Banzembo 50
1 Nzembo ya Azafi. Nzambe ya banzambe, Yawe alobi, abengi mokili wuta na epai moyi ebimaka kino na epai elalaka.
A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof:
2 Wuta na Siona, mboka kitoko, Nzambe azali kongenga lokola moyi.
Out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.
3 Tika ete Nzambe na biso aya! Tika ete akanga monoko te! Liboso na Ye, moto makasi ezali kozikisa; mpe zingazinga na Ye, mopepe makasi ezali kopepa.
God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him.
4 Abengi Likolo, kuna na likolo, mpe mabele mpo na kokata makambo ya bato na Ye.
He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.
5 Alobi: « Bosangisela ngai bayengebene na ngai, ba-oyo basalaki Boyokani elongo na ngai na nzela ya mbeka. »
Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.
6 Likolo ekopanza sango ya bosembo na Ye, pamba te azali Nzambe ya bosembo.
And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.
7 Bino bato na ngai, boyoka; nazali koloba na bino! Isalaele, nakoloba mpo na kotelemela yo: « Ngai Nzambe, nazali Nzambe na yo. »
Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
8 Nakopamela yo te na tina na bambeka na yo, pamba te bambeka na yo ya kotumba ezalaka tango nyonso liboso na ngai.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
9 Nakozwa ngombe te kati na ndako na yo to ntaba mobali kati na etonga na yo ya bibwele,
I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.
10 pamba te banyama nyonso ya zamba ezali ya ngai; ezala ata ebele ya banyama oyo ezali kati na bangomba, nyonso ezali ya ngai.
For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.
11 Nayebi bandeke nyonso ya bangomba; mpe banyama ya bilanga ezali ya ngai.
I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.
12 Soki nazalaki na nzala, nalingaki koyebisa yo te, pamba te mokili mpe nyonso oyo ezali kati na yango ezali ya ngai.
If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Boni, okanisi penza ete ngai naliaka misuni ya bangombe to namelaka makila ya bantaba?
Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?
14 Bonzelaka Nzambe matondi lokola mbeka, mpe kokisaka bandayi na yo epai ya Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo.
Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.
15 Mpe belela ngai na tango ya pasi; nakokangola yo, mpe okopesa ngai nkembo.
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 Nzambe alobi na moto mabe: « Mpo na nini opanzaka sango ya mibeko na ngai mpe olobaka na tina na Boyokani na ngai?
But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?
17 Nzokande oyinaka malako na ngai mpe oyokaka te maloba na ngai?
Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.
18 Soki omoni moyibi, wana nde osepeli; mpe ovandaka esika moko na bato na bikobo.
If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.
19 Otikaka monoko na yo kosala mabe, lolemo na yo ebimisaka kaka lokuta.
Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.
20 Ovandaka mpo na kotonga ndeko na yo, mpe obebisaka lokumu ya bana ya mama na yo.
Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother’s son:
21 Yango nde makambo oyo ozalaki kosala; mpe ngai nabatelaki kimia. Okanisi penza ete ngai nazali lokola yo? Nakopamela yo mpe nakotanda makambo nyonso oyo nazwa yo na miso na yo.
These things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.
22 Bino bato oyo bozali kobosana Nzambe, nabondeli bino: bososola makambo oyo; noki te nakobebisa bino, mpe moto moko te akokangola bino.
Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.
23 Moto oyo abonzaka matondi lokola mbeka, apesaka ngai lokumu; mpe moto oyo asalaka keba na etamboli na ye, nakotalisa ye lobiko ya Nzambe. »
The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.
