Banzembo 146

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

Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. My soul, praise the Lord.

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

While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

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

Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.

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

His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall 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 whose helper is the God of Jacob, 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 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 executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:

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

the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;

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

he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.

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

The Lord shall reign for ever, [even] your God, O Sion, to all generations.