Psalms 87

1 A Canticle Psalm to the sons of Korah. Its foundations are in the holy mountains:

Nkunga bana ba Kole. Wutula fondasio andi ku mongo wunlongo.

2 the Lord loves the gates of Zion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

Yave weti zola mielo mi Sioni viokila bibuangu bioso bimvuandanga Yakobi.

3 Glorious things are being said of you, O City of God.

Mambu ma nkembo matubu mu diambu diaku; a divula di Nzambi.

4 I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold, the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: these have been there.

“Ndiela yolukila Lahabi ayi Babiloni muidi bobo banzebi; tsi yi Filisiti ayi Tila va kimosi ayi Kutsi: ayi tuba: mutu wawu ku Sioni kabutukila”.

5 Will not Zion say that this man and that man were born in her? And the Most High himself has founded her.

Buna mu diambu di Sioni; bela tuba: “Mutu wawu ayi mutu wuna, mu niandi babutukila” ayi Nzambi yizangama, niandi wela kumbieka.

6 The Lord will explain, in the writings of peoples and of leaders, about those who have been in her.

Yave wela sonika batu mu buku: “mutu wawu ku Sioni kabutukila.”

7 For so the dwelling place within you is with all rejoicing.

Bu balembo budi miziki, bela yimbila: “zitho ziama zioso zidi mu ngeyo.”