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 distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard 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 from a deceitful tongue.

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

What shall be given unto you? or what shall be done unto you, you false 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 the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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 Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

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

My soul has long dwelt with him that hates 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.