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. I called vnto the Lord in my trouble, and hee heard me.

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

Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull tongue.

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

What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?

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

It is as the sharpe arrowes of a mightie man, and as the coales of iuniper.

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

Woe is to me that I remaine in Meschech, and dwell in the tentes of Kedar.

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

My soule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

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

I seeke peace, and when I speake thereof, they are bent to warre.