Banzembo 120

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

In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

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

O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

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

What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.

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

The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

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

Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:

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

My soul hath been long a sojourner.

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

With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.