Banzembo 114

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

When Israel came forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

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

Judah was his sanctuary, And Israel his dominion.

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

The sea beheld, and fled; The Jordan 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 aileth thee, O thou sea! that thou fleest? Thou, Jordan, that thou runnest 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 skip like rams, And ye hills like lambs?

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

Tremble, O earth! 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 a standing lake, And the flint into a fountain of water!