo!
19 Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor.
Kokaba te bomoi ya ebenga na Yo na monoko ya nyama oyo ezali na nzala, kobosana te mpo na libela bomoi ya babola oyo bazali bato na Yo!
20 Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity.
Tala lisusu Boyokani na Yo! Pamba te, kati na mokili, bisika ya molili ekomi ebele, etondi na makambo na kanza.
21 Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
Sala ete moto oyo bazali konyokola azwa lisusu lokumu! Sala ete mobola mpe moto akelela bakumisa Kombo na Yo.
22 Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.
Oh Nzambe, telema mpe lobela Kombo na Yo! Kanisa lisusu ndenge nini bazoba bafingaka Yo mikolo nyonso!
23 Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually.
Kobosana te makelele ya bayini na Yo, mangungu ya banguna na Yo, oyo ezali kaka komata se komata!
