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 Degrees. I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come.

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

My help [shall come] from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.

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

Let not thy foot be moved; and let not thy keeper slumber.

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

Behold, he that keeps Israel shall not slumber nor sleep.

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

The Lord shall keep thee: the Lord is thy shelter upon thy right hand.

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

The sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night.

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

May the Lord preserve thee from all evil: the Lord shall keep thy soul.

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

The Lord shall keep thy coming in, and thy going out, from henceforth and even for ever.