Banzembo 146

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

Hallelujah. Praise, O my soul, the Lord.

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

I will praise the Lord throughout my life: I will sing praises unto my God 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, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

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

When his spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his [native] earth: on that very day perish his thoughts.

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

[But] happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is on 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 hath made heaven, and 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 justice for the oppressed: who giveth bread to the hungry: the Lord looseneth the prisoners;

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

The Lord causeth the blind to see; the Lord raiseth up those who are bowed down; the Lord loveth the righteous:

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

The Lord guardeth the strangers; the fatherless and widow he helpeth up; but the way of the wicked he maketh crooked.

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

The Lord will reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.