Banzembo 80
1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Ezali ya koyemba lokola « Lisi ya Mobeko. » Litatoli. Nzembo ya Azafi. Mobateli ya Isalaele, Yo oyo otambolisaka Jozefi lokola etonga ya bameme, yoka; Yo oyo Kiti ya Bokonzi na Yo ezali kati na basheribe, mimonisa
“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim; an 'Eduth by Assaph; a psalm.” O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
2 liboso ya Efrayimi, ya Benjame mpe ya Manase. Monisa nguya na Yo mpe yaka kobikisa biso!
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Menasseh awaken thy might, and come to our help.
3 Oh Nzambe, sala ete tozongela ndenge tozalaki, ngengisela biso elongi na Yo mpo ete tobika.
O God, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
4 Eh Yawe, Nzambe-Na-Nguya-Nyonso, kino tango nini okotombokela mabondeli ya bato na Yo?
O Lord of hosts, how long shall thy anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
5 Oleisaki bango lipa esangana na mayi ya miso mpe olangwisaki bango na kopo etonda na mpinzoli;
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
6 okomisaki biso eloko ya kotiola mpo na bazalani na biso, mpe banguna na biso bakomi kotiola biso.
Thou renderest us a contest unto our neighbors: and our enemies hold derision among themselves.
7 Nzambe-Na-Nguya-Nyonso, sala ete tozongela ndenge tozalaki, ngengisela biso elongi na Yo mpo ete tobika.
O God of hosts, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
8 Nzete ya vino oyo opikolaki wuta na Ejipito, olonaki yango wana obenganaki bikolo ebele.
A vine didst thou remove out of Egypt: thou drovest out nations, and plantedst it.
9 Obongiselaki yango mabele mpo ete ezwa misisa mpe etondisa mokili.
Thou didst clear out a place before it, and it struck its root deeply, and it filled the land.
10 Elili na yango ezipaki bangomba, bitape na yango ezalaki lokola banzete minene ya sedele.
Mountains were covered with its shadow, and with its boughs the cedars of God.
11 Epanzaki bitape na yango kino na ebale monene, mpe mito na yango ya sika kino na ebale.
It sent out its tendrils as far as the sea, and unto the river its suckers.
12 Mpo na nini otoboli madusu kati na bamir na yango? Tala ndenge baleki nzela bazali kobuka bambuma na yango!
Wherefore hast thou now broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way pluck the fruit from it?
13 Ngulu ya zamba ezali kobebisa yango, mpe nyama ya zamba ezali kolia yango.
The boar out of the forest doth gnaw at it, and what moveth on the field feedeth on it.
14 Zongela biso lisusu, Nzambe-Na-Nguya-Nyonso! Wuta na likolo, tala mpe mona! Senzela mpo na nzete oyo ya vino!
O God of hosts, return; I pray thee, look down from heaven, and behold, and think of this vine;
15 Batela nzete oyo loboko na Yo ya mobali elonaki, batela solo mwana oyo Yo moko obokolaki.
And of the sprout which thy right hand hath planted, and of the branch that thou hast made strong for thyself.
16 Bakati nzete na Yo ya vino mpe batumbi yango na moto; tika ete bakufa na pamela ya elongi na Yo!
It is burnt with fire, it is hewn down; because of the rebuke of thy countenance do they perish.
17 Tika ete loboko na Yo ezala na likolo ya mokonzi oyo avandi na ngambo ya loboko na Yo ya mobali, mpe na likolo ya mwana na moto oyo Yo moko okomisaki makasi.
Let thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, over the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.
18 Boye, tokozala lisusu mosika na Yo te; zongisela biso lisusu bomoi, mpe tokobelela Kombo na Yo.
Then will we not swerve from thee: revive us again, and we will call on thy name.
19 Yawe, Nzambe-Na-Nguya-Nyonso, sala ete tozongela ndenge tozalaki, ngengisela biso elongi na Yo mpo ete tobika.
O Lord God of hosts, cause us to return: let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved.
