Banzembo 114

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

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:

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

Judea made his sanctuary, 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 the lambs of the flock.

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

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O 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 of the flock?

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

At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, 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 stony hill into fountains of waters.