Banzembo 101

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

to/for David melody kindness and justice to sing to/for you LORD to 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.

be prudent in/on/with way: conduct unblemished: blameless how to come (in): come to(wards) me to go: walk in/on/with integrity heart my in/on/with entrails: among house: home my

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

not to set: make to/for before eye my word: thing Belial: worthless to make: do rebellion to hate not to cleave in/on/with me

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

heart twisted to turn aside: remove from me bad: evil not to 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.

(to slander *Q(k)*) in/on/with secrecy neighbor his [obj] him to destroy high eye: seeing and broad: wide heart [obj] him not be able

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.

eye: seeing my in/on/with be faithful land: country/planet to/for to dwell with me me to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct unblemished: blameless he/she/it to minister me

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

not to dwell in/on/with entrails: among house: home my to make: do deceit to speak: speak deception not to establish: establish to/for before eye my

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

to/for morning to destroy all wicked land: country/planet to/for to cut: eliminate from city LORD all to work evil: wickedness