Banzembo 63
1 Nzembo ya Davidi. Ayembaki yango tango azalaki kati na esobe ya Yuda. Oh Nzambe, ozali Nzambe na ngai; nazali koluka Yo, molimo na ngai ezali na posa na Yo, bomoi na ngai ezali na posa na Yo makasi, kati na mabele ekawuka mpe ezanga mayi.
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Idumea. O God, my God, I cry to you early; my soul has thirsted for you: how often has my flesh [longed] after you, in a barren and trackless and dry land!
2 Natalaki Yo kati na Esika ya bule mpo na komona makasi mpe nkembo na Yo.
Thus have I appeared before you in the sanctuary, that I might see your power and your glory.
3 Pamba te bolingo na Yo ezali malamu koleka bomoi, bibebu na ngai ekosanzola Yo.
For your mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise you.
4 Boye, nakopambola Yo bomoi na ngai mobimba, nakotombola maboko na ngai mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Yo.
Thus will I bless you during my life: I will lift up my hands in your name.
5 Nakotonda lokola moto oyo asili kolia misuni kitoko mpe mafuta; bibebu na ngai ekoganga na esengo mpe monoko na ngai ekokumisa Yo.
Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness; and [my] joyful lips shall praise your name.
6 Soki nakanisi Yo na mbeto na ngai, nasambelaka Yo na butu;
Forasmuch as I have remembered you on my bed: in the early seasons I have meditated on you.
7 pamba te ozali lisungi mpo na ngai, mpe nagangaka na esengo wana nazali na se ya elili ya mapapu na Yo.
For you have been my helper, and in the shelter of your wings will I rejoice.
8 Nakangami na Yo; loboko na Yo ya mobali esimbi ngai makasi.
My soul has kept very close behind you: your right hand has upheld me.
9 Bato oyo balukaka koboma ngai bakozinda na mabele
But they vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts o the earth.
10 Bakoboma bango na mopanga mpe bakokoma bilei ya bambwa ya zamba.
They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword; they shall be portions for foxes.
11 Kasi mokonzi akosepela kati na Nzambe; moto nyonso oyo alapaka ndayi na Kombo ya Nzambe akomikumisa mpo na yango, pamba te minoko ya bakosi ekokangama.
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall be praised; for the mouth of them that speak unjust things has been stopped.
