Banzembo 113

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

Hallelujah. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise ye the name of the Lord.

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

Let the name of the Lord be blessed from this time forth and for evermore.

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

From the rising of the sun unto his going down the name of the Lord is praised.

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

High above all nations is the Lord, above the heavens is his glory.

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

Who is like the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high?

6 Agumbamaka mpo na kotala likolo mpe mokili.

Who condescendeth to view what is done in the heavens, and on the earth?

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

He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy:

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

That he may set him with princes, even 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!

He causeth the barren woman to dwell in the midst of [her] household, the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah.