Psalms 18
1 For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
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.
2 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
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.
3 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.
Ndiela tela Yave, niandi fueni mu zitusu ayi ndiela vuka mu bambeni ziama.
4 The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Minsinga mi lufua mimfietikisa. Bosi khuka nlangu yimbunganga yimbuila mu kinzimbukila.
Minsinga mi tsi bafua minzingalakana. Mintambu mi lufua mi lekama ku ntualꞌama. (Sheol h7585)
6 In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
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.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
Buna ntoto wunikuka ayi wutita. Zifondasio zi miongo zinikunu ayi zinikuka, bila wuba wufuema ngolo.
8 Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
Muisi wutotuka mu mayilu mandi, ayi mbazu yi nlalikisanga yitotuka mu munuꞌandi; muawu mu totukila makala ma mbazu.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
Wukulula diyilu ayi wukuluka, ayi matuti ma ndombe maba ku tsi malu mandi.
10 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
Wukuma va yilu kheluba ayi wudumuka. Wuvevumuka va yilu mavavi ma phemo.
11 He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Wukitula tombi buangu kiandi kisuamina; kapu andi yiba kunzungidila, tombi kinokisa mvula yi matuti ma diyilu.
12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
Mu kiezila kiba va ntualꞌandi mutotukila matuti, mvula yi matadi ayi zitsiemo.
13 Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
Yave wuduma tona mu Diyilu; mbembo yi Nzambi yizangama yiwakakana.
14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts.
Niandi wuloza madionga mandi ayi wusasikisa bambeni; zitsiemo zinneni ayi wuba zimbikisa nzila.
15 Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
Tsi nlangu yi mbu yimonika, ayi zifondasio zi ntoto zimonika ngeyo Yave bu wutema mu phemo yitotukila mu mayilu maku.
16 He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
Wunonuna koko kuandi tona ku yilu ayi wutsimba, wuthotula mu minlangu minneni midi thipula.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Niandi wukhula mu mbeni ama yingolo, ayi mu batu bobo bandenda bila bawu bandutila ngolo.
18 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.
Bawu banduanisa mu lumbu ki ndiba mu mabienga, vayi Yave niandi wuba singumunu kiama.
19 He brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Niandi wuthotula ayi wuthula va buangu kikambulu tsisi; wukhula bila khini kaba monanga mu minu.
20 Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
Yave wuphangidi bobo boso buididi busonga buama; wupheni mfutu boso buididi vedila ku mioko miama
21 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Bila ndikebidi zinzila zi Yave ayi ndisia tamba Nzambi ama mbusa ko mu diambu di vanga mambimbi.
22 For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.
Mina miandi mioso midi va ntualꞌama ayi ndisia vengama ko mu zithumunu ziandi.
23 I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
Ndiba mutu wukambu tsembolo va ntualꞌandi Ndikikeba mu diambu di masumu.
24 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Yave wupheni mfutu boso buididi busonga buama, boso buididi vedila ku mioko miama va ntuala meso mandi.
25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
Kuidi mutu widi wukuikama, ngeyo wukukimonisanga wukuikama. Kuidi mutu wukambulu tsembolo ngeyo wukukimonisanga mutu wukambulu tsembolo.
26 With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
Kuidi mutu wuvedila, wukukimonisanga wuvedila. Kuidi mutu wumbimbi, wukukimonisanga wumbimbi.
27 For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.
Ngeyo wumvukisanga batu beti kukikula ayi wunkululanga meso madi luyanu.
28 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
Ngeyo a Yave, keba muindꞌama wuba wulema A Nzambiꞌama, kitula tombi kiama; kikituka kiezila.
29 For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
Mu lusadusu luaku ndilenda nuanisa nkangu masodi, va kimosi ayi Nzambi ama, ndilenda dumuka baka kikunzama.
30 As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
Kuidi Nzambi, nzilꞌandi yidi yi fuana, mambu ma Yave madi ma kiedika. Niandi nkaku wu batu boso bobo bansuaminanga mu niandi.
31 For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,
Bila nani Nzambi, enati ka Yave ko e? Ayi nani ditadi di ngolo, enati ka Nzambi eto ko e?
32 the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
Nzambi, niandi wukuphananga ngolo ayi wunkitulanga nzilꞌama yi fuana.
33 He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.
Wunkitulanga malu mama banga malu ma tsesi, ayi wukuthelimisanga va bibuangu biama bizangama.
34 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
Wunlongisanga mioko miama mu nuana mvita, mioko miama milenda leka mbasa wusengo.
35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
Wuphana nkaku aku wu ndungunu, ayi koko kuaku ku lubakala kukhindisa ayi wukuluka mu diambu di kukhitula mutu wunneni.
36 You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
Ngeyo wukubikidi nsolo wuyalumuka ku tsi bitambi biama, muingi bikodi biama bibika visuka.
37 I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. I won’t turn away until they are consumed.
Ndikuka bambeni ziama ayi ndizibakidila. Ndisia vutuka manima ko enati ndisia mana kuzivonda.
38 I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
Ndiba kosikisa ayi basia buela baka bu telimina ko; babua ku tsi malu mama.
39 For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
Ngeyo wuphana zingolo zi nuanina mvita; Ngeyo weti komvika batu beti kundenda ku tsi malu mama.
40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
Ngeyo wuntinisanga bambeni ziama va ntualꞌama ayi ndibunga bobo bakundendanga.
41 They cried, but there was no one to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.
Bayamikina mu tomba lusadusu, vayi kadi mutu mu kuba vukisa. Bayamikina kuidi Yave vayi kasia ku bavutudila mvutu ko.
42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Ndiba kosikisa banga mbungi-mbungi yeti vevumunu kuidi phemo. Ndiba loza thama banga nyamba wu zinzila.
43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Wukhula mu minzonza mi batu, ayi wukhitula ntu wu makanda; batu bobo ndisia zaba ko, bawu ndiela yadila.
44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
Bu batumbu kungua bathumukina; banzenza zikikulula va ntualꞌama.
45 The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
Zinzenza zilembo vongi, balembo titi sumbu bantotuka mu bibuangu biawu bisuama ngolo.
46 Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
Yave wulembo zingi Nzitusu wuba kuidi ditadi diama yayusu kuba kuidi Nzambi Mvulusi ama.
47 even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
Niandi Nzambi wukuphutudilanga landi; ayi wutula makanda ku tsi luyalu luama.
48 He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
Wuphukisa mi bambeni ziama, Ngeyo wundiayisa va yilu batu bobo bandenda. Ngeyo wukhula mu batu ba matsita.
49 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
Diawu ngeyo Yave, ndiela ku zitisa va khatitsika makanda. Ndiela yimbila minzitusu mu diambu di dizina diaku.
50 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.
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.
