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.

God, you are the God whom I [worship]. I greatly desire to be with you like [SIL] a person in a dry hot desert greatly desires [some cool water].

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

So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious.

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

Your constantly loving [me] is (worth more/more precious) than [my] life, so I [MTY] will [always] praise you.

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

I will praise you all the time that I live; I will lift up my hands to you while I pray.

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

[Knowing you satisfies me more than] [IDM, MET] my eating a very big feast, [so] I will praise you while I sing [MTY] joyful songs.

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

While I lie on my bed, I think about you. I think/meditate about you all during the night,

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

because you have always helped me, and I sing joyfully knowing that I am protected by you [as a little bird is protected] under [its mother’s] wings [MET].

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

I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me.

9 Bato oyo balukaka koboma ngai bakozinda na mabele

But those who are trying to kill me will [die and] descend into the place of the dead;

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

they will be killed in battles [MTY] and their [corpses] will be eaten by jackals/wild dogs.

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 I, the king [of Israel], will rejoice in what God has done; and all those who revere and trust God will praise him, but he will not allow liars to say anything.