< Banzembo 91 >

1 Moto oyo awumelaka kati na ebombamelo ya Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo avandaka na se ya bobatelami ya Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso.
to dwell in/on/with secrecy Most High in/on/with shadow Almighty to lodge
2 Nalobaka na tina na Yawe: « Nzambe na ngai azali ebombamelo mpe ndako makasi na ngai; natiaka elikya na ngai kati na Ye! »
to say to/for LORD refuge my and fortress my God my to trust in/on/with him
3 Ye nde akangolaka yo wuta na mitambo ya mokangi bandeke mpe na bokono oyo ebikisaka te.
for he/she/it to rescue you from snare fowler from pestilence desire
4 Abombaka yo na se ya mapapu na Ye, mpe ozwaka ebombamelo ya malonga na se ya mapapu na Ye; bolingo na Ye ebatelaka lokola nguba mpe lokola elamba ya ebende.
in/on/with pinion his to cover to/for you and underneath: under wing his to seek refuge shield and buckler truth: faithful his
5 Okobanga te somo ya butu, makonga oyo epumbwaka na moyi makasi,
not to fear from dread night from arrow to fly by day
6 bokono oyo etambolaka kati na molili mpe pasi oyo ebebisaka na midi.
from pestilence in/on/with darkness to go: walk from destruction to waste midday
7 Ezala bato nkoto moko bakweyi pembeni na yo, mpe bato nkoto zomi, na ngambo ya loboko na yo ya mobali, ekozwa yo ata moke te.
to fall: fall from side your thousand and myriad from right your to(wards) you not to approach: approach
8 Okotala kaka na miso na yo mpe okomona ndenge nini bato mabe bazali kozwa etumbu lokola lifuti na bango.
except in/on/with eye your to look and recompense wicked to see: see
9 Soki otatoli: « Yawe azali ebombamelo na ngai, » mpe okomisi Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo ekimelo na yo,
for you(m. s.) LORD refuge my Most High to set: make habitation your
10 mabe ata moko te ekokweyela yo, pasi ata moko te ekopusana na ndako na yo;
not to meet to(wards) you distress: evil and plague not to present: come in/on/with tent your
11 pamba te akopesa mitindo na ba-anjelu na Ye ete babatela yo malamu na banzela na yo nyonso.
for messenger: angel his to command to/for you to/for to keep: guard you in/on/with all way: conduct your
12 Bakomema yo na maboko na bango mpo ete lokolo na yo etutana na libanga te;
upon palm to lift: raise you lest to strike in/on/with stone foot your
13 okotambola na likolo ya nkosi mpe ya etupa, okonyata nkosi ya monene mpe dalagona.
upon lion and cobra to tread to trample lion and serpent: snake
14 Lokola akangami na ngai, nakokangola ye; lokola ayebi Kombo na Ngai, nakobatela ye.
for in/on/with me to desire and to escape him to exalt him for to know name my
15 Soki abeleli ngai, nakoyanola ye; nakozala elongo na ye na tango ya pasi, nakokangola ye mpe nakopesa ye lokumu.
to call: call to me and to answer him with him I in/on/with distress to rescue him and to honor: honour him
16 Nakopesa ye bomoi molayi mpe nakolakisa ye lobiko na ngai.
length day to satisfy him and to see: see him in/on/with salvation my

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