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.

melody to/for David in/on/with to be he in/on/with wilderness Judah God God my you(m. s.) to seek you to thirst to/for you soul my to pine to/for you flesh my in/on/with land: country/planet dryness and faint without water

2 Natalaki Yo kati na Esika ya bule mpo na komona makasi mpe nkembo na Yo.

so in/on/with holiness to see you to/for to see: see strength your and glory your

3 Pamba te bolingo na Yo ezali malamu koleka bomoi, bibebu na ngai ekosanzola Yo.

for pleasant kindness your from life lips my to praise you

4 Boye, nakopambola Yo bomoi na ngai mobimba, nakotombola maboko na ngai mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Yo.

so to bless you in/on/with life my in/on/with name your to lift: vow palm my

5 Nakotonda lokola moto oyo asili kolia misuni kitoko mpe mafuta; bibebu na ngai ekoganga na esengo mpe monoko na ngai ekokumisa Yo.

like fat and ashes to satisfy soul my and lips triumphing to boast: praise lip my

6 Soki nakanisi Yo na mbeto na ngai, nasambelaka Yo na butu;

if to remember you upon bed my in/on/with watch to mutter in/on/with you

7 pamba te ozali lisungi mpo na ngai, mpe nagangaka na esengo wana nazali na se ya elili ya mapapu na Yo.

for to be help to/for me and in/on/with shadow wing your to sing

8 Nakangami na Yo; loboko na Yo ya mobali esimbi ngai makasi.

to cleave soul my after you in/on/with me to grasp right your

9 Bato oyo balukaka koboma ngai bakozinda na mabele

and they(masc.) to/for devastation to seek soul: life my to come (in): come in/on/with lower [the] land: country/planet

10 Bakoboma bango na mopanga mpe bakokoma bilei ya bambwa ya zamba.

to pour him upon hand: power sword portion fox to be

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 to rejoice in/on/with God to boast: boast all [the] to swear in/on/with him for to stop lip to speak: speak deception