< Banzembo 82 >

1 Nzembo ya Azafi. Nzambe atelemi kati na lisanga na Ye, azali kokata makambo kati na banzambe.
A Psalm for Asaph. God stands in the assembly of gods; and in the midst [of them] will judge gods.
2 Kino tango nini bokokata makambo na bosembo te mpe bokokotela bato mabe?
How long will you judge unrighteously, and accept the persons of sinners? (Pause)
3 Bolongisa moto oyo azangi makasi mpe mwana etike, bokata likambo ya moto ya mawa mpe ya mobola;
Judge the orphan and poor: do justice to the low and needy.
4 bopesa bonsomi na moto oyo azangi makasi mpe na mobola, bokangola bango wuta na maboko ya bato mabe.
Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner.
5 Bazangi boyebi mpe bososoli, bazali koyengayenga kati na molili; miboko nyonso ya mokili ezali koningana.
They know not, nor understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.
6 Nalobaki: « Bozali banzambe, bozali bino nyonso bana ya Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo! »
I have said, You are gods; and all [of you] children of the Most High.
7 Nzokande, bokufaka lokola bato nyonso mpe bokweyaka lokola bakambi.
But you die as men, and fall as one of the princes.
8 Nzambe, telema, sambisa mokili; pamba te bikolo nyonso ezali libula na Yo.
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.

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