Banzembo 82

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

“A psalm of Asaph.” God standeth in God's assembly, He judgeth in the midst of the gods.

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

“How long will ye judge unjustly, And favor the cause of the wicked? (Pause)

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

Defend the poor and the fatherless; Do justice to the wretched and the needy!

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

Deliver the poor and the destitute; Save them from the hand of the wicked!

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

They are without knowledge and without understanding; They walk in darkness: Therefore all the foundations of the land are shaken.

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

I have said, Ye are gods, And all of you children of the Most High;

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

But ye shall die like men, And fall like the rest of the princes.”

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

Arise, O God! judge the earth! For all the nations are thy possession.