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 choirmaster - on a stringed instrument of David. Hear! O God cry of entreaty my pay attention to! prayer my.

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.

From [the] end of the earth - to you I call when grows faint heart my on a rock [which] it is high more than me you will lead me.

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

For you have been a refuge of me a tower of strength from before [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.

Let me sojourn in tent your forever let me take refuge in [the] shelter of wings your (Selah)

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

For you O God you have listened to vows my you have given [the] possession of [those] fearing name your.

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

Days to [the] days of [the] king you will add years his [be] like a generation and a generation.

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

May he sit forever before God covenant loyalty and faithfulness appoint they will preserve him.

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

Thus I will sing praises to name your for ever to pay I vows my day - day.