Banzembo 82

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

A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the divine assembly; in the midst of the gods he renders judgment.

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

How long will you judge unjustly and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

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

Defend the poor and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.

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

Rescue the poor and needy; take 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 neither know nor understand; they wander around in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth crumble.

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

I said, “You are gods, and all of you sons of the Most High.

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

Nevertheless you will die like men and fall like one of the princes.”

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

Arise, God, judge the earth, for you have an inheritance in all the nations.