Banzembo 137

1 Ezalaki biso ya kovanda pembeni ya bibale ya Babiloni, tozalaki kolela na tozalaki kokanisa Siona.

upon river Babylon there to dwell also to weep in/on/with to remember we [obj] Zion

2 Todiembikaki mandanda na biso na banzete ya pepiliye ya etuka yango.

upon willow in/on/with midst her to hang lyre our

3 Kuna, bato oyo bamemaki biso na bowumbu bazalaki kosenga biso banzembo; mpe banyokoli na biso bazalaki kosenga biso ete tozala na esengo. Bazalaki koloba: « Boyembela biso banzembo ya Siona! »

for there to ask us to take captive us word: because song and tormentor our joy to sing to/for us from song Zion

4 Tokoyemba banzembo ya Yawe ndenge nini na mabele ya bapaya?

how? to sing [obj] song LORD upon land: soil foreign

5 Oh Yelusalemi, soki nabosani yo, wana tika ete loboko na ngai ya mobali elemba!

if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right my

6 Soki natiki penza kokanisa yo, Yelusalemi, soki natie yo te liboso ya esengo nyonso, wana tika ete lolemo na ngai ekangama kati na monoko na ngai!

to cleave tongue my to/for palate my if not to remember you if not to ascend: establish [obj] Jerusalem upon head: top joy my

7 Yawe, kobosana te bato ya Edomi oyo basekaki Yelusalemi na mokolo na yango ya mawa; bazalaki koganga: « Bobuka yango, bobuka kino na miboko na yango! »

to remember LORD to/for son: descendant/people Edom [obj] day Jerusalem [the] to say to uncover to uncover till [the] foundation in/on/with her

8 Babiloni, engumba kitoko, yo oyo okobebisama solo, esengo na moto oyo akozongisela yo mabe na mabe oyo osalaki biso!

daughter Babylon [the] to ruin blessed which/that to complete to/for you [obj] recompense your which/that to wean to/for us

9 Esengo na moto oyo akokanga bana na yo mpe akonika bango na libanga!

blessed which/that to grasp and to shatter [obj] infant your to(wards) [the] crag