Banzembo 45
1 Nzembo ya bolingo oyo bana ya Kore bayembaki. Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Eyembamaki na lindanda oyo babengaka Lisi. Motema na ngai etondi na maloba kitoko. Namilobeli: Nakotatola misala na ngai mpo na mokonzi. Tika ete lolemo na ngai ezala lokola ekomeli ya mokomi ya mayele.
For the end, for alternate [strains] by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved. My heart has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.
2 Oleki bato nyonso na kitoko, mpe bibebu na Yo ebimisaka ngolu; yango wana Nzambe apambola Yo mpo na libela.
Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever.
3 Elombe ya bitumba, kanga mopanga na loketo na Yo! Lata lokumu mpe kongenga.
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty;
4 Kati na kongenga na Yo, zala molongi, mata na shar na Yo, telema mpo na solo, mpo na komikitisa, mpe mpo na bosembo; tika ete loboko na Yo ya mobali esala misala minene.
and bend [thy bow], and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.
5 Tika ete makonga na Yo ya minu etobola mitema ya banguna ya mokonzi; tika ete bikolo ekweya na se ya matambe na Yo.
Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under thee) [they are] in the heart of the king's enemies.
6 Nzambe, Kiti ya Bokonzi na Yo ekowumela seko na seko; lingenda ya bokonzi na Yo ezali mpo na bosembo.
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.
7 Olingaka bosembo mpe oyinaka mabe; yango wana, oh Nzambe, Nzambe na Yo apakoli Yo mafuta ya esengo, asepeli na Yo koleka baninga na Yo.
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.
8 Bilamba na Yo nyonso ezali kolumba solo kitoko ya malasi ya mire, ya aloe mpe ya kaneli; wuta na bandako minene oyo ebongisama na pembe ya nzoko, mandanda ezali kosepelisa Yo.
Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia [are exhaled] from thy garments, [and] out of the ivory palaces,
9 Bana basi ya bakonzi bazali kati na basi ya lokumu; mwasi ya mokonzi azali na ngambo ya loboko na Yo ya mobali, alati biloko ya wolo ya Ofiri.
with which kings' daughters have gladdened thee for thine honour: the queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, [and] arrayed in divers colours.
10 Mwana na ngai ya mwasi, tala mpe yoka; bosana bato na yo mpe ndako ya tata na yo.
Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father's house.
11 Mokonzi asepeli na kitoko na yo; lokola azali nkolo na yo, gumbama liboso na ye.
Because the king has desired thy beauty; for he is thy Lord.
12 Tiri, mboka kitoko, bato oyo baleki na bozwi kati na bato bakomemela yo bakado mpo ete olinga bango.
And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate thy favour.
13 Mwana mwasi ya mokonzi azali kongenga na kitoko kati na ndako ya mokonzi, alati elamba batonga wolo.
All her glory [is that] of the daughter of the king of Esebon, robed [as she is] in golden fringed garments,
14 Alati bilamba batonga bililingi kitoko na basinga, mpe bamemi ye epai ya mokonzi. Bamemi mpe balingami na ye epai na yo, bilenge basi oyo batambolaka elongo na ye.
in embroidered [clothing]: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to thee.
15 Bamemi bango na nsayi mpe na esengo; bakoti na ndako ya mokonzi.
They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple.
16 Bana na yo ya mibali bakozwa esika ya bakoko na bango; okotia bango bakambi kati na mokili mobimba.
Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
17 Nakosala ete bikeke nyonso ebosana kombo na yo te. Boye bikolo nyonso ekosanzola Yo tango nyonso, seko na seko.
They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee for ever, even for ever and ever.
