Banzembo 17
1 Libondeli ya Davidi. Oh Yawe, yoka ngai! Kolela na ngai ezali sembo! Yoka koganga na ngai! Landa malamu libondeli na ngai, oyo ezali kobimela te na bibebu ya lokuta.
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.
2 Tika ete, na mitindo na Yo, bosembo na ngai emonisama solo mpe miso na Yo emona oyo ezali alima!
Let my sentence come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are equal.
3 Soki otali malamu motema na ngai, soki olandeli ngai ata na butu mpe omeki ngai, okomona ete nasalaki mabongisi ya mabe te, monoko na ngai ebukaki mobeko te.
You have proved mine heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4 Ata tango bato bamekaki kopesa ngai kanyaka, nabatelaki kaka maloba na Yo mpo ete natambola te na banzela ya bato ya masumu.
Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Matambe na ngai ezalaka kaka na banzela na Yo, napengwaka te.
Hold up my activities in your paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6 Nzambe na ngai, nabelelaka Yo, pamba te oyanolaka ngai. Yoka libondeli na ngai.
I have called upon you, for you will hear me, O God: incline your ear unto me, and hear my speech.
7 Yo oyo obikisaka mpe okangolaka, na nzela ya loboko na Yo ya mobali, bato oyo bazwaka Yo lokola ebombamelo na bango, lakisa ngai misala kitoko ya bolingo monene na Yo.
Show your marvellous loving kindness, O you that save by your right hand them which put their trust in you from those that rise up against them.
8 Batela ngai lokola mbuma ya liso, bomba ngai na se ya mapapu na Yo,
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings,
9 mosika ya bato mabe oyo bazali konyokola ngai, mosika ya banguna na ngai oyo bazingeli ngai.
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
10 Bakomisi mitema na bango makasi, mpe bazali koloba na lolendo.
They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 Bazali kolanda ngai, basili kozingela ngai, mpe bazali koluka ndenge nini kobwaka ngai na mabele.
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12 Bazali lokola nkosi oyo etondi na posa makasi ya kokanga nyama, lokola nkosi ya kanda makasi kati na ebombamelo na yango.
Like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Yawe, telema, kutana na bango mpe bebisa bango; na nzela ya mopanga na Yo, kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bato mabe.
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:
14 Yawe, na nzela ya nguya na Yo, kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bato wana, kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bato ya mokili oyo. Tika ete kufa ezala litomba na bango! Tika ete, bango mpe bana na bango, balia na lokoso, mpe mabumu na bango etonda na bikolo oyo obombaka mpo na bango; bongo babomba ndambo oyo ekotikala mpo na bakitani na bango!
From men which are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
15 Mpo na ngai, sima na ngai kolonga, nakotala elongi na Yo; sima na ngai kolamuka, nakosepela na komona Yo!
As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.
