Banzembo 113

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

Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise 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 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 to the going down of the same the LORD'S name [is] to be praised.

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] like to the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high.

6 Agumbamaka mpo na kotala likolo mpe mokili.

Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that are] in heaven, and in the earth!

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

He raiseth the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

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 maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.