Banzembo 130

1 Nzembo ya mobembo mpo na kokende na Ndako ya Nkolo. Nkolo, nazali kobelela Yo wuta na mozindo ya pasi!

A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

2 Nkolo, yoka ngai! Yoka mabondeli na ngai!

O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

3 Yawe, soki obosanaka masumu te, Nkolo, nani akokaki kotelema?

If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

4 Kasi bolimbisi ezali epai na Yo, yango wana basengeli kotosa Yo.

But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

5 Na motema na ngai mobimba, nazali na elikya kati na Yawe, nazali penza na elikya; nazali kozela maloba na Ye.

I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

6 Nazali na elikya kati na Nkolo koleka kutu ndenge mokengeli azelaka kotana ya tongo, koleka penza ndenge mokengeli azelaka kotana ya tongo.

My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.

7 Isalaele, tia elikya kati na Yawe, pamba te azali bolingo, mpe kokangolama ya kokoka ezali elongo na Ye.

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

8 Ye nde akokangola Isalaele na bambeba na yango nyonso.

And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.