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?

I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.

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

My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

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

May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.

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

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

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

The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection 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: nor the moon by night.

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

The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul.

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

May the Lord keep thy going in and thy going out; from henceforth now and for ever.