Banzembo 82

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

God gathers all the [rulers and judges who think they are] gods for a meeting in heaven; and he tells them that he has decided this:

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

“You must [RHQ] stop judging [people] unfairly; you must no longer make decisions that favor wicked [people]!

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

You must defend [people who are] poor and orphans; you must act fairly toward those who are needy and those who have no one to help them.

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

Rescue them from the power [MTY] of evil [people] [DOU]!”

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

[Those rulers] do not know or understand anything! They are very corrupt/evil, and [as a result of their corrupt/evil behavior], [it is as though] the foundation of the world is being shaken!

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

I [the all-powerful God, previously] said to them, “You think you are gods! [It is as though] you are all my sons,

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

but you will die like people do; your lives will end, like the lives of all rulers end.”

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

God, arise and judge [everyone on] [MTY] the earth, because all the people-groups belong to you!