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 the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?

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

My help [is] from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

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

He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.

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

Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.

5 Yawe azali mobateli na yo; Yawe azali, na ngambo ya loboko na yo ya mobali, lokola elili oyo ebatelaka yo.

Jehovah [is] thy preserver, Jehovah [is] thy shade on thy right hand,

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

By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night.

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

Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul.

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

Jehovah preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, From henceforth even unto the age!