Banzembo 82

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

A Psalme committed to Aspah. God standeth in the assemblie of gods: hee iudgeth among gods.

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

How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? (Selah)

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

Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.

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

Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.

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

They knowe not and vnderstand nothing: they walke in darkenes, albeit all the foundations of the earth be mooued.

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

I haue said, Ye are gods, and ye all are children of the most High.

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

But ye shall die as a man, and yee princes, shall fall like others.

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

O God, arise, therefore iudge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherite all nations.