Banzembo 125

1 Nzembo ya mobembo mpo na kokende na Ndako ya Yawe. Bato oyo batiaka elikya kati na Yawe bazali lokola ngomba Siona oyo eninganaka te, oyo epikama mpo na libela.

song [the] step [the] to trust in/on/with LORD like/as mountain: mount Zion not to shake to/for forever: enduring to dwell

2 Ndenge bangomba ezingeli Yelusalemi, ndenge wana mpe Yawe azingeli bato na Ye, kobanda sik’oyo kino libela na libela.

Jerusalem mountain: mount around to/for her and LORD around to/for people his from now and till forever: enduring

3 Bokonzi ya mabe ekowumela te na etuka ya bato ya sembo, mpo ete basangana te na mabe.

for not to rest tribe: staff [the] wickedness upon allotted [the] righteous because not to send: reach [the] righteous in/on/with injustice hand their

4 Yawe, zala malamu mpo na bato malamu mpe mpo na bato oyo bazali alima na mitema!

be good [emph?] LORD to/for pleasant and to/for upright in/on/with heart their

5 Kasi tika ete Yawe abengana bato ya kilikili elongo na bato ya misala mabe! Tika ete kimia ezala na Isalaele!

and [the] to stretch crooked their to go: went them LORD with to work [the] evil: wickedness peace upon Israel