Banzembo 123

1 Nzembo ya mobembo mpo na kokende na Tempelo ya Yawe. Natomboli miso na ngai epai na Yo, Yawe, oyo ovandi na Kiti na Yo ya Bokonzi kati na Lola.

Yahweh, I look up toward you, up to heaven, from where you rule.

2 Ndenge miso ya bawumbu etalaka nkolo na bango, mpe miso ya mwasi mosali etalaka nkolo na ye ya mwasi, ndenge wana mpe miso na biso ezali kotala Yawe, Nzambe na biso, kino asalela biso ngolu.

Like servants ask [IDM] their masters [for what they need] and like maids ask t their mistresses [for what they need], we ask you, Yahweh our God, [for what we need], and we ask you to be merciful to us.

3 Yawe, salela biso ngolu, yokela biso mawa! Pamba te tolembi kotiolama!

Yahweh, be very merciful [DOU] to us because [our enemies] have acted very contemptuously toward us.

4 Tolembi penza kotiolama na bato ya lolendo mpe ya lofundu!

Rich people have made fun of us for a long time, and proud [people] who have (oppressed/acted cruelly toward) us have acted toward us as though we were worthless.