Banzembo 146

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

Praise ye YHWH. Praise YHWH, O my soul.

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

While I live will I praise YHWH: I will sing praises unto my Elohim while I have any being.

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

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

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 thoughts perish.

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

Joyful is he that hath the El of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in YHWH his Elohim:

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

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which 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.

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. YHWH looseth the prisoners:

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

YHWH openeth the eyes of the blind: YHWH raiseth them that are bowed down: YHWH loveth the righteous:

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

YHWH preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

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

YHWH shall reign for ever, even thy Elohim, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye YHWH.