Mbote. I can use some feedback with this prayer. Let me know what you think .
BISAMBULU BIA NZAMBI MPUNGO
MBOKOLA KUAME EKULUNGUNDU DIA NZAMBI, NZAMBI YA TETEMBUA, NZAMBI YA MUINI, YA NGONDA, NZAMBI YA MOYO, YA LUFUANESU, YA LUFUA, NZAMBI YA TIYA, YA TEMBO, YA NTOTO, YA MAZA, NZAMBI YA MENSU, YA NZUNU, YA MATU, YA MBOMA, YA VOVA, NZAMBI BIAWONSONO, BIA NTADI, BIA BINFIETETE, BIA MBIZI ZA MAZA, BIA NUNI, BIA BULU. MONO BOKELA NKUYU A MAVELU, NLAZA KONGO MAKABA, MBENZA KONGO, MAYANGA NAKONGO, NANGA NAKONGO, NGIMBI KONGO, KONGO LIMBOMA, PUDI KONGO, MAKUKU NTINU, MBÍNDA KONGO, MBUTA TATA NGANGA KALA YE NSAMBU KIAKALANGA KAKA, MOXI NSI NZAMBI NGOLO YA ESEMU DIA NZA NVANGI IMA YAWONSONO, NZAMBI DI VANGA MBOTE OMUNTU, NGEYE KALA KIESE EKUMA TUENAVIONGO YE NTIMA.
Kiambote kiâku Malongo, bwè sièmi e ?
I will look into it and give you some feedback.
Do you allow me to copy it so that I can have other folks to look at it too ?
Absolutely Mpangi.
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Mbote. I can use some feedback with this prayer. Let me know what you think .
BISAMBULU BIA NZAMBI MPUNGO
MBOKOLA KUAME EKULUNGUNDU DIA NZAMBI, NZAMBI YA TETEMBUA, NZAMBI YA MUINI, YA NGONDA, NZAMBI YA MOYO, YA LUFUANESU, YA LUFUA, NZAMBI YA TIYA, YA TEMBO, YA NTOTO, YA MAZA, NZAMBI YA MENSU, YA NZUNU, YA MATU, YA MBOMA, YA VOVA, NZAMBI BIAWONSONO, BIA NTADI, BIA BINFIETETE, BIA MBIZI ZA MAZA, BIA NUNI, BIA BULU. MONO BOKELA NKUYU A MAVELU, NLAZA KONGO MAKABA, MBENZA KONGO, MAYANGA NAKONGO, NANGA NAKONGO, NGIMBI KONGO, KONGO LIMBOMA, PUDI KONGO, MAKUKU NTINU, MBÍNDA KONGO, MBUTA TATA NGANGA KALA YE NSAMBU KIAKALANGA KAKA, MOXI NSI NZAMBI NGOLO YA ESEMU DIA NZA NVANGI IMA YAWONSONO, NZAMBI DI VANGA MBOTE OMUNTU, NGEYE KALA KIESE EKUMA TUENAVIONGO YE NTIMA.
Yènge Malongo! Sorry it took me a little while to get back with some feedback.
Do you practice Palo Mayombe ? Because I just found two documents on Palo Mayombe and in one of them there's a prayer which is similar to this one, aside from a few differences in orthography. Both texts are in spanish. The prayer's spanish translation helps me understand it better now because I know more precisely what is meant.
I like the fact that the nature is connected with Nzambi and that the Ancestors are mentioned and praised as intermediary between the living and Nzambi Mpungu.
Mbote Mpangi. There is a book called "Palo Mayombe: El Legado Vivo de Kmt" by Cuban author Ralph Alpizar which contains this and other prayers. I feel these prayers and their Spanish translations are right on yet some disregard them as inaccurate or inventions. I have been trying to translate these prayers word for word myself using the Spanish translations as a guide so I can keep improving my KiKongo and understand the grammar but it's not easy. I really wish I would have found this forum earlier. The material on here is invaluable and I'm very happy with the work you have provided as I keep using it for reference. Matondo.
Yènge kiâku. Inga, that's the book I found. It's really interesting and I like the commentaries. The other book I found was "DICCIONARIO DE LA LENGUA CONGA RESIDUAL EN CUBA" by Teodoro Díaz Fabelo. Indeed, once I realized how much this site was :5star: I wished I knew it before, better late than never though. Ka diâmbu ko.
I had one person giving me feedback so far telling me that this is an Ancestral prayer charged with heavy/deep meaning.