Banzembo 126

1 Nzembo ya mobembo mpo na kokende na Tempelo ya Yawe. Tango Yawe azongisaki bato ya Siona longwa na bowumbu, tozalaki lokola bato oyo bazali kolota ndoto.

song [the] step in/on/with to return: rescue LORD [obj] captivity Zion to be like/as to dream

2 Boye, tozalaki koganga mpe koyemba na esengo. Bongo, maloba oyo ekomaki kolobama kati na bikolo: « Yawe asaleli bango makambo minene! »

then to fill laughter lip our and tongue our cry then to say in/on/with nation to magnify LORD to/for to make: do with these

3 Solo, Yawe asaleli biso makambo minene, mpe tozali kosepela.

to magnify LORD to/for to make: do with us to be glad

4 Yawe, yaka kobongisa makambo na biso ndenge kaka otondisaka lisusu miluka ya Negevi.

to return: rescue [emph?] LORD [obj] (captivity our *Q(k)*) like/as channel in/on/with Negeb

5 Bato oyo balonaka na mpinzoli babukaka na banzembo ya esengo.

[the] to sow in/on/with tears in/on/with cry to reap

6 Moto oyo akendaka na kolela, tango amemi milona na ye, azongaka na esengo wana amemi maboke na ye.

to go: went to go: went and to weep to lift: bear bag/price [the] seed to come (in): come to come (in): come in/on/with cry to lift: bear sheaf his