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.
song melody to/for son: descendant/people Korah great: large LORD and to boast: praise much in/on/with city God our mountain: mount holiness his
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 elevation rejoicing all [the] land: country/planet mountain: mount Zion flank Zaphon town king many
3 Nzambe azali kati na bandako na yango ya bokonzi, amimonisi lokola ndako batonga makasi.
God in/on/with citadel: palace her to know to/for high refuge
4 Pamba te bakonzi basanganaki, batambolaki nzela moko.
for behold [the] king to appoint to pass together
5 Kasi tango kaka bamonaki yango, bakamwaki mpe bakimaki na somo.
they(masc.) to see: see so to astounded to dismay to hurry
6 Mbala moko, bakomaki kolenga wana lokola mwasi oyo azali na pasi ya kobota
trembling to grasp them there agony like/as to beget
7 to lokola mopepe ya Este oyo apanzaka masuwa ya Tarsisi.
in/on/with spirit: breath east to break fleet 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.
like/as as which to hear: hear so to see: see in/on/with city LORD Hosts in/on/with city God our God to establish: establish her till forever: enduring (Selah)
9 Nzambe, kati na Tempelo na Yo, tokanisaka bolingo na Yo.
to resemble God kindness your in/on/with entrails: among temple your
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.
like/as name your God so praise your upon boundary land: country/planet righteousness to fill right your
11 Ngomba ya Siona ezali kosepela, bamboka ya Yuda etondi na esengo mpo na mikano na Yo.
to rejoice mountain: mount Zion to rejoice daughter Judah because justice: judgement your
12 Botambola pembeni ya Siona, bokende zingazinga na yango, botanga bandako na yango ya milayi.
to turn: surround Zion and to surround her to recount tower her
13 Botala lopango na yango, botala malamu bandako na yango mpo ete bopesa sango epai ya bato oyo bakoya na sima.
to set: consider heart your to/for bulwark her to go through citadel: palace her because to recount to/for generation last
14 Pamba te Nzambe wana azali Nzambe na biso seko na seko mpe libela na libela; akotambolisa biso, ezala kino na kufa.
for this God God our forever: enduring and perpetuity he/she/it to lead us upon to die
