Banzembo 82

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

melody to/for Asaph God to stand in/on/with congregation God in/on/with entrails: among God to judge

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

till how to judge injustice and face: kindness wicked to lift: kindness (Selah)

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

to judge poor and orphan afflicted and be poor to justify

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

to escape poor and needy from hand: power wicked to rescue

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

not to know and not to understand in/on/with darkness to go: walk to shake all foundation land: country/planet

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

I to say God you(m. p.) and son: descendant/people Most High all your

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

surely like/as man to die [emph?] and like/as one [the] ruler to fall: fall

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

to arise: rise [emph?] God to judge [emph?] [the] land: country/planet for you(m. s.) to inherit in/on/with all [the] nation