Banzembo 95
1 Boya, toganga na esengo mpo na Yawe! Tobetela Libanga na biso maboko, pamba te azali Mobikisi na biso!
Oh come, let’s sing to the LORD. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
2 Tokende liboso na Ye elongo na mabondeli ya kozongisa matondi, tobetela Ye maboko elongo na banzembo.
Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!
3 Pamba te Yawe azali Nzambe Monene, azali Mokonzi Monene, na likolo ya banzambe nyonso.
For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.
4 Asimbi mozindo ya mokili kati na loboko na Ye; mpe basonge ya bangomba ezali ya Ye.
In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his.
5 Ebale monene ezali ya Ye, azali Mokeli na yango; mabele ya kokawuka ezali mpe ya Ye, asala yango na maboko na Ye.
The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.
6 Boya, togumbama mpe tofukama, tobuka mabolongo na biso liboso ya Yawe, Mokeli na biso!
Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before the LORD, our Maker,
7 Pamba te azali Nzambe na biso; tozali bato oyo aleisaka, etonga oyo abatelaka. Lelo, soki boyoki mongongo na Ye,
for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
8 « boyeisa mitema na bino mabanga te, ndenge bosalaki na Meriba; ndenge bosalaki na mokolo wana ya Masa kati na esobe
Do not harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
9 epai wapi batata na bino batombokelaki ngai mpe bamekaki ngai atako bamonaki ngai kosala.
when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
10 Mibu tuku minei, nayinaki bato ya ekeke wana mpe nalobaki: ‹ Bazali bato oyo mitema na bango ebeba, bayebaka banzela na ngai te. ›
Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, “They are a people who err in their heart. They have not known my ways.”
11 Yango wana, kati na kanda na ngai, nakati seleka: ‹ Bakotikala kokota te kati na bopemi na ngai! › »
Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They will not enter into my rest.”
