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.

TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, our Lord, How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth, Who have set Your splendor on 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.

From the mouths of infants and sucklings You have founded strength, Because of Your adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

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

For I see Your heavens, a work of Your fingers, [The] moon and stars that You established.

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

What [is] man that You remember him? The son of man that You inspect him?

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

You make him a little lower than the gods [[or God]], And surround him with glory and majesty.

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

You cause him to rule Over the works of Your hands, You have placed all under his feet.

7 bameme, bantaba, bangombe mpe banyama ya zamba,

Sheep and oxen, all of them, And also beasts of the field,

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

Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas!

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

YHWH, our Lord, How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth!