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:

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now 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 plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

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

The LORD is righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

Let them all be confounded and turned back 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 housetops, which withers before it grows 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 fills not his hand; nor he that binds 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 they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.