Banzembo 107
1 Bosanzola Yawe, pamba te azali malamu, mpe bolingo na Ye ewumelaka seko na seko!
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
2 Tika ete bato oyo Yawe asikolaki baloba bongo, ba-oyo akangolaki wuta na maboko ya monguna,
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;
3 ba-oyo asangisaki wuta na bikolo nyonso, wuta na este, na weste, na nor mpe na sude.
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
4 Ndambo bazalaki koyengayenga na esobe, na esika oyo ezanga bato, bamonaki te nzela ya engumba epai wapi bakoki kovanda.
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation.
5 Likolo ya nzala mpe ya posa ya mayi, bakomaki pene ya kokufa.
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Bongo kati na pasi na bango, babelelaki Yawe, mpe akangolaki bango na mitungisi na bango.
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 Atambolisaki bango na nzela ya alima mpo ete bakende kovanda kati na engumba.
He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Tika ete basanzola Yawe mpo na bolingo mpe bikamwa na Ye mpo na bato!
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9 Apesaki mayi epai ya bato oyo bazalaki na posa ya mayi mpe bilei epai ya bato oyo bazalaki na nzala.
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and the hungry soul he filleth with good.
10 Bato oyo bazalaki kovanda na bisika ya molili makasi mpe ya molili ya kufa bazalaki ya kokangama na minyoko mpe na minyololo ya bibende,
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11 pamba te batombokelaki maloba na Nzambe mpe batiolaki mabongisi ya Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo.
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High:
12 Abukaki lolendo ya mitema na bango na nzela ya misala makasi; bakweyaki, mpe moko te asungaki bango.
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Kati na pasi na bango, babelelaki Yawe, mpe abikisaki bango na mitungisi na bango.
Then they cried unto the LORD hi their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
14 Abimisaki bango wuta na molili makasi mpe na molili ya kufa, mpe abukaki minyololo na bango.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15 Tika ete basanzola Yawe mpo na bolingo mpe bikamwa na Ye mpo na bato!
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
16 Pamba te abukaki bikuke ya bronze mpe akataki bikangelo ya mabende.
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17 Bamosusu bakomaki bazoba mpo na etamboli mabe na bango, mpe bato na pasi, mpo na masumu na bango.
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 Minoko na bango eyinaki bilei nyonso, mpe bakomaki pene ya bikuke ya kufa.
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Kati na pasi na bango, babelelaki Yawe, mpe abikisaki bango na mitungisi na bango.
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
20 Atindaki Liloba na Ye mpe abikisaki bango, akangolaki bango wuta na kunda.
He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth [them] from their destructions.
21 Tika ete basanzola Yawe mpo na bolingo mpe bikamwa na Ye mpo na bato!
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
22 Tika ete babonza bambeka ya kozongisa matondi mpe bapanza sango ya misala na Ye na koganga na esengo!
And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.
23 Bato oyo bakendaka mobembo na ebale monene kati na masuwa mpe basalaka mombongo na mayi minene
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24 bamonaki misala ya Yawe, mpe bikamwa kati na ebale monene.
These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
25 Alobaki, mpe mopepe makasi eyaki, etombolaki bambonge.
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 Bazalaki komata kino na likolo mpe kokita kino na se, bazalaki kolemba nzoto kati na pasi.
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul melteth away because of trouble.
27 Bazwaki kizunguzungu mpe bakomaki kotenga-tenga lokola bato balangwe masanga, bwanya na bango nyonso elimwaki.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
28 Kati na pasi na bango, babelelaki Yawe mpe abimisaki bango na mitungisi na bango.
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 Akitisaki mopepe makasi, bambonge ya ebale monene evandaki kimia.
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 Basepelaki na kimia oyo ezongaki, mpe Nzambe amemaki bango kino na libongo oyo balingaki.
Then are they glad because they be quiet: so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.
31 Tika ete basanzola Yawe mpo na bolingo mpe bikamwa na Ye mpo na bato!
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Tika ete banetola Ye kati na lisanga ya bato mpe bakumisa Ye kati na mayangani ya bakambi.
Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
33 Akoki kobongola bibale esobe; kobongola bitima mabele ya kokawuka;
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;
34 kobongola mabele oyo ebotaka bambuma mabele ya mungwa likolo ya mabe ya bavandi na yango.
A fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 Akoki kobongola esobe liziba; kobongola mabele ya kokawuka bitima.
He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.
36 Akoki kosala ete bato na nzala bakoma kovanda kuna, batonga engumba oyo bato bakoki kovanda,
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city of habitation;
37 babwaka bambuma na bilanga mpe balona banzete ya vino oyo ekobota bambuma ebele.
And sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get them fruits of increase.
38 Apamboli bango, mpe bakomi ebele; mpe akitisi te motango ya bibwele na bango.
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 Motango ya bato mosusu ekiti mpe balembi nzoto mpo na minyoko mpe pasi.
Again, they are minished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
40 Nzambe asambwisaka bato minene, akotisaka bango na mobulu makasi kino bazanga nzela ya kobimela na pasi.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
41 Kasi akangolaka babola wuta na pasi na bango, mpe asalaka ete babotana ebele kati na bituka na bango lokola etonga ya bameme.
Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like a flock.
42 Tango bato ya sembo bamonaka bongo, basepelaka, kasi bato nyonso ya mabe bakangaka minoko na bango.
The upright shall see it, and be glad; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 Tika ete moto ya bwanya asala keba na makambo wana nyonso mpe akanisa na tina na bolingo ya Yawe!
Whoso is wise shall give heed to these things, and they shall consider the mercies of the LORD.
