Banzembo 82

1 Nzembo ya Azafi. Nzambe atelemi kati na lisanga na Ye, azali kokata makambo kati na banzambe.

A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.

2 Kino tango nini bokokata makambo na bosembo te mpe bokokotela bato mabe?

How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?

3 Bolongisa moto oyo azangi makasi mpe mwana etike, bokata likambo ya moto ya mawa mpe ya mobola;

Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.

4 bopesa bonsomi na moto oyo azangi makasi mpe na mobola, bokangola bango wuta na maboko ya bato mabe.

Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.

5 Bazangi boyebi mpe bososoli, bazali koyengayenga kati na molili; miboko nyonso ya mokili ezali koningana.

They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.

6 Nalobaki: « Bozali banzambe, bozali bino nyonso bana ya Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo! »

I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.

7 Nzokande, bokufaka lokola bato nyonso mpe bokweyaka lokola bakambi.

But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.

8 Nzambe, telema, sambisa mokili; pamba te bikolo nyonso ezali libula na Yo.

Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.