Banzembo 48
1 Nzembo ya bana ya Kore. Yawe azali monene mpe abongi na lokumu, kati na engumba ya Nzambe na biso, ngomba na Ye ya bule.
A SONG. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. Great [is] YHWH, and greatly praised, In the city of our God—His holy hill.
2 Ezali kitoko, ngomba moke oyo esalaka esengo ya mokili mobimba, ngomba Siona! Ngambo na yango ya Nor nde ezali engumba ya Mokonzi Monene.
Beautiful [for] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of [the] great King.
3 Nzambe azali kati na bandako na yango ya bokonzi, amimonisi lokola ndako batonga makasi.
God is known for a tower in her high places.
4 Pamba te bakonzi basanganaki, batambolaki nzela moko.
For behold, the kings met, they passed by together,
5 Kasi tango kaka bamonaki yango, bakamwaki mpe bakimaki na somo.
They have seen—so they have marveled, They have been troubled, they were hurried away.
6 Mbala moko, bakomaki kolenga wana lokola mwasi oyo azali na pasi ya kobota
Trembling has seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.
7 to lokola mopepe ya Este oyo apanzaka masuwa ya Tarsisi.
By an east wind You shatter ships of Tarshish.
8 Ndenge kaka bayebisaki biso, ndenge mpe tomonaki kati na engumba ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, kati na engumba ya Nzambe na biso; Nzambe alendisaka yango seko na seko.
As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of YHWH of hosts, In the city of our God, God establishes her for all time. (Selah)
9 Nzambe, kati na Tempelo na Yo, tokanisaka bolingo na Yo.
We have thought, O God, of Your kindness, In the midst of Your temple,
10 Nzambe, lokumu na Yo epanzani kino na suka ya mokili, ndenge moko na Kombo na Yo; loboko na Yo ya mobali etondi na bosembo.
As [is] Your Name, O God, so [is] Your praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness has filled Your right hand.
11 Ngomba ya Siona ezali kosepela, bamboka ya Yuda etondi na esengo mpo na mikano na Yo.
Mount Zion rejoices, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Your judgments.
12 Botambola pembeni ya Siona, bokende zingazinga na yango, botanga bandako na yango ya milayi.
Surround Zion, and go around her, count her towers,
13 Botala lopango na yango, botala malamu bandako na yango mpo ete bopesa sango epai ya bato oyo bakoya na sima.
Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that you recount to a later generation,
14 Pamba te Nzambe wana azali Nzambe na biso seko na seko mpe libela na libela; akotambolisa biso, ezala kino na kufa.
That this God [is] our God—For all time and forever, He leads us over death!
