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 have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

2 Nkolo, yoka ngai! Yoka mabondeli na ngai!

Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

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

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O 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 the LORD, 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 [looketh] for the Lord, more than watchmen [look] for the morning; [yea, more than] watchmen for the morning.

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

O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

8 Ye nde akokangola Isalaele na bambeba na yango nyonso.

And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.