Banzembo 46
1 Nzembo ya bana ya Kore. Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Eyembamaki na mongongo moke ya bilenge basi. Mpo na biso, Nzambe azali ebombamelo mpe eyekamelo, azali lisungi oyo ezangaka te na tango ya pasi.
For the leader. Of the Korahites, on alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Yango wana, tobangaka te ata soki mabele eningani, bangomba ekweyi kati na ebale monene;
So we have no fear, though earth should change, and the hills totter into the heart of the ocean.
3 ata soki bambonge na yango etelemi, ebimisi fulufulu mpe eningisi bangomba.
Let its waters roar and foam, let the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. On our side is the Lord of hosts, our sure defence is the God of Jacob. (Selah)
4 Ezali na ebale moko oyo mayi na yango esepelisaka engumba ya Nzambe oyo eleki bule kati na bivandelo ya Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo.
A river there is, whose streams make glad God’s city, the home the Most High has hallowed.
5 Nzambe azali kati na yango, ebukani te; Nzambe asungaka yango wuta na tongo makasi.
God is within her: she cannot be shaken. God helps her at the turn of the morning.
6 Bikolo ezali kotomboka, bamboka ezali kokweya; kasi Nzambe atomboli mongongo na Ye, mpe mabele ebukani.
Nations roared, kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, earth melted away.
7 Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, azali elongo na biso; Nzambe ya Jakobi azali ekimelo na biso.
On our side is the Lord of hosts, our sure defence is the God of Jacob.
8 Boya kotala misala ya Yawe, makambo minene oyo asalaka kati na mokili.
Come and see what the Lord has done, working appallingly in the earth.
9 Asilisaka bitumba kino na basuka ya mokili, akataka batolotolo, abukaka makonga mpe atumbaka na moto bashar ya bitumba.
He stills wars to the ends of the earth – breaking the bow, snapping the spear, burning the chariots in the fire.
10 Alobaki: « Bovanda kimia, boyeba ete ngai nazali Nzambe; nakonzaka bikolo, nakonzaka mpe mokili. »
‘Refrain; and know surely that I am God, high over the nations, high over the world.’
11 Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, azali elongo na biso; Nzambe ya Jakobi azali ekimelo na biso.
On our side is the Lord of Hosts, our sure defence is the God of Jacob. (Selah)
