Banzembo 115
1 Na biso te, Yawe, na biso te, kasi pesa nkembo na Kombo na Yo mpo na bolingo mpe boyengebene na Yo.
Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory.
2 Mpo na nini bikolo eloba: « Wapi Nzambe na bango? »
For thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake: lest the gentiles should say: Where is their God?
3 Nzambe na biso azali na Lola, asalaka nyonso oyo alingi.
But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.
4 Kasi banzambe na bango ya bikeko ezali ya palata mpe ya wolo, esalema na maboko ya bato.
The idols of the gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.
5 Ezali na minoko, kasi elobaka te; ezali na miso, kasi emonaka te;
They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not.
6 ezali na matoyi, kasi eyokaka te; ezali na zolo, kasi eyokaka solo te;
They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not.
7 ezali na maboko, kasi esimbaka te; ezali na makolo, kasi etambolaka te. Minoko na yango ebimisaka ata makelele te.
They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat.
8 Bato oyo basalaka yango mpe bato nyonso oyo batielaka yango motema bakokani na yango.
Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them.
9 Bana ya Isalaele, botia elikya kati na Yawe! Azali lisungi mpe nguba na bango.
The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
10 Bakitani ya Aron, botia elikya kati na Yawe! Azali lisungi mpe nguba na bino.
The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
11 Bino bato oyo botosaka Yawe, botia elikya kati na Yawe. Azali lisungi mpe nguba na bango.
They that fear the Lord hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
12 Yawe akanisaka biso, akopambola; solo, akopambola bana ya Isalaele, akopambola bakitani ya Aron.
The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron.
13 Akopambola bato oyo batosaka Yawe kobanda na bato pamba kino na bato minene.
He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great.
14 Tika ete Yawe afulukisa bino, bino mpe bana na bino!
May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your children.
15 Tika ete Yawe apambola bino, Ye oyo asala likolo mpe mabele.
Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
16 Likolo ezali likolo ya Yawe; kasi apesa mabele epai ya bato.
The heaven of heaven is the Lord’s: but the earth he has given to the children of men.
17 Ezali te bakufi nde bakumisaka Yawe, pamba te bango nyonso bakendaka na esika ya kimia.
The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell. (questioned)
18 Kasi biso, tokopambola Yawe, kobanda sik’oyo kino libela na libela. Bokumisa Yawe!
But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for ever.
