Banzembo 70

1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Nzembo ya Davidi mpo na kokanisa misala ya Nzambe. Nzambe, yaka noki mpo na kangola ngai! Yawe, yaka noki mpo na kosunga ngai!

to/for to conduct to/for David to/for to remember God to/for to rescue me LORD to/for help my to hasten [emph?]

2 Tika ete bato oyo balukaka kufa na ngai bakufa soni mpe basambwa! Tika ete bato oyo bazelaka libebi na ngai bazonga sima mpe bayokisama soni!

be ashamed and be ashamed to seek soul: life my to turn back and be humiliated delighting distress: harm my

3 Tika ete bato oyo balobaka na ngai: « Ah! Ah! » bazonga mpo na soni!

to return: return upon consequence shame their [the] to say Aha! Aha!

4 Tika ete bato nyonso oyo balukaka Yo batonda na esengo mpe basepela kati na Yo! Tika ete ba-oyo balingaka lobiko na Yo balobaka tango nyonso: « Nzambe azali monene! »

to rejoice and to rejoice in/on/with you all to seek you and to say continually to magnify God to love: lover salvation your

5 Mpo ete nazali mobola mpe moto akelela, Nzambe, yaka noki mpo na kosunga ngai. Yawe, ozali Lisungi mpe Mokangoli na ngai, kowumela te!

and I afflicted and needy God to hasten [emph?] to/for me helper my and to escape me you(m. s.) LORD not to delay