< 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 degrees. In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.
2 Oh Yawe, kangola ngai wuta na maboko ya bakosi mpe wuta na lolemo ya lokuta!
Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.
3 Yo, lolemo ya lokuta, Yawe akopesa yo nini, akofuta yo nini?
What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou 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 of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.
5 Mawa na ngai, mpo ete navandi lokola mopaya kati na Mesheki, kati na bandako ya kapo ya Kedari.
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6 Navandaki tango molayi kati na bato oyo balingaka kimia te.
My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.
7 Ngai, nazali moto ya kimia; kasi soki kaka nameki koloba na tina na kimia, bango baponaka mbala moko bitumba.
I [am for] peace; but when I speak, they [are] for war.

< Banzembo 120 >