Banzembo 73
1 Nzembo ya Azafi. Solo, Nzambe azali malamu mpo na Isalaele, mpo na bato oyo bazali mitema peto.
melody to/for Asaph surely pleasant to/for Israel God to/for pure heart
2 Nzokande mpo na ngai, etikalaki moke ete makolo na ngai eselumuka, etikalaki moke ete nakweya,
and I like/as little (to stretch *Q(K)*) foot my like/as nothing (to pour: scatter *Q(K)*) step my
3 pamba te nazalaki kolula bato ya lofundu tango nazalaki komona kimia ya bato mabe.
for be jealous in/on/with to be foolish peace: well-being wicked to see: see
4 Kino na kufa na bango, bazalaka na mitungisi te, nzoto na bango ezalaka sembesembe.
for nothing bond to/for death their and fat strength their
5 Kati na bango, moko te amonaka pasi oyo bato nyonso bamonaka; babelaka te bokono oyo ezwaka bato.
in/on/with trouble human nothing they and with man not to touch
6 Yango wana, lolendo ekoma lokola mayaka na bakingo na bango, mpe makambo na kanza ekoma lokola elamba na bango.
to/for so to ornament them pride to envelope garment violence to/for them
7 Miso na bango engengaka na bilongi etonda na mafuta; mitema na bango esalaka kaka mabongisi ya mabe;
to come out: come from fat eye their to pass figure heart
8 batiolaka mpe balobaka mabe, bagangelaka minyoko.
to mock and to speak: speak in/on/with bad: evil oppression from height to speak: speak
9 Minoko na bango etombokelaka Likolo, mpe lolemo na bango esakanelaka mokili.
to appoint in/on/with heaven lip their and tongue their to go: walk in/on/with land: country/planet
10 Yango wana bato balandaka bango mpe bamelaka maloba na bango lokola mayi.
to/for so (to return: return *Q(K)*) people his here and water full to drain to/for them
11 Balobaka: « Nzambe akoyeba ndenge nini? Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo azali ata na boyebi? »
and to say how? to know God and there knowledge in/on/with Most High
12 Tala ndenge bato mabe bazalaka: tango nyonso, bazalaka na mitungisi te, mpe bomengo na bango emataka se komata.
behold these wicked and at ease forever: enduring to increase strength: rich
13 Solo, ezali kaka na pamba nde nabatelaki motema na ngai peto; ezali kaka na pamba nde nasukolaki maboko na ngai mpo ete nasala mabe te!
surely vain to clean heart my and to wash: wash in/on/with innocence palm my
14 Mikolo nyonso, nanyokwamaka; mpe tongo nyonso, nazwaka etumbu.
and to be to touch all [the] day and argument my to/for morning
15 Soki nalobi: « Nakoloba lokola bango, » wana nateki penza lokumu ya libota na Yo.
if to say to recount like behold generation son: child your to act treacherously
16 Tango nakanisaki mpo na koluka kososola, nayokaki pasi na motema
and to devise: think [emph?] to/for to know this trouble (he/she/it *Q(K)*) in/on/with eye: appearance my
17 kino nakendeki na Esika ya bule ya Nzambe mpe nasosolaki ndenge nini bakosuka.
till to come (in): come to(wards) sanctuary God to understand to/for end their
18 Solo, otielaka bango biloko ya moselu, okweyisaka bango kati na libebi.
surely in/on/with smoothness to set: make to/for them to fall: fall them to/for desolation
19 Ndenge nini babebisamaka mbala moko, bakomaka na suka, mpe somo elimwisaka bango!
how? to be to/for horror: destroyed like/as moment to cease to finish from terror
20 Ndenge ndoto elimwaka soki moto alamuki na pongi, Nkolo, olimwisaka lisolo ya bomoi na bango tango kaka otelemaka.
like/as dream from to awake Lord in/on/with to rouse image their to despise
21 Tango motema na ngai ezalaki kotomboka mpe molimo na ngai emitungisaki,
for to leaven heart my and kidney my to sharpen
22 nasilaki mayele, nakomaki lokola zoba, nakomaki lokola nyama liboso na Yo.
and I stupid and not to know animal to be with you
23 Nzokande, nazalaka tango nyonso elongo na Yo; osimba ngai na loboko na ngai ya mobali.
and I continually with you to grasp in/on/with hand right my
24 Otambolisaka ngai na nzela ya toli na Yo, mpe, na sima, okoyamba ngai kati na nkembo.
in/on/with counsel your to lead me and after glory to take: recieve me
25 Kuna na Likolo, nani azali mpo na ngai soki Yo te? Mpe awa na mokili, nasepela na nani soki na Yo te?
who? to/for me in/on/with heaven and with you not to delight in in/on/with land: country/planet
26 Nzoto na ngai ekoki kobeba, mpe motema na ngai ekoki kolemba; kasi Nzambe azali Libanga mpe libula na ngai mpo na tango nyonso.
to end: expend flesh my and heart my rock heart my and portion my God to/for forever: enduring
27 Bato nyonso oyo bazali mosika na Yo bakokufa; obebisaka bato nyonso oyo batosaka Yo te.
for behold removed your to perish to destroy all to fornicate from you
28 Kasi mpo na ngai, ezali malamu kozala pene ya Nzambe. Nakomisi Nkolo Yawe ebombamelo na ngai, mpo na kopanza sango ya misala na Yo nyonso.
and I nearness God to/for me pleasant to set: make in/on/with Lord YHWH/God refuge my to/for to recount all work your
