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.
To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction; — a song of the Beloved. My heart is welling forth [with] a good matter: I say what I have composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2 Oleki bato nyonso na kitoko, mpe bibebu na Yo ebimisaka ngolu; yango wana Nzambe apambola Yo mpo na libela.
Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath 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 majesty and thy splendour;
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 [in] thy splendour ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
5 Tika ete makonga na Yo ya minu etobola mitema ya banguna ya mokonzi; tika ete bikolo ekweya na se ya matambe na Yo.
Thine arrows are sharp — peoples fall under thee — 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; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom:
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 wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
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 aloes, cassia, are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
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.
Kings' daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 Mwana na ngai ya mwasi, tala mpe yoka; bosana bato na yo mpe ndako ya tata na yo.
Hearken, daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; and forget thine own people and thy father's house:
11 Mokonzi asepeli na kitoko na yo; lokola azali nkolo na yo, gumbama liboso na ye.
And the king will desire thy beauty; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him.
12 Tiri, mboka kitoko, bato oyo baleki na bozwi kati na bato bakomemela yo bakado mpo ete olinga bango.
And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the rich ones among the people, shall court thy favour.
13 Mwana mwasi ya mokonzi azali kongenga na kitoko kati na ndako ya mokonzi, alati elamba batonga wolo.
All glorious is the king's daughter within; her clothing is of wrought gold:
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.
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of embroidery; the virgins behind her, her companions, shall be brought in unto thee:
15 Bamemi bango na nsayi mpe na esengo; bakoti na ndako ya mokonzi.
With joy and gladness shall they be brought; they shall enter into the king's palace.
16 Bana na yo ya mibali bakozwa esika ya bakoko na bango; okotia bango bakambi kati na mokili mobimba.
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons; princes shalt thou make them in all the earth.
17 Nakosala ete bikeke nyonso ebosana kombo na yo te. Boye bikolo nyonso ekosanzola Yo tango nyonso, seko na seko.
I will make thy name to be remembered throughout all generations; therefore shall the peoples praise thee for ever and ever.
