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 warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

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

Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me.

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

The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

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

The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

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

Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

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

Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers 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 reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the 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 that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.