Banzembo 85
1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Nzembo ya bana ya Kore. Yawe, osalelaki mboka na Yo bolamu, ozongisaki bato ya Jakobi, oyo bazalaki na bowumbu,
To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. A Melody. Thou hast accepted, O Yahweh, thy land, Thou hast brought back the captives of Jacob;
2 olimbisaki mabe ya bato na Yo mpe olongolaki masumu na bango nyonso.
Thou hast taken away, the iniquity of thy people, Thou hast covered, all their sin. (Selah)
3 Otikaki kanda na Yo nyonso ya makasi mpe okitisaki motema na Yo.
Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thine anger.
4 Nzambe Mobikisi na biso, zongela biso! Longola kanda na Yo na tina na biso!
Restore us, O God of our salvation, And take away thy vexation towards us.
5 Boni, okosilikela biso penza mpo na libela? Okokangela penza biso kanda mpo na tango nyonso?
To times age-abiding, wilt thou be angry with us? Wilt thou prolong thine anger, from generation to generation?
6 Okozongisela biso lisusu bomoi te mpo ete bato na Yo basepela kati na Yo?
Wilt not, thou thyself, again give us life, That, thy people, may rejoice in thee.
7 Yawe, talisa biso bolingo na Yo, mpe pesa biso lobiko na Yo!
Show us, O Yahweh, thy lovingkindness, And, thy salvation, wilt thou grant us.
8 Yawe, nakoyoka maloba na Nzambe; pamba te alobaka mpo na kimia ya bato na Ye mpe ya bayengebene na Ye. Kasi tika ete bazongela te botomboki na bango.
I will hear, what GOD—Yahweh—will speak, —For he will bespeak prosperity to his people, And to his men of lovingkindness, And to them who return with their heart unto him.
9 Solo, lobiko na Ye ezali pene ya bato oyo batosaka Ye mpo ete nkembo na Ye ewumela kati na mboka na biso.
Surely, near unto them who revere him, is his salvation, That the Glory, may settle down, in our land.
10 Bolingo mpe boyengebene ekutanaka, bosembo mpe kimia eyambanaka.
Lovingkindness and faithfulness, have met together, Righteousness and prosperity, have kissed each other;
11 Bosolo ebotaka wuta na mabele, mpe bosembo etalaka wuta na likolo.
Faithfulness, out of the earth, doth spring forth, And, righteousness, out of the heavens, hath looked down.
12 Ye moko Yawe akopesa esengo, mpe mabele na biso ekobota bambuma.
Yahweh himself too, will give us the blessing, And, our land, shall yield her increase.
13 Bosembo etambolaka liboso na Ye mpe elakisaka nzela oyo ekolekela.
Righteousness, before him, shall march long, —That he may make, into a way, the steps of its feet.
