1 Hu tsikulu, Nzambi ayambili huli bakaaha ba bisu mu mana ma malahi na mu biyambilili bya pila mu pila, mu minywa mi mimbihuli. 2 Ka mu mataangu ma tsyelele maniima, Nzambi li mu uyambila huli bisu mu munywa a Mwana a nde. Ni mu nde Nzambi haavaangi tsi yoosi, na amiisoolo nde mubyalili a mukobe woosi. 3 Mwana mo li mu umwedeme mu muyusu a Nzambi. Nde li ifwaani hi hili mu umweese bu Nzambi ali. Nde li mu usika bisiha byosi bi Nzambi haavaanga mu mambu ma munywa a nde, ma maaluula mu matwala. Hu mbisa a hu nde haatsyemisi masumu ma baatu, Mwana mo amiiyatsahala hu mayulu, ŋa mbahala a Nzambi, Nga matwala moosi.
4 Mwana na biita li laalutahala li bapofi. Mu tooni a biita mo liina, Nzambi haava nde nduhi yi yaalutahala biita na yi bapofi. 5 Mu mbuli, huli ki pofi Nzambi haaleele ti:
«We ni Mwana a me,
me miimbyalisa we lolo yiniiyi?»
Na huli ki pofi Nzambi haaleele ti:
«Me umba huli nde, Taata,
na nde uba huli me, Mwana?»
6 Ka mu taangu yi Nzambi ali mu utsindaha Mwana a nde watsomi ŋa toto, nde aleeli:
«Bapofi ba Nzambi boosi,
baafwana ukongemene mu ukuunda nde.»
7 Mu li litali bapofi, Nzambi aleeli:
«Me ndi mu utsalila bapofi ba me,
we bu me ndi mu utsalila mavupu,
na basalili ba me, we maludi ma mbaahu.»
8 Ka mu li litali Mwana, nde li mu uleele:
«Kiti-ipfumu hya we, Nzambi,
yaamiivangama mu bilima na bilima.
Likaanda la we li utuma,
lili likaanda li butsiitsa.
9 We atondo butsiitsa, na we abelele bubi,
ni mu buuna, Nzambi wu li Nzambi a we,
miibyalisa we mu isalu hya nde,
mu uyitala we maadi ma musaangu ŋa yulu mutswe,
na miisoolo ndulu we, ka a batsyengi ba we ve.»
10 Nde li mu uleele kaka ti:
«Ni we, Pfumu, wu avaangi toto ŋa mbaandu,
mayulu mali mavaanga ma myoho mya we.
11 Biina byosi byudimbala, ka we, we li mu ukwilala.
Toto na yulu byusyehe we bikutu bi bikulu;
12 we upoto byo we iyunga,
na buusobo byo we bu bubaasobo bikutu.
Ka we, we ukwilala wu avelesobo,
na idiingu hya we a hili na tsukusu ve!»
13 Nzambi a haabila uleele huli mumosi mu bapofi ba nde ve ti:
«Tsahala ŋa mbahala a me,
natee bu me ukitusa baboho ba we,
isuusili hya miilu mya we.»
14 Mu mbuli, bapofi bali ndulu mavupu ma mali mu usalila Nzambi: Nde li mu utsindaha bo mu uyakumbasa ba buuyaka mukobe liyobolo.