Banzembo 146

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

to boast: praise LORD to boast: praise soul my [obj] LORD

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

to boast: praise LORD in/on/with life my to sing to/for God my in/on/with still my

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

not to trust in/on/with noble in/on/with son: child man which/that nothing to/for him deliverance: salvation

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

to come out: come spirit: breath his to return: return to/for land: soil his in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to perish thought his

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

blessed which/that God Jacob in/on/with helper his hope his upon LORD God his

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

to make heaven and land: country/planet [obj] [the] sea and [obj] all which in/on/with them [the] to keep: obey truth: faithful to/for forever: enduring

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

to make: do justice to/for to oppress to give: give food to/for hungry LORD to free to bind

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

LORD to open blind LORD to raise to bend LORD to love: lover righteous

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

LORD to keep: guard [obj] sojourner orphan and widow to uphold and way: conduct wicked to pervert

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

to reign LORD to/for forever: enduring God your Zion to/for generation and generation to boast: praise LORD