Banzembo 146
1 Bokumisa Yawe! Oh molimo na ngai, kumisa Yawe!
Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.
2 Nakokumisa Yawe bomoi na ngai mobimba, nakosanzola Nzambe na ngai tango nyonso nakozala na bomoi.
While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
3 Botia elikya te na bakambi to na bato oyo bazangi makoki ya kobikisa.
Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
4 Soki bakufi, bazongaka na mabele, mpe, mbala moko, mabongisi na bango elimwaka.
Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
5 Esengo na moto oyo Nzambe ya Jakobi azali mosungi na ye, oyo atiaka elikya na ye kati na Yawe, Nzambe na ye!
Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6 Yawe akelaki Likolo mpe mabele, ebale monene mpe nyonso oyo ezali kati na yango; azali sembo seko na seko.
Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:
7 Yawe akataka na sembo makambo ya banyokolami mpe apesaka bilei na bato oyo bazali na nzala; abimisaka bakangami na boloko.
Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;
8 Yawe abikisaka miso ya bakufi miso; Yawe asembolaka bato oyo bazali ya kogumbama; Yawe alingaka bato ya sembo.
The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;
9 Yawe abatelaka bapaya, asungaka mwana etike mpe mwasi oyo akufisa mobali, kasi abebisaka banzela ya bato mabe.
The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
10 Yawe azali Mokonzi seko na seko; Nzambe na yo, oh Siona, libela na libela! Bokumisa Yawe!
The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.
