Banzembo 39

1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi mpe ya Yedutuni. Nzembo ya Davidi. Namilobelaki: « Nakosala keba na etamboli na ngai mpo ete monoko na ngai esala masumu te; nakobatela penza monoko na ngai tango nyonso moto mabe akozala liboso na ngai. »

[For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.] I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

2 Boye nakangaki monoko na ngai mpe navandaki nye, natikalaki koloba ata likambo moko te; pasi na ngai ebakisamaki makasi.

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

3 Motema na ngai eswaki, moto ezalaki kopela kati na ngai, mpe nalobaki na nzela ya monoko na ngai.

My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:

4 Yawe, yebisa ngai tango nini bomoi na ngai ekosuka mpe motango ya mikolo ya bomoi na ngai mpo ete nasosola ete bomoi na ngai ezali kaka mpo na mwa tango moke.

"Jehovah, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

5 Solo mikolo ya bomoi na ngai ekatama, ezali pamba na miso na Yo. Bomoi ya moto nyonso ezali kaka mopepe.

Look, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." (Selah)

6 Moto akendaka mpe azongaka, azali kaka lokola elili; amitungisaka kaka pamba, andukaka bomengo, kasi ayebaka te soki nani akotikala na yango.

"Surely a person goes about like a shadow. Surely he heaps up vain things of wealth, and doesn't know who shall gather them.

7 Sik’oyo, oh Nkolo, nazela lisusu nini? Natiaka elikya na ngai kati na Yo.

Now, Jehovah, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

8 Bikisa ngai na mabe na ngai nyonso, kopesa nzela te na bazoba ete bafinga ngai.

Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the taunt of fools.

9 Nakangi monoko, nakoloba lisusu te, pamba te Yo nde osali.

I was mute. I did not open my mouth, because you did it.

10 Kobeta ngai lisusu te, nazali kokoka lisusu te.

Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

11 Opesaka bato etumbu mpo na masumu na bango mpo na kozongisa bango na nzela; obebisaka biloko na bango ya motuya lokola nselele. Solo, moto nyonso azali kaka mopepe.

When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." (Selah)

12 Yawe, yoka libondeli na ngai; yoka na bokebi, wana nazali koganga mpo na kosenga lisungi, kovanda nye te liboso ya mpinzoli na ngai, pamba te epai na Yo, nazali mopaya mpe moleki nzela lokola bakoko na ngai.

"Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

13 Kotala ngai te mpo ete nasepela lisusu, liboso ete nakende na ngai mpe nazala lisusu te.

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more."