Banzembo 99

1 Yawe azali kokonza; tika ete bato balenga! Avandi na Kiti ya Bokonzi kati na basheribe; tika ete mabele eningana!

Yahweh reigns; let the nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the cherubim; the earth quakes.

2 Yawe azali monene kati na Siona, mpe Bokonzi na Ye ezali likolo ya bikolo nyonso.

Yahweh is great in Zion; he is exalted above all the nations.

3 Tika ete Kombo na Yo ya monene mpe ya somo esanzolama; ezali bule!

Let them praise your great and awesome name; he is holy.

4 Mokonzi azali na nguya, alingaka bosolo. Olendisaka bosembo. Osalaki bosembo mpe bosolo kati na Jakobi.

The king is strong, and he loves justice. You have established fairness; you have done righteousness and justice in Jacob.

5 Bonetola Yawe, Nzambe na biso, mpe bogumbama liboso ya enyatelo makolo na Ye; azali Mosantu.

Praise Yahweh our God and worship at his footstool. He is holy.

6 Moyize mpe Aron kati na Banganga-Nzambe na Ye, mpe Samuele kati na bato oyo bazalaki kobelela Kombo na Ye, bazalaki kobelela Yawe, mpe Ye azalaki koyanola bango.

Moses and Aaron were among his priests, and Samuel was among those who called on his name. They called to Yahweh, and he answered them.

7 Azalaki koloba na bango kati na likonzi ya lipata. Babatelaki malako na Ye mpe mibeko oyo apesaki bango.

He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud. They kept his solemn commands and the statutes that he gave them.

8 Yawe, Nzambe na biso, oyanolaki bango. Mpo na bango, ozalaki Nzambe oyo alimbisaka atako opesaki bango etumbu mpo na misala na bango ya mabe.

You answered them, Yahweh our God. A forgiving God you were to them, but one who punished their sinful deeds.

9 Bonetola Yawe, Nzambe na biso, mpe bogumbama na kotala na ngambo ya ngomba na Ye ya bule. Pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na biso, azali bule.

Praise Yahweh our God, and worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh our God is holy.