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 have I cried to thee, O LORD.

2 Nkolo, yoka ngai! Yoka mabondeli na ngai!

LORD, hear my voice: let thy 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 [waiteth] for the LORD more than they that watch for the morning: [I say], [more than] they that watch 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 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.