Banzembo 95

1 Boya, toganga na esengo mpo na Yawe! Tobetela Libanga na biso maboko, pamba te azali Mobikisi na biso!

Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour.

2 Tokende liboso na Ye elongo na mabondeli ya kozongisa matondi, tobetela Ye maboko elongo na banzembo.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.

3 Pamba te Yawe azali Nzambe Monene, azali Mokonzi Monene, na likolo ya banzambe nyonso.

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

4 Asimbi mozindo ya mokili kati na loboko na Ye; mpe basonge ya bangomba ezali ya Ye.

For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of the mountains are his.

5 Ebale monene ezali ya Ye, azali Mokeli na yango; mabele ya kokawuka ezali mpe ya Ye, asala yango na maboko na Ye.

For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

6 Boya, togumbama mpe tofukama, tobuka mabolongo na biso liboso ya Yawe, Mokeli na biso!

Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that made us.

7 Pamba te azali Nzambe na biso; tozali bato oyo aleisaka, etonga oyo abatelaka. Lelo, soki boyoki mongongo na Ye,

For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

8 « boyeisa mitema na bino mabanga te, ndenge bosalaki na Meriba; ndenge bosalaki na mokolo wana ya Masa kati na esobe

Today if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:

9 epai wapi batata na bino batombokelaki ngai mpe bamekaki ngai atako bamonaki ngai kosala.

As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.

10 Mibu tuku minei, nayinaki bato ya ekeke wana mpe nalobaki: ‹ Bazali bato oyo mitema na bango ebeba, bayebaka banzela na ngai te. ›

Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart.

11 Yango wana, kati na kanda na ngai, nakati seleka: ‹ Bakotikala kokota te kati na bopemi na ngai! › »

And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.