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 degrees. Out of the depths do I call upon thee, Jehovah.

2 Nkolo, yoka ngai! Yoka mabondeli na ngai!

Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

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

If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand?

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

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest 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 Jehovah; my soul doth wait, and in his word do I 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 [waiteth] for the Lord more than the watchers [wait] for the morning, [more than] the watchers for the morning.

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

Let Israel hope in Jehovah, because with Jehovah there is loving-kindness, and with him is plenteous redemption;

8 Ye nde akokangola Isalaele na bambeba na yango nyonso.

And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.