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, IN HIS BEING IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. O God, You [are] my God, earnestly I seek You, My soul has thirsted for You, My flesh has longed for You, In a dry and weary land, without waters.
2 Natalaki Yo kati na Esika ya bule mpo na komona makasi mpe nkembo na Yo.
So I have seen You in the sanctuary, To behold Your strength and Your glory.
3 Pamba te bolingo na Yo ezali malamu koleka bomoi, bibebu na ngai ekosanzola Yo.
Because better [is] Your kindness than life, My lips praise You.
4 Boye, nakopambola Yo bomoi na ngai mobimba, nakotombola maboko na ngai mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Yo.
So I bless You in my life, I 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.
As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips my mouth praises.
6 Soki nakanisi Yo na mbeto na ngai, nasambelaka Yo na butu;
If I have remembered You on my bed, I meditate on You in the watches.
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 a help to me, And I sing in the shadow of Your wings.
8 Nakangami na Yo; loboko na Yo ya mobali esimbi ngai makasi.
My soul has cleaved after You, Your right hand has taken hold on me.
9 Bato oyo balukaka koboma ngai bakozinda na mabele
And they who seek my soul for desolation, Go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 Bakoboma bango na mopanga mpe bakokoma bilei ya bambwa ya zamba.
They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, They are a portion 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.
And the king rejoices in God, Everyone swearing by Him boasts, But the mouth of those speaking lies is stopped!
