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.

[For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.] LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. You have put your glory upon 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 lips of children and infants you have established praise, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

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

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have set in place;

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

what is man, that you think of him, and the son of man that you care for him?

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

For you have made him a little lower than the angels. You have crowned him with glory and honor,

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

and you made him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

7 bameme, bantaba, bangombe mpe banyama ya zamba,

all sheep and cattle, and also the wild animals,

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

the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

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

LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.