Banzembo 20

1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Nzembo ya Davidi. Tika ete Yawe ayanola yo na tango ya pasi; tika ete Nzambe ya Jakobi azala ndako batonga makasi mpo na kobatela yo.

To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Jehovah doth answer thee, In a day of adversity, The name of the God of Jacob doth set thee on high,

2 Tika ete asunga yo wuta na Esika na Ye ya bule mpe apesa yo makasi wuta na Siona.

He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, And from Zion doth support thee,

3 Tika ete akanisa makabo na yo nyonso mpe andima mbeka na yo ya kotumba.

He doth remember all thy presents, And thy burnt-offering doth reduce to ashes. (Selah)

4 Tika ete akokisa posa ya motema na yo mpe mabongisi na yo nyonso.

He doth give to thee according to thy heart, And all thy counsel doth fulfil.

5 Tokoganga na esengo mpo na lobiko na Yo mpe tokotombola bendele na Kombo ya Nzambe na biso. Tika ete Yawe akokisa bisengeli na Yo nyonso.

We sing of thy salvation, And in the name of our God set up a banner. Jehovah doth fulfil all thy requests.

6 Nayebi sik’oyo ete Yawe abikisaka mopakolami na Ye, ayanolaka ye wuta na Esika na Ye ya bule kati na Lola, na nzela ya nguya ya loboko na Ye ya mobali.

Now I have known That Jehovah hath saved His anointed, He answereth him from His holy heavens, With the saving might of His right hand.

7 Bamoko batiaka elikya na bango kati na bashar, bamosusu, kati na bampunda; kasi biso totiaka elikya na biso kati na Kombo na Yawe, Nzambe na biso.

Some of chariots, and some of horses, And we of the name of Jehovah our God Make mention.

8 Bango, bafukamaka mpe bakweyaka; kasi biso, tozalaka kaka ya kotelema mpe totikalaka ngwi.

They — they have bowed and have fallen, And we have risen and station ourselves upright.

9 Yawe, bikisa mokonzi! Yanola biso tango tozali kobelela.

O Jehovah, save the king, He doth answer us in the day we call!