Banzembo 33
1 Bino bato ya sembo, bobeta milolo ya esengo na tina na Yawe! Kokumisa Nzambe ebongi na bato oyo bazali alima.
Shout for joy in the Lord, you righteous: praise for the upright is seemly.
2 Bosanzola Yawe na nzenze, bosanzola Ye na lindanda ya basinga zomi.
Give thanks to the Lord on the lyre, play to him on a ten-stringed harp.
3 Boyembela Yawe nzembo ya sika, bobetisa bibetelo mindule elongo na koganga ya esengo.
Sing to him a new song, play skilfully and shout merrily.
4 Pamba te Liloba na Yawe ezali alima, misala na Ye nyonso ekokisamaka na boyengebene.
For the Lord is straight in his promise; and all that he does is in faithfulness.
5 Yawe alingaka bosembo mpe alima; mokili etondi na bolingo na Ye.
Justice and right he loves; the earth is full of his kindness.
6 Likolo ekelamaki na Liloba na Yawe; mampinga na yango nyonso, na nzela ya pema ya monoko na Ye.
By his word the heavens were made, all their host by the breath of his mouth.
7 Asangisaka mayi ya bibale minene esika moko, mpe atiaka yango na bisika ya mozindo.
He gathers the sea in a bottle, the ocean he puts into store-houses.
8 Tika ete mokili mobimba etosa Yawe! Tika ete bavandi nyonso ya mokili balenga liboso na Ye.
Let the whole world honour the Lord, let all who live on earth be in awe.
9 Pamba te alobaki, mpe likambo esalemaki; mpe apesaki mitindo, mpe emonanaki.
For at his word it came into being, at his command it stood forth.
10 Yawe akweyisaka mikano ya bikolo, abebisaka mabongisi ya bato.
The Lord frustrates the designs of the nations, what the peoples have purposed, he brings to nought,
11 Kasi mikano ya Yawe etikalaka mpo na seko, mabongisi ya motema na Ye, mpo na bikeke nyonso.
but the Lord’s own design will stand forever, and what his heart has purposed, through all generations.
12 Esengo na ekolo oyo Yawe azali Nzambe na yango. Esengo na bato oyo aponaki mpo na libula na Ye.
Happy the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for himself as his own.
13 Yawe atalaka wuta na likolo, amonaka bana nyonso ya bato.
The Lord looks down from heaven, he sees all of humanity;
14 Wuta na evandelo na Ye, atalaka bavandi nyonso ya mokili.
from where he rules he gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
15 Ye oyo asalaka mitema nyonso ya bato asosolaka makambo nyonso oyo basalaka.
He fashions the hearts of them all, and gives heed to all that they do.
16 Ezali te limpinga monene nde ebikisaka mokonzi to nguya monene nde ekangolaka elombe.
It is not by great armies that kings are victorious, it is not by great strength that a warrior saves himself;
17 Mpunda ezali na nguya te ya kopesa lobiko, makasi na yango nyonso ekangolaka te.
false hope is the war-horse to usher in victory, for all its great might it can provide no escape.
18 Nzokande Yawe atalaka bato oyo batosaka Ye, ba-oyo batiaka elikya na bolingo kati na Ye,
See! The eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his kindness;
19 mpo na kokangola bango na kufa mpe kobatela bango na bomoi ata na tango ya nzala makasi.
to deliver their life from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Totielaka Yawe motema; azali lisungi mpe nguba na biso.
We wait for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
21 Solo, mitema na biso esepelaka kati na Ye, pamba te totiaka elikya na biso kati na Kombo na Ye ya bule.
For in him our heart is glad, we trust in his holy name.
22 Yawe, lokola totiaka elikya na biso kati na Yo, tika ete bolingo na Yo ezala elongo na biso.
Let your kindness, O Lord, be upon us, as is our hope in you.
