Banzembo 146

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

Praise YAH! Praise, O my soul, YHWH.

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

I praise YHWH during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

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

Do not trust in princes—in a son of man, For he has no deliverance.

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

His spirit goes forth, he returns to his earth, In that day his thoughts have perished.

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

O the blessedness of him Who has the God of Jacob for his help, His hope [is] on his God YHWH,

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

Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that [is] in them, Who is keeping truth for all time,

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

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

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

YHWH is loosing the prisoners, YHWH is opening (the eyes of) the blind, YHWH is raising the bowed down, YHWH is loving the righteous,

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

YHWH is preserving the strangers, He causes the fatherless and widow to stand, And He turns the way of the wicked upside down.

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

YHWH reigns for all time, Your God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise YAH!