Banzembo 108
1 Nzembo ya Davidi. Nzambe, motema na ngai ezali na kimia! Nakoyembela Yo, nakosanzola Yo na mindule; ezali mpe lokumu na ngai.
A SONG. A PSALM OF DAVID. My heart is prepared, O God, I sing, indeed, I sing praise, also my glory.
2 Lindanda mpe nzenze, bolamuka! Nalingi kolamusa tongo.
Awake, stringed instrument and harp, I awake the dawn.
3 Nkolo, nakosanzola Yo kati na bato, nakoyembela Yo kati na bikolo.
I thank You among peoples, O YHWH, And I praise You among the nations.
4 Pamba te bolingo na Yo ezali monene koleka Lola, mpe bosembo na Yo ekenda kino na mapata.
For Your kindness [is] great above the heavens, And Your truth to the clouds.
5 Oh Nzambe, tika ete otombolama na likolo ya Lola, mpe nkembo na Yo ezala awa na mokili mobimba!
Be exalted above the heavens, O God, And Your glory above all the earth.
6 Bikisa biso na nguya ya loboko na Yo mpe yanola biso, mpo ete balingami na Yo bakangolama!
That Your beloved ones may be delivered, Save [with] Your right hand, and answer us.
7 Nzambe alobaki kati na Esika na Ye ya bule: « Nakolonga! Nakokabola Sishemi mpe nakotia bandelo ya lubwaku ya Sukoti.
God has spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And I measure the Valley of Succoth,
8 Galadi ezali ya ngai, Manase mpe ezali ya ngai; Efrayimi ezali ekoti na ngai ya ebende, mpe Yuda ezali lingenda na ngai ya bokonzi.
Gilead [is] Mine, Manasseh [is] Mine, And Ephraim [is] the strength of My head, Judah [is] My lawgiver,
9 Moabi ezali sani monene oyo nasukolelaka, Edomi ezali esika oyo nabwakaka sandale na ngai. Nazali kobeta milolo ya bitumba mpo na kobundisa mokili ya Filisitia. »
Moab [is] a pot for My washing, On Edom I cast My shoe, Over Philistia I habitually shout.
10 Nani akomema ngai na engumba batonga makasi? Nani akotambolisa ngai kino na Edomi?
Who brings me [into] the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom?
11 Ezali Yo te, Nzambe oyo obwakaki biso, Nzambe oyo ozalaki lisusu te kokende bitumba elongo na mampinga na biso!
Have You not, O God, cast us off? And You do not go out, O God, with our hosts!
12 Yaka kosunga biso, kangola biso liboso ya moyini! Pamba te lisungi ya bato ezali pamba.
Give to us help from adversity, And the salvation of man is vain.
13 Elongo na Nzambe, tokosala makambo minene mpe ya kokamwa; ezali Ye nde akonyata banguna na biso.
We do mightily in God, And He treads down our adversaries!
