Banzembo 2

1 Mpo na nini bikolo ezali kosala makelele mpe bato bazali kosala makita ya pamba?

Why this turmoil of nations, this futile plotting of peoples,

2 Bakonzi ya mokili batomboki, mpe bakambi basangani mpo na kotelemela Yawe elongo na mopakolami na Ye.

with kings of the earth conspiring, and rulers consulting together, against the Lord and against his anointed,

3 Bazali koganga elongo: « Tokata minyololo na bango mpe tomikangola na bokonzi na bango! »

to snap their bonds and fling their cords away?

4 Kasi Ye oyo avandi na Kiti na Ye ya Bokonzi kuna na likolo aseki, Yawe atioli bango.

He whose throne is in heaven laughs, the Lord mocks them.

5 Agangeli bango na kanda, apelisi kanda makasi na Ye mpo na bango, alobi:

Then he speaks to them in his wrath, and in his hot anger confounds them.

6 « Ezali Ngai nde natiaki mokonzi na Ngai na Siona, ngomba na Ngai ya bule. »

‘This my king is installed by me, on Zion my holy mountain.’

7 Nakosakola mobeko ya Yawe. Alobaki na ngai: « Ozali Mwana na Ngai ya mobali, na mokolo ya lelo, nakomi Tata na Yo.

I will tell of the Lord’s decree. He said to me: ‘You are my son, this day I became your father.

8 Senga Ngai, mpe nakokomisa bikolo libula na Yo, basuka ya mokili bozwi na Yo.

Only ask, and I make you the heir of the nations, and lord of the world to its utmost bounds.

9 Okoyangela yango na bokonzi ya ebende, okopanza yango lokola mbeki ya mabele. »

You will break them with sceptre of iron, shatter them like pottery.’

10 Yango wana, bino bakonzi, bozala na mayele; bino bayangeli ya mokili, boyoka likebisi oyo.

So now, you kings, be wise: be warned, you rulers of earth.

11 Bosalela Yawe na kobanga mpe bosepela na kolenga.

Serve the Lord in awe, kiss his feet with trembling,

12 Bopesa Mwana na Ye beze, noki te akosilika mpe bokokufa na nzela na bino, pamba te kanda na Ye epelaka noki. Esengo na bato oyo bazwaka Ye lokola ebombamelo na bango.

lest, angry, he hurl you to ruin; for soon will his fury blaze. Happy all who take refuge in him.