Banzembo 61

1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Eyembamaki na lindanda. Nzembo ya Davidi. Oh Nzambe, yoka koganga na ngai, yoka na bokebi losambo na ngai.

TO THE OVERSEER. ON STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. BY DAVID. Hear, O God, my loud cry, attend to my prayer.

2 Wuta na suka ya mokili, nazali kobelela Yo, motema na ngai ebukani! Mema ngai na libanga oyo eleki likolo epai wapi nakokoka te kokoma ngai moko.

I call to You from the end of the land, In the feebleness of my heart, You lead me into a rock higher than I.

3 Pamba te, ozali ebombamelo na ngai, ndako molayi batonga makasi, liboso ya banguna na ngai.

For You have been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy.

4 Posa ya motema na ngai ezali: kovanda tango nyonso kati na Ndako na Yo mpe kozwa ebombamelo na se ya mapapu na Yo.

I sojourn in Your tent for all ages, I trust in the secret place of Your wings. (Selah)

5 Pamba te Yo Nzambe, oyokaki bandayi na ngai, opesaki ngai libula ya bato oyo batosaka Kombo na Yo.

For You, O God, have listened to my vows, You have appointed the inheritance Of those fearing Your Name.

6 Pesa na mokonzi na biso bomoi molayi; tika ete awumela na bomoi.

You add days to the days of the king, His years as generation and generation.

7 Tika ete awumela na bokonzi libela na libela liboso ya Nzambe! Bolingo mpe boyengebene na Yo ekobatela ye.

He dwells before God for all time, Appoint kindness and truth—they keep him.

8 Boye, nakoyemba mikolo nyonso mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Yo, mpe nakokokisa bandayi na ngai mokolo na mokolo.

So I praise Your Name forever, When I pay my vows day by day!