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 up my eyes to the hills, from which cometh my help.

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

My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

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

He will not allow thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

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

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall 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 thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

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

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

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

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

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

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.