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 the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel say;

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

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

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

Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:

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

[Yet] the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

May all be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion;

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

May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled 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 his arm he that bindeth sheaves.

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

Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.