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 will lift mine eyes vnto the mountaines, from whence mine helpe shall come.

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

Mine helpe commeth from the Lord, which hath made the heauen and the earth.

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

He wil not suffer thy foote to slippe: for he that keepeth thee, will not slumber.

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

Beholde, he that keepeth Israel, wil neither slumber nor sleepe.

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 shadow at thy right hand.

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

The sunne shall not smite thee by day, nor the moone by night.

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

The Lord shall preserue thee from all euil: he shall keepe thy soule.

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

The Lord shall preserue thy going out, and thy comming in from henceforth and for euer.