Psalms 146

1 Praise YAH! Praise, O my soul, YHWH.

Bokumisa Yawe! Oh molimo na ngai, kumisa Yawe!

2 I praise YHWH during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

Nakokumisa Yawe bomoi na ngai mobimba, nakosanzola Nzambe na ngai tango nyonso nakozala na bomoi.

3 Do not trust in princes—in a son of man, For he has no deliverance.

Botia elikya te na bakambi to na bato oyo bazangi makoki ya kobikisa.

4 His spirit goes forth, he returns to his earth, In that day his thoughts have perished.

Soki bakufi, bazongaka na mabele, mpe, mbala moko, mabongisi na bango elimwaka.

5 O the blessedness of him Who has the God of Jacob for his help, His hope [is] on his God YHWH,

Esengo na moto oyo Nzambe ya Jakobi azali mosungi na ye, oyo atiaka elikya na ye kati na Yawe, Nzambe na ye!

6 Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that [is] in them, Who is keeping truth for all time,

Yawe akelaki Likolo mpe mabele, ebale monene mpe nyonso oyo ezali kati na yango; azali sembo seko na seko.

7 Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

Yawe akataka na sembo makambo ya banyokolami mpe apesaka bilei na bato oyo bazali na nzala; abimisaka bakangami na boloko.

8 YHWH is loosing the prisoners, YHWH is opening (the eyes of) the blind, YHWH is raising the bowed down, YHWH is loving the righteous,

Yawe abikisaka miso ya bakufi miso; Yawe asembolaka bato oyo bazali ya kogumbama; Yawe alingaka bato ya sembo.

9 YHWH is preserving the strangers, He causes the fatherless and widow to stand, And He turns the way of the wicked upside down.

Yawe abatelaka bapaya, asungaka mwana etike mpe mwasi oyo akufisa mobali, kasi abebisaka banzela ya bato mabe.

10 YHWH reigns for all time, Your God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise YAH!

Yawe azali Mokonzi seko na seko; Nzambe na yo, oh Siona, libela na libela! Bokumisa Yawe!