Banzembo 121

1 Nzembo ya mobembo tango bazalaki kokende na Tempelo ya Yawe. Natomboli miso na ngai na ngambo ya bangomba: lisungi na ngai ekowuta wapi?

A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

2 Lisungi na ngai ewutaka na Yawe oyo akela likolo mpe mabele.

My help [cometh] from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.

3 Akotika te ete lokolo na yo eselumuka; Ye oyo abatelaka yo animbaka te.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

4 Te, Ye oyo abatelaka Isalaele animbaka te mpe alalaka pongi te!

Behold, he that keepeth Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 Yawe azali mobateli na yo; Yawe azali, na ngambo ya loboko na yo ya mobali, lokola elili oyo ebatelaka yo.

Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.

6 Ezala na moyi to na butu, moyi mpe sanza ekosala yo mabe ata moke te!

The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.

7 Yawe akobatela yo na mabe nyonso, akobatela bomoi na yo;

Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.

8 Yawe akobatela kokende mpe kozonga na yo, sik’oyo mpe libela na libela.

Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.