Banzembo 75
1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Nzembo ya koyemba lokola « Koboma te! » Nzembo ya Azafi. Nzambe, tozali kosanzola Yo, tozali kosanzola Kombo na Yo; mpo ete Kombo na Yo ezali pene, bato bazali kotatola bikamwa na Yo.
To the Chief Musician. "Do not Destroy." A Melody of Asaph, a Song. We have given thanks unto thee, O God, we have given thanks, And, in calling upon thy Name, men have recounted thy wonders.
2 Olobaki: « Na tango oyo ngai moko nakobongisa, nakokata makambo na bosembo.
Surely I will take a set time, —I, with equity, will judge:
3 Mokili ekoki kolenga elongo na bavandi na yango nyonso, kasi ezali ngai nde nalendisaka makonzi na yango. »
Earth was melting away with all its inhabitants, I, have fixed the pillars thereof. (Selah)
4 Nazali koloba na moto ya lofundu: « Kotombola lisusu mapeka te; » mpe na bato mabe: « Bosala lisusu lolendo te.
I have said to the boasters, Do not boast, And to the lawless, Do not lift up a horn;
5 Bomeka lisusu te kosala lofundu mpe koloba na lolendo. »
Do not lift up on high your horn, Nor speak of the Rock, with arrogance;
6 Botombwami ewutaka na Este te, na Weste te, ewutaka mpe na esobe te.
For neither from east nor west, Nor from the wilderness of the mountains [cometh exaltation];
7 Pamba te ezali Nzambe nde akataka makambo: akitisaka moto songolo mpe atombolaka moto pakala.
For, God himself, is about to judge, One, he will cast down, Another, he will lift up;
8 Loboko na Yawe esimbi kopo oyo etondi na vino ya makasi mpe ya bololo. Azali kosopa yango, mpe bato mabe nyonso ya mokili bazali komeka mpe komela yango kino na mbindo oyo etikalaka na se ya kopo.
For, a cup, is in the hand of Yahweh, Whose wine is foaming, It is full of spiced wine, Which he hath caused to flow from one to another, —Surely, the dregs thereof, they shall drain out—they shall drink, Even all the lawless ones of the earth.
9 Mpo na ngai, nakotatola makambo oyo tango nyonso, nakoyemba mpo na lokumu ya Nzambe ya Jakobi,
But, I, will exult unto times age-abiding, I will sing praises unto the God of Jacob;
10 oyo azali koloba: « Nakosilisa makasi nyonso ya bato mabe; kasi nguya ya bato ya sembo ekomata lisusu makasi. »
But, all the horns of the lawless, will I hew off, —Exalted shall be the horns of the Righteous One.
