Banzembo 113

1 Bokumisa Yawe! Bino basali ya Yawe, bokumisa Ye; bokumisa Yawe!

Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord.

2 Tika ete Kombo ya Yawe epambolama kobanda sik’oyo kino libela na libela!

Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.

3 Longwa na este kino na weste, tika ete Kombo ya Yawe epambolama!

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.

4 Yawe azali na likolo ya bikolo nyonso, nkembo na Ye ezali na likolo koleka Lola.

The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens.

5 Nani akokani na Yawe, Nzambe na biso, oyo avandi na Kiti ya Bokonzi kati na bisika oyo eleki likolo?

Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high:

6 Agumbamaka mpo na kotala likolo mpe mokili.

And looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?

7 Wuta na putulu, atombolaka moto oyo akelela; wuta na fulu ya matiti, abimisaka mobola

Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:

8 mpo na kovandisa ye esika moko na bakambi, na bankumu ya bato na Ye.

That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people.

9 Avandisaka mwasi ekomba kati na ndako na ye, lokola mama ya esengo kati na bana na ye. Bokumisa Yawe!

Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.