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 for our sake, O Lord, not for our sake, but unto thy name give glory, for the sake of thy kindness, for the sake of thy truth.
2 Mpo na nini bikolo eloba: « Wapi Nzambe na bango? »
Wherefore should the nations say, Where now is their God?
3 Nzambe na biso azali na Lola, asalaka nyonso oyo alingi.
Whereas our God is in the heavens: whatsoever he desireth hath he done.
4 Kasi banzambe na bango ya bikeko ezali ya palata mpe ya wolo, esalema na maboko ya bato.
Their idols are sliver and gold, the work of the hands of man.
5 Ezali na minoko, kasi elobaka te; ezali na miso, kasi emonaka te;
A mouth they have, but speak not; eyes they have, but see not;
6 ezali na matoyi, kasi eyokaka te; ezali na zolo, kasi eyokaka solo te;
Ears they have, but hear not; a nose they have, but 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, but they touch not; they have feet, but they walk not: nor do they give any utterance by their throat.
8 Bato oyo basalaka yango mpe bato nyonso oyo batielaka yango motema bakokani na yango.
Like them are those that make them, every one that trusteth in them.
9 Bana ya Isalaele, botia elikya kati na Yawe! Azali lisungi mpe nguba na bango.
O Israel, trust thou in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.
10 Bakitani ya Aron, botia elikya kati na Yawe! Azali lisungi mpe nguba na bino.
O house of Aaron, trust ye in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.
11 Bino bato oyo botosaka Yawe, botia elikya kati na Yawe. Azali lisungi mpe nguba na bango.
Ye that fear the Lord, trust ye in the Lord—he is their help and their shield.
12 Yawe akanisaka biso, akopambola; solo, akopambola bana ya Isalaele, akopambola bakitani ya Aron.
The Lord hath even been mindful of us, he will bless [us]; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;
13 Akopambola bato oyo batosaka Yawe kobanda na bato pamba kino na bato minene.
He will bless those that fear the Lord, the small together with the great.
14 Tika ete Yawe afulukisa bino, bino mpe bana na bino!
May the Lord increase you more and more, you and your children.
15 Tika ete Yawe apambola bino, Ye oyo asala likolo mpe mabele.
Blessed are ye of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
16 Likolo ezali likolo ya Yawe; kasi apesa mabele epai ya bato.
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord; but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
17 Ezali te bakufi nde bakumisaka Yawe, pamba te bango nyonso bakendaka na esika ya kimia.
Not the dead can praise the Lord, nor all those that go down into the silence [of death].
18 Kasi biso, tokopambola Yawe, kobanda sik’oyo kino libela na libela. Bokumisa Yawe!
But as for us, we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Hallelujah.
