Banzembo 148
1 Bokumisa Yawe! Bokumisa Yawe wuta na likolo, bokumisa Ye na bisika oyo eleki likolo.
Give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised from the heavens: give him praise in the skies.
2 Bokumisa Ye, bino ba-anjelu na Ye nyonso; bokumisa Ye, bino mampinga na Ye nyonso;
Give praise to him, all you his angels: give praise to him, all his armies.
3 bokumisa Ye, bino moyi mpe sanza; bokumisa Ye, bino minzoto nyonso oyo engengaka;
Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to him, all you stars of light.
4 bokumisa Ye, bino oyo boleki likolo kati na likolo, mpe bino mayi oyo bozali na likolo!
Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens.
5 Tika ete ekumisa Kombo ya Yawe! Pamba te apesaki mitindo, mpe ekelamaki.
Let them give praise to the name of the Lord: for he gave the order, and they were made.
6 Atiaki yango mpo na libela; apesaki mibeko oyo ekobongwana te.
He has put them in their places for ever; he has given them their limits which may not be broken.
7 Bokumisa Yawe wuta na mokili, ezala bilima ya mayi to mozindo nyonso,
Give praise to the Lord from the earth, you great sea-beasts, and deep places:
8 ezala moto to mvula ya mabanga, ezala mvula ya pembe to londende, ezala mopepe makasi oyo ekokisaka liloba na Ye;
Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:
9 ezala bangomba milayi to bangomba mikuse, ezala banzete oyo ebotaka bambuma to banzete ya sedele,
Mountains and all hills; fruit-trees and all trees of the mountains:
10 ezala banyama ya zamba to bibwele nyonso, ezala bikelamu oyo etambolaka na libumu to bandeke,
Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:
11 ezala bakonzi ya mabele to bikolo nyonso, ezala bakambi to batambolisi nyonso ya mokili,
Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all judges of the earth:
12 ezala bilenge mibali to bilenge basi, ezala bampaka to bana mike!
Young men and virgins; old men and children:
13 Tika ete bakumisa Kombo ya Yawe! Pamba te Ye moko kaka nde aleki likolo; nkembo na Ye eleki mabele mpe likolo.
Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven.
14 Abongisi elombe mokangoli mpo na bato na Ye! Ezali likambo oyo bayengebene na Ye nyonso, bana nyonso ya Isalaele, bato oyo balingaka Ye, basengeli kokumisa Yawe mpo na yango. Bokumisa Yawe!
He has put on high the horn of his people, for the praise of all his saints; even the children of Israel, a people which is near to him. Let the Lord be praised.
