Banzembo 87

1 Nzembo ya bana ya Kore. Yawe atia moboko ya Siona na likolo ya bangomba ya bule.

to/for son: descendant/people Korah melody song foundation his in/on/with mountain holiness

2 Yawe alingaka bikuke ya Siona koleka bandako nyonso ya Jakobi.

to love: lover LORD gate Zion from all tabernacle Jacob

3 Oh engumba ya Nzambe, maloba ya nkembo ezali kolobama na tina na yo!

to honor: honour to speak: speak in/on/with you city [the] God (Selah)

4 Kati na bato oyo bayebi ngai, natangi Rahavi mpe Babiloni. Ezali kuna na Siona nde Filisitia, Tiri mpe Kushi ebimela.

to remember Rahab and Babylon to/for to know me behold Philistia and Tyre with Cush this to beget there

5 Na tina na Siona, maloba oyo ekolobama: « Bato nyonso babimela awa, mpe ezali Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo nde alendisaka yango. »

and to/for Zion to say man and man to beget in/on/with her and he/she/it to establish: establish her Most High

6 Tango Yawe akomaki kati na buku ya bikolo, akomaki boye mpo na moko na moko kati na bango: « Moto songolo abotama kati na Siona! »

LORD to recount in/on/with to write people this to beget there (Selah)

7 Mpe tango bayembaka mpe babinaka, balobaka: « Bitima na ngai nyonso ezali kati na yo! »

and to sing like/as to play flute all spring my in/on/with you