< Banzembo 130 >
1 Nzembo ya mobembo mpo na kokende na Ndako ya Nkolo. Nkolo, nazali kobelela Yo wuta na mozindo ya pasi!
A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. Lord, I cry out to you from the depths of my pain.
2 Nkolo, yoka ngai! Yoka mabondeli na ngai!
Please listen to my cry, and pay attention to what I'm asking.
3 Yawe, soki obosanaka masumu te, Nkolo, nani akokaki kotelema?
Lord, if you kept a list of sins, who could escape being condemned?
4 Kasi bolimbisi ezali epai na Yo, yango wana basengeli kotosa Yo.
But you are forgiving so that we might respect you.
5 Na motema na ngai mobimba, nazali na elikya kati na Yawe, nazali penza na elikya; nazali kozela maloba na Ye.
I'm waiting for the Lord, longingly waiting, for I trust in his word.
6 Nazali na elikya kati na Nkolo koleka kutu ndenge mokengeli azelaka kotana ya tongo, koleka penza ndenge mokengeli azelaka kotana ya tongo.
I long for the Lord to come, more than watchmen longing for the dawn to come, more than watchmen longing for the dawn to come.
7 Isalaele, tia elikya kati na Yawe, pamba te azali bolingo, mpe kokangolama ya kokoka ezali elongo na Ye.
Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for the Lord loves us with a trustworthy love and his salvation knows no limits.
8 Ye nde akokangola Isalaele na bambeba na yango nyonso.
He will save Israel from every sin.