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 my eyes to the mountains. O whence shall help for me come?

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

From the Lord comes help to me the creator of heaven and earth.

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

Your foot he will not let totter: he who guards you will not sleep.

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

The guardian of 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.

The Lord is he who guards you your shelter upon your right hand.

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

The sun by day shall not strike you, nor the moon by night.

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

From all evil the Lord will guard you, he will guard your life.

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

The Lord will guard your going and coming from now and for evermore.