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
“For the leader of the music. Upon the Shushan-Eduth. A psalm of Asaph.” Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel! Thou who leadest Joseph like a flock, Thou who sittest between the cherubs, shine forth!
2 liboso ya Efrayimi, ya Benjame mpe ya Manase. Monisa nguya na Yo mpe yaka kobikisa biso!
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come and save us!
3 Oh Nzambe, sala ete tozongela ndenge tozalaki, ngengisela biso elongi na Yo mpo ete tobika.
Bring us back, O God! And cause thy face to shine, that we may be saved!
4 Eh Yawe, Nzambe-Na-Nguya-Nyonso, kino tango nini okotombokela mabondeli ya bato na Yo?
O LORD, God of hosts! How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
5 Oleisaki bango lipa esangana na mayi ya miso mpe olangwisaki bango na kopo etonda na mpinzoli;
For thou causest them to eat the bread of tears, And givest them tears to drink, in full measure.
6 okomisaki biso eloko ya kotiola mpo na bazalani na biso, mpe banguna na biso bakomi kotiola biso.
Thou hast made us the object of strife to our neighbors, And our enemies hold us in derision.
7 Nzambe-Na-Nguya-Nyonso, sala ete tozongela ndenge tozalaki, ngengisela biso elongi na Yo mpo ete tobika.
Bring us back, O God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine that we may be saved!
8 Nzete ya vino oyo opikolaki wuta na Ejipito, olonaki yango wana obenganaki bikolo ebele.
Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst expel the nations, and plant it.
9 Obongiselaki yango mabele mpo ete ezwa misisa mpe etondisa mokili.
Thou didst prepare a place for it; It spread its roots, and filled the land.
10 Elili na yango ezipaki bangomba, bitape na yango ezalaki lokola banzete minene ya sedele.
The mountains were covered with its shade, And its branches were like 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 boughs to the sea, And its branches to the river.
12 Mpo na nini otoboli madusu kati na bamir na yango? Tala ndenge baleki nzela bazali kobuka bambuma na yango!
Why hast thou now broken down its hedges, So that all who pass by do pluck from it?
13 Ngulu ya zamba ezali kobebisa yango, mpe nyama ya zamba ezali kolia yango.
The boar from the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the forest doth devour 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, we beseech thee, Look down from heaven, and behold, And have regard to this vine!
15 Batela nzete oyo loboko na Yo ya mobali elonaki, batela solo mwana oyo Yo moko obokolaki.
Protect what thy right hand planted; The branch which thou madest 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 cut down; Under thy rebuke 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.
May thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, The man whom thou madest strong for thyself!
18 Boye, tokozala lisusu mosika na Yo te; zongisela biso lisusu bomoi, mpe tokobelela Kombo na Yo.
So will we no more turn back from thee: Revive us, and upon thy name alone will we call!
19 Yawe, Nzambe-Na-Nguya-Nyonso, sala ete tozongela ndenge tozalaki, ngengisela biso elongi na Yo mpo ete tobika.
Bring us back, O LORD, God of hosts! And cause thy face to shine, that we may he saved!
