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 taken his stand in the divine assembly: in the midst of the gods he holds judgment.

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

‘How long will you crookedly judge, and favour the wicked? (Selah)

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

Do right by the weak and the orphan, acquit the innocent poor.

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

Rescue the weak and the needy, 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 have neither knowledge nor insight, in darkness they walk to and fro, while the earth’s foundations totter.

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

It was I who appointed you gods, children of the Most High all of you.

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

Yet like mortals you will surely die, you will fall like any prince.’

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

Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all nations are yours by inheritance.