Psalms 48
1 A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.
Nzembo ya bana ya Kore. Yawe azali monene mpe abongi na lokumu, kati na engumba ya Nzambe na biso, ngomba na Ye ya bule.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Ezali kitoko, ngomba moke oyo esalaka esengo ya mokili mobimba, ngomba Siona! Ngambo na yango ya Nor nde ezali engumba ya Mokonzi Monene.
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
Nzambe azali kati na bandako na yango ya bokonzi, amimonisi lokola ndako batonga makasi.
4 For lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
Pamba te bakonzi basanganaki, batambolaki nzela moko.
5 They saw [it], [and] so they wondered; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.
Kasi tango kaka bamonaki yango, bakamwaki mpe bakimaki na somo.
6 Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
Mbala moko, bakomaki kolenga wana lokola mwasi oyo azali na pasi ya kobota
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
to lokola mopepe ya Este oyo apanzaka masuwa ya Tarsisi.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. (Selah)
Ndenge kaka bayebisaki biso, ndenge mpe tomonaki kati na engumba ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, kati na engumba ya Nzambe na biso; Nzambe alendisaka yango seko na seko.
9 We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
Nzambe, kati na Tempelo na Yo, tokanisaka bolingo na Yo.
10 According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Nzambe, lokumu na Yo epanzani kino na suka ya mokili, ndenge moko na Kombo na Yo; loboko na Yo ya mobali etondi na bosembo.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Ngomba ya Siona ezali kosepela, bamboka ya Yuda etondi na esengo mpo na mikano na Yo.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round her: number her towers.
Botambola pembeni ya Siona, bokende zingazinga na yango, botanga bandako na yango ya milayi.
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.
Botala lopango na yango, botala malamu bandako na yango mpo ete bopesa sango epai ya bato oyo bakoya na sima.
14 For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] to death.
Pamba te Nzambe wana azali Nzambe na biso seko na seko mpe libela na libela; akotambolisa biso, ezala kino na kufa.
