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 for the degrees.” I lift up my eyes unto the mountains: whence shall come my help?

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

My help is from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.

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

He will not suffer thy foot to slip: thy keeper doth not slumber.

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

Behold, he slumbereth not, and he sleepeth not—the keeper of 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 shade, he is on thy right hand.

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

By day the sun shall not strike thee, nor the moon by night.

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

The Lord will guard thee against all evil: he will guard thy soul.

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

The Lord will guard thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and for evermore.