Banzembo 92
1 Nzembo ya koyemba na mokolo ya Saba. Tala ndenge ezali malamu kosanzola Yawe mpe koyemba mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Yo-Oyo-Oleki-Likolo!
A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High;
2 Tala ndenge ezali malamu kosakola bolingo na Yo, na tongo, mpe boyengebene na Yo, na butu,
To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night;
3 na lindanda ya basinga zomi mpe na nzenze!
On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound.
4 Yawe, misala na Yo esepelisaka ngai! Nagangaka na esengo liboso ya misala ya maboko na Yo.
For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.
5 Yawe, misala na Yo ezali minene, mpe makanisi na Yo ezali mozindo!
O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.
6 Moto ya kilikili ayebaka te, mpe zoba asosolaka eloko moko te.
A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
7 Tango bato mabe bakolaka lokola matiti, mpe bato nyonso ya misala mabe bafulukaka, ezalaka nde mpo ete babebisama libela.
When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.
8 Kasi Yo, kuna na likolo, ozali Yawe mpo na libela.
But you, O Lord, are on high for ever.
9 Yawe, banguna na Yo, banguna na Yo bakokufa penza; bato nyonso ya misala mabe bakolimwa.
For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight;
10 Okomisi ngai makasi lokola mpakasa, opakoli ngai mafuta ya sika.
But my horn is lifted up like the horn of the ox: the best oil is flowing on my head.
11 Miso na ngai ekomi komona bayini na ngai, mpe matoyi na ngai ekomi koyoka banguna na ngai nyonso, oyo bamibongisa mpo na kosala ngai mabe.
My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears have news of the fate of the evil-doers who have come up against me.
12 Bato ya sembo bafulukaka lokola nzete ya mbila, bakolaka lokola nzete ya sedele ya Libani.
The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.
13 Lokola bapikama ngwi kati na Tempelo ya Yawe, bamonaka bolamu kati na lopango ya Nzambe na biso.
Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.
14 Ata bakomi mibange, babotaka kaka, bazalaka kaka makasi mpe kitoko,
They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth;
15 basakolaka: « Yawe azali alima, azali Libanga na biso; kati na Ye, mabe ezali te! »
For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him.
