Banzembo 82

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

A PSALM OF ASAPH. God has stood in the congregation of God, He judges among the gods.

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

Until when do you judge perversely? And lift up the face of the wicked? (Selah)

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

Judge the weak and fatherless, Declare the afflicted and the poor righteous.

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

Let the weak and needy escape, Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

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

They did not know, nor do they understand, They habitually walk in darkness, All the foundations of earth are moved.

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

I have said, “You [are] gods, And sons of the Most High—all of you,

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

But you die as man, and you fall as one of the heads.”

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

Rise, O God, judge the earth, For You have inheritance among all the nations!