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 unto us, O LORD! not unto us, But unto thy name, give glory, For thy mercy and thy truth's sake!
2 Mpo na nini bikolo eloba: « Wapi Nzambe na bango? »
Why should the nations say, “Where is now their God?”
3 Nzambe na biso azali na Lola, asalaka nyonso oyo alingi.
Our God is in the heavens; He doeth whatever he pleaseth.
4 Kasi banzambe na bango ya bikeko ezali ya palata mpe ya wolo, esalema na maboko ya bato.
Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands:
5 Ezali na minoko, kasi elobaka te; ezali na miso, kasi emonaka te;
They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not;
6 ezali na matoyi, kasi eyokaka te; ezali na zolo, kasi eyokaka solo te;
They have ears, but they hear not; Noses have they, but they 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 handle not; They have feet, but they walk not; Nor do they speak with their throats.
8 Bato oyo basalaka yango mpe bato nyonso oyo batielaka yango motema bakokani na yango.
They who make them are like unto them; And so is 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 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 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 them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
14 Tika ete Yawe afulukisa bino, bino mpe bana na bino!
The LORD will 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 heaven is the LORD'S heaven; But the earth he hath given to the sons of men.
17 Ezali te bakufi nde bakumisaka Yawe, pamba te bango nyonso bakendaka na esika ya kimia.
The dead praise not the LORD, —No one who goeth down into silence.
18 Kasi biso, tokopambola Yawe, kobanda sik’oyo kino libela na libela. Bokumisa Yawe!
But we will bless the LORD, From this time forth even for ever! Praise ye the LORD!
