Banzembo 146

1 Bokumisa Yawe! Oh molimo na ngai, kumisa Yawe!

Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

2 Nakokumisa Yawe bomoi na ngai mobimba, nakosanzola Nzambe na ngai tango nyonso nakozala na bomoi.

As long as I live will I praise Jehovah; I will sing psalms unto my God while I have my being.

3 Botia elikya te na bakambi to na bato oyo bazangi makoki ya kobikisa.

Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

4 Soki bakufi, bazongaka na mabele, mpe, mbala moko, mabongisi na bango elimwaka.

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.

5 Esengo na moto oyo Nzambe ya Jakobi azali mosungi na ye, oyo atiaka elikya na ye kati na Yawe, Nzambe na ye!

Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,

6 Yawe akelaki Likolo mpe mabele, ebale monene mpe nyonso oyo ezali kati na yango; azali sembo seko na seko.

Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;

7 Yawe akataka na sembo makambo ya banyokolami mpe apesaka bilei na bato oyo bazali na nzala; abimisaka bakangami na boloko.

Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

8 Yawe abikisaka miso ya bakufi miso; Yawe asembolaka bato oyo bazali ya kogumbama; Yawe alingaka bato ya sembo.

Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

9 Yawe abatelaka bapaya, asungaka mwana etike mpe mwasi oyo akufisa mobali, kasi abebisaka banzela ya bato mabe.

Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert.

10 Yawe azali Mokonzi seko na seko; Nzambe na yo, oh Siona, libela na libela! Bokumisa Yawe!

Jehovah will reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Hallelujah!