Banzembo 114

1 Tango Isalaele abimaki wuta na Ejipito, tango libota ya Jakobi elongwaki na ekolo ya bapaya,

Alleluia. At the going forth of Israel from Egypt, of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people,

2 Yuda ekomaki Esika ya bule ya Yawe, mpe Isalaele ekomaki mabele na Ye.

Judea became his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.

3 Ebale monene emonaki yango mpe ekimaki, mayi ya Yordani ezongaki na sima,

The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.

4 bangomba epumbwaki lokola bameme, bangomba mike epumbwaki lokola bana ya ntaba.

The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs.

5 Ebale monene, nini ezalaki kati na yo mpo ete okima? Yordani, mpo na nini ozongaki na sima?

What [ailed] thee, O sea, that thou fleddest? and thou Jordan, that thou wast turned back?

6 Bino bangomba, mpo nini bopumbwaki lokola bameme? Bongo bino bangomba mike, mpo na nini bopumbwaki lokola bana ya ntaba?

[Ye] mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and [ye] hills, like lambs?

7 Mokili, lenga liboso ya Yawe, liboso ya Nzambe ya Jakobi,

The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

8 oyo abongolaka libanga monene liziba, mpe libanga etima.

who turned the rock into pools of water, and the flint into fountains of water.