Banzembo 129

1 Nzembo ya mobembo mpo na kokende na Tempelo ya Yawe. Wuta bolenge na ngai, banyokoli ngai bambala ebele. Tika ete Isalaele ezongela koloba:

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel say —

2 « Wuta bolenge na ngai, banyokoli ngai bambala ebele, kasi batikali kolonga ngai te! »

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 Bato mabe batimoli mokongo na ngai, bazokisi ngai bapota ya banzela milayi na mokongo.

The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

4 Kasi lokola Yawe azali sembo, akati basinga ya bato mabe.

Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Tika ete bato nyonso oyo bayinaka Siona bakufa soni mpe bazonga sima!

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;

6 Tika ete bakoma lokola matiti oyo ebotaka na likolo ya ndako mpe ekawukaka liboso ete balongola yango;

Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

7 tika ete mobuki bambuma ya bilanga atondisa na yango te maboko na ye, tika ete mokangi maboke ya banzete atondisa na yango te saki na ye.

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

8 Tika ete baleki nzela baloba na bango te: « Tika ete Yawe apambola bino! » Topamboli bino na Kombo na Yawe!

Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!