Banzembo 8

1 Wuta na buku ya mokambi ya bayembi. Nzembo ya Davidi; ezali ya koyemba na lindanda ya bato ya Gati. Oh Yawe, Nkolo na biso, Kombo na Yo ezali monene kati na mokili mobimba! Ovandisi nkembo na Yo kati na Lola.

Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm of David. O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens.

2 Na nzela ya masanzoli ya bana mpe bana mike, otelemisi ndako batonga makasi, mpo na kotelemela bayini na Yo mpe kokanga monoko ya monguna mpe ya moto oyo alingaka kozongisa mabe na mabe.

Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.

3 Tango natalaka Lola na Yo, mosala ya misapi na Yo, sanza mpe minzoto oyo otia,

For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.

4 namitunaka: Moto azali nini mpo ete okanisa ye, mpe moto azali nani mpo ete obatela ye?

What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest hi?

5 Osalaki ye moke koleka ba-anjelu mpe olatisaka ye motole ya nkembo mpe ya lokumu;

Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour:

6 otia ye moyangeli ya misala ya maboko na Yo, otia nyonso na se ya matambe na ye:

And hast set him over the works of thy hands.

7 bameme, bantaba, bangombe mpe banyama ya zamba,

Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields.

8 bandeke ya likolo, mbisi ya ebale monene mpe nyonso oyo etambolaka na bibale.

The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea.

9 Oh Yawe, Nkolo na biso, Kombo na Yo ezali monene kati na mokili mobimba!

O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in all the earth!