Banzembo 113

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

Praise ye Jah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah. Praise the name of Jehovah.

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

The name of Jehovah is blessed, From henceforth, and unto the age.

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

From the rising of the sun unto its going in, Praised [is] the name of Jehovah.

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

High above all nations [is] Jehovah, Above the heavens [is] his honour.

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

Who [is] as Jehovah our God, He is exalting [Himself] to sit?

6 Agumbamaka mpo na kotala likolo mpe mokili.

He is humbling [Himself] to look On the heavens and on the earth.

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

He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.

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

To cause to sit 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!

Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!