Banzembo 82

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

God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the deities.

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

“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

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

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

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

Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”

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

They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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

I said, “You are elohim ·judges, gods·, all of you are sons of haElyon [the Most High].

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

Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.”

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

Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.