Banzembo 113

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

Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name.

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

Blessed be Yahweh’s name, from this time forward and forever more.

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

From the rising of the sun to its going down, Yahweh’s name is to be praised.

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

Yahweh is high above all nations, 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 Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high,

6 Agumbamaka mpo na kotala likolo mpe mokili.

who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

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

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,

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 settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!