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 Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

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

Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

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

Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

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

Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.

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

Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

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

They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

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.

That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

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

And the passers by have not said, 'The blessing of Jehovah [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'