Banzembo 124

1 Nzembo ya Davidi. Nzembo ya mobembo mpo na kokende na Tempelo ya Yawe. Soki Yawe abatelaki biso te; tika ete Isalaele aloba bongo!

You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?

2 Soki Yawe abatelaki biso te tango bato babundisaki biso,

When [our enemies] attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,

3 mbele bamelaki biso ya bomoi tango basilikelaki biso makasi.

we would have all been killed [IDM] because they were very angry with us!

4 Boye mayi elingaki kozindisa biso, mbonge makasi elingaki komema biso.

[They would have been like] [MET] a flood that swept/carried us away; [it would have been as though] the water would have covered us,

5 Mayi makasi elingaki kozindisa biso.

and we would [all] have drowned in the flood that was (raging/flowing very fast).

6 Tika ete Yawe apambolama, Ye oyo andimaki te ete minu na bango epasola biso!

[But] praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our [enemies to destroy us] [like wild animals] [MET] tear apart [the creatures that they capture].

7 Tobikaki lokola ndeke liboso ya motambo ya mokangi bandeke; motambo ekatanaki, mpe tokimaki.

We have escaped [from our enemies] like a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set; [it is as though] the trap [that our enemies set for us] was broken and we have escaped from it!

8 Lisungi na biso ezali kati na Kombo na Yawe oyo akela likolo mpe mabele.

Yahweh is the one who helps us [MTY]; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.