< Banzembo 148 >
1 Bokumisa Yawe! Bokumisa Yawe wuta na likolo, bokumisa Ye na bisika oyo eleki likolo.
to boast: praise LORD to boast: praise [obj] LORD from [the] heaven to boast: praise him in/on/with height
2 Bokumisa Ye, bino ba-anjelu na Ye nyonso; bokumisa Ye, bino mampinga na Ye nyonso;
to boast: praise him all messenger: angel his to boast: praise him all (army his *Q(K)*)
3 bokumisa Ye, bino moyi mpe sanza; bokumisa Ye, bino minzoto nyonso oyo engengaka;
to boast: praise him sun and moon to boast: praise him all star light
4 bokumisa Ye, bino oyo boleki likolo kati na likolo, mpe bino mayi oyo bozali na likolo!
to boast: praise him heaven [the] heaven and [the] water which from upon [the] heaven
5 Tika ete ekumisa Kombo ya Yawe! Pamba te apesaki mitindo, mpe ekelamaki.
to boast: praise [obj] name LORD for he/she/it to command and to create
6 Atiaki yango mpo na libela; apesaki mibeko oyo ekobongwana te.
and to stand: stand them to/for perpetuity to/for forever: enduring statute: decree to give: give and not to pass
7 Bokumisa Yawe wuta na mokili, ezala bilima ya mayi to mozindo nyonso,
to boast: praise [obj] LORD from [the] land: country/planet serpent: monster and all abyss
8 ezala moto to mvula ya mabanga, ezala mvula ya pembe to londende, ezala mopepe makasi oyo ekokisaka liloba na Ye;
fire and hail snow and smoke spirit: breath tempest to make: do word his
9 ezala bangomba milayi to bangomba mikuse, ezala banzete oyo ebotaka bambuma to banzete ya sedele,
[the] mountain: mount and all hill tree fruit and all cedar
10 ezala banyama ya zamba to bibwele nyonso, ezala bikelamu oyo etambolaka na libumu to bandeke,
[the] living thing and all animal creeping and bird wing
11 ezala bakonzi ya mabele to bikolo nyonso, ezala bakambi to batambolisi nyonso ya mokili,
king land: country/planet and all people ruler and all to judge land: country/planet
12 ezala bilenge mibali to bilenge basi, ezala bampaka to bana mike!
youth and also virgin old with youth
13 Tika ete bakumisa Kombo ya Yawe! Pamba te Ye moko kaka nde aleki likolo; nkembo na Ye eleki mabele mpe likolo.
to boast: praise [obj] name LORD for to exalt name his to/for alone him splendor his upon land: country/planet and 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!
and to exalt horn to/for people his praise to/for all pious his to/for son: descendant/people Israel people near his to boast: praise LORD