YEKOLA MWA MALOBA OYO:

I would like to drink water: nazali na mp ya komele mái

I have got headache: motó ezali kosála ngai mpási

Our child is going to school now: mwána na bísó azali kokende na kelási sikóyo

I say to you: ngai nalobi na yó come here: yâka áwa

Banzembo 16

1. O Nzambe, batela ngai;

Yo ozali esika oyo nakoki kobombana.

2. Nalobi na Nkolo: ozali Mokonzi na ngai;

nazwaka bomengo bobele epai nayo.

5. Nkolo, yo ozali bomengo na ngai ya libela

bomoi na ngai ezali na maboko nayo

Psalm 16 (verses 1,2 and 5)

1 Keep me safe, my God,

for in you I take refuge.

2 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;

apart from you I have no good thing.”

5 LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup;

you make my lot secure.

Vocabulary

Nzambe : God

(ko)batela: to protect, preserve, keep, maintain

esika: place

Nkolo: Lord

Mokonzi: Master, Lord

bomengo: wealth

bobele: only

ya libela: forever

bomoi: life

maboko: hands; liboko: hand

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