Banzembo 135
1 Bokumisa Yawe! Bokumisa Kombo ya Yawe! Bokumisa Ye, bino basali ya Yawe,
Hallelujah. Praise the name of the Lord. Praise the Lord, you his servants,
2 oyo botelemaka kati na Ndako ya Yawe, kati na lopango ya Ndako ya Nzambe na biso!
who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
3 Bokumisa Yawe! Pamba te Yawe azali malamu! Boyembela Kombo na Ye, pamba te ezali kitoko makasi.
Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good: Sing praise to his name it is pleasant.
4 Pamba te Yawe aponaki Jakobi, Isalaele, mpo ete azala ya Ye moko.
The Lord for himself chose Jacob, Israel as his own special treasure.
5 Solo, ngai nayebi malamu ete Yawe azali monene, ete Nkolo na biso aleki banzambe nyonso.
For I know that the Lord is great, that our Lord is above all gods.
6 Yawe asalaka nyonso oyo alingi, kuna na likolo mpe awa na mabele, kati na bibale minene mpe kati na mozindo nyonso.
All that he wills he does in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all the abysses.
7 Amatisaka mapata wuta na suka ya mokili, atindaka mikalikali elongo na mvula, abimisaka mopepe wuta na bibombelo na yango.
Clouds he brings up from the ends of the earth, lightnings he makes for the rain, wind he brings out of his storehouses.
8 Ye nde abomaki bana ya liboso ya Ejipito, kobanda na bato kino na banyama;
The firstborn of Egypt he struck, both humans and animals.
9 atindaki bilembo ya kokamwa mpe bikamwa kati na yo, Ejipito, mpo na kotelemela Faraon mpe basali na ye nyonso;
Signs and wonders he sent into your midst, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh and all his servants.
10 abebisaki bikolo ebele mpe abomaki bakonzi ya nguya:
Many nations he struck, mighty kings he slew
11 Sikoni, mokonzi ya bato ya Amori; Ogi, mokonzi ya Bashani; mpe bakonzi nyonso ya Kanana.
Sihon, king of the Amorites, Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan.
12 Mpe akabaki mikili na bango lokola libula, lokola libula epai ya bato na Ye, Isalaele.
He gave their land for possession, possession to Israel his people.
13 Oh Yawe, sango ya Kombo na Yo ewumelaka libela na libela! Yawe, bakopanza sango ya Kombo na Yo seko na seko!
Your name, O Lord, is forever; your memorial world without end.
14 Pamba te Yawe akolimbisa bato na Ye, akoyokela basali na Ye mawa.
For the Lord secures right for his people, and takes pity upon his servants.
15 Banzambe ya bikolo ezali ya palata mpe ya wolo, esalema na maboko ya bato.
The idols of heathen are silver made by human hands.
16 Ezali na minoko, kasi elobaka te; ezali na miso, kasi emonaka te;
They have mouths, but cannot speak: they have eyes, but cannot see.
17 ezali na matoyi, kasi eyokaka te; ezali ata na pema te kati na minoko na yango.
They have ears, but cannot hear: there is no breath in their mouths.
18 Bato oyo basalaka yango mpe bato nyonso oyo batielaka yango motema bakokani na yango.
Their makers become like them, so do all who trust in them.
19 Bato ya Isalaele, bopambola Yawe! Bakitani ya Aron, bopambola Yawe!
House of Israel, praise the Lord: house of Araon, praise the Lord.
20 Bakitani ya Levi, bopambola Yawe! Bino nyonso oyo botosaka Yawe, bopambola Yawe!
House of Levi, praise the Lord: you who fear the Lord, praise the Lord.
21 Tika ete, wuta na Siona, Yawe apambolama, Ye oyo avandaka na Yelusalemi! Bokumisa Yawe!
Blest be the Lord out of Zion, who lives in Jerusalem. Hallelujah.
