< Banzembo 114 >

1 Tango Isalaele abimaki wuta na Ejipito, tango libota ya Jakobi elongwaki na ekolo ya bapaya,
When Israel came forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from among a people of strange tongue,
2 Yuda ekomaki Esika ya bule ya Yawe, mpe Isalaele ekomaki mabele na Ye.
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his realm:
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, started like rams, The hills like the young of the flock?
5 Ebale monene, nini ezalaki kati na yo mpo ete okima? Yordani, mpo na nini ozongaki na sima?
What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, that thou turnest 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 start like rams? Ye hills, like the young of the flock?
7 Mokili, lenga liboso ya Yawe, liboso ya Nzambe ya Jakobi,
Before the Lord, be in anguish, O earth, Before the GOD of Jacob:
8 oyo abongolaka libanga monene liziba, mpe libanga etima.
Who turneth The Rock into a pool of water, The Flint into springs of water.

< Banzembo 114 >