1 Hashi maisi gankutenda ndewu?

Mbona wantu wankulitakuziya hera?

2 Wafalumi wa pasipanu wagalambuka,

wakolamlima wankupanga madoda pamuhera,

su kumgalambuka Mtuwa Mlungu na mfalumi yakamsyagula.

3 Wankulonga, "Tuliyopoli minyololu yawu,"

"Tudumuliri kutali ngoyi zyawu."

4 Mtuwa Mlungu yakalikala kumpindi,

kankuwaseka na kuwajongera.

5 Shakapanu kankuwakalipira kwa maya,

na kuwatiliziya kwa nkalaliru, pakalonga.

6 "Nimlumika mfalumi yanimsyaguliti," Kankukolamlima sayuni,

"Lugongu lwangu lunanagala."

7 Mfalumi ayu kalonga, "Hambweri," shakang'ambiriti Mtuwa Mlungu.

"Gwenga ndo mwana gwangu,

leru neni wera tati gwaku.

8 Gunduwi na neni hanikupanani maisi gaweri uhala waku,

na pasipanu poseri kuwera lunda yaku.

9 Haguwaposholi kwa luhonga lwa shuma,

haguwampantangi handa shiwiga."

10 Vinu mwenga wafalumi, mtenderi luhala,

mpikiniri likalapiru ali mwenga wakolamlima wa pasipanu.

11 Mmutenderi Mtuwa Mlungu kwa kumguwira,

munemeleri kwa kulendemera,

12 mumsuntamaliri mwana gwakuyi mpalu,

nakiza kukalala na mwenga namwagamira munjira zyenu,

toziya maya gakuyi ga kalongola.

Mbaka woseri yawamtugira.