< 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 lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where will help for me come?
2 Lisungi na ngai ewutaka na Yawe oyo akela likolo mpe mabele.
My help will come from the Lord 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 stumble: he who guards you will not sleep.
4 Te, Ye oyo abatelaka Isalaele animbaka te mpe alalaka pongi te!
He who watches over 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 himself protects you, is your shelter beside you.
6 Ezala na moyi to na butu, moyi mpe sanza ekosala yo mabe ata moke te!
The sun by day will not strike you, nor the moon by night.
7 Yawe akobatela yo na mabe nyonso, akobatela bomoi na yo;
From all harm the Lord will guard you, will watch over 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.