Banzembo 101

1 Nzembo ya Davidi. Nakoyemba bolingo mpe bosembo; nakoyembela nde Yo, Yawe.

A psalm for David himself. Mercy and judgment I will sing to thee, O Lord: I will sing,

2 Nakolanda na bokebi nzela ya bato oyo bazangi pamela. Okoya epai na ngai tango nini? Kati na ndako na ngai, nakotambola malamu na motema ezangi pamela.

And I will understand in the unspotted way, when thou shalt come to me. I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

3 Nakotala eloko moko te ya mabe; nayinaka misala ya bato oyo bazangi kondima, ekoki kokangama na ngai te.

I did not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.

4 Mosika na ngai, motema ya kilikili; naboyi kosala mabe.

The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.

5 Nakosala ete avanda kimia, moto oyo apanzaka, na nkuku, basango ya lokuta mpo na kobebisa lokumu ya baninga. Nakokoka te kotala moto ya lolendo mpe moto ya lofundu.

The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.

6 Nakopona nde bato ya sembo kati na mokili mpo ete bavanda pembeni na ngai; moto na etamboli ezanga pamela nde akozala mosali na ngai.

My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me.

7 Kati na ndako na ngai, mokosi akovanda te; liboso na ngai, mokosi akotelema te.

He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.

8 Tongo nyonso, nakosala ete bato nyonso ya misala mabe kati na mokili bavanda kimia; nakolongola na engumba ya Yawe bato nyonso ya mabe.

In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.