Banzembo 120

1 Nzembo ya mobembo tango bazalaki kokende na Tempelo ya Yawe. Kati na pasi na ngai, nabelelaki Yawe, mpe ayanolaki ngai.

A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

2 Oh Yawe, kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bakosi mpe wuta na lolemo ya lokuta!

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

3 Yo, lolemo ya lokuta, Yawe akopesa yo nini, akofuta yo nini?

What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?

4 Akobeta yo na makonga ya elombe ya bitumba, oyo ezali ya songe, elongo na makala ya moto ya nzete ya nzube.

Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

5 Mawa na ngai, mpo ete navandi lokola mopaya kati na Mesheki, kati na bandako ya kapo ya Kedari.

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

6 Navandaki tango molayi kati na bato oyo balingaka kimia te.

Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.

7 Ngai, nazali moto ya kimia; kasi soki kaka nameki koloba na tina na kimia, bango baponaka mbala moko bitumba.

I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.