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 Judah. God, you are my God! I earnestly search for you, my soul thirsts for you, and my flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

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

So I have looked on you in the sanctuary, to see your power and your glory.

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

Because your covenant faithfulness is better than life, my lips will praise you.

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

So I will bless you while I live; 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.

It will be as if I ate a meal of marrow and fatness; with joyful lips my mouth will praise you,

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

when I think about you on my bed and meditate on you in the night hours.

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 help, and in the shadow of your wings I rejoice.

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

I cling to you; your right hand supports me.

9 Bato oyo balukaka koboma ngai bakozinda na mabele

But those who seek to destroy my life will go down into the lowest parts of the earth;

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

they will be given over to those whose hands use the sword, and they will become food for the jackals.

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 will rejoice in God; everyone who swears by him will be proud of him, but the mouth of those who speak lies will be stopped up.