1 Nkumbi we zhambi n'dadi, busukwa go gwisanya,
koga iye unolaladziswa nazo aazotjenjela.
2 Bushongola gwa mambo gonga tjibombo tje shumba,
iye uno ntanga e n'gwadzisa moyo butjilo gugwe gumu mbatsha.
3 Kuna gudzo mu nthu kube kule ne kukwebakwebana,
koga tjilengwe tjimwe ne tjimwe tjowokwebakwebana.
4 Simbe aitolima mu tjibaka tje ndimo,
inowoshaka ikashaya tjainovuna mu zhizha.
5 Mano mu moyo we nthu anonga vula imu tshime lakangina,
koga nthu una hwisiso unoyitjela.
6 Bathu banjinji bana babanoti banobagalabgwe,
koga ndiyani ungawana iye unoyi una malebeswa?

7 Nlume wakalulwama unozwibhata ne thambunuko,
kwakakombolegwa bakololo babe banotobela zila iye!
8 Mambo unogala pa tjigalo tje kusumikilisa
unowulusa bubi gose nge mesho awe.
9 Ndiani ungati, “Nda thama moyo wangu ukabe mbuyanana,
ndi mbuyanana andina tjibi”?
10 Zwiyelo zwakasiyana ne zwilizanyo zwakasiyana,
zose zoshimisa kuna Yahwe.
11 Na iye mwana unozwizibisa nge zwiyito zwizwe,
kene zwili zwibuyanana kene zwakalulwama.
12 Zebe inohwa ne zhisho linobona,
zose zwakasikwa ndi Yahwe.
13 Uside hwope kuti ndizo usibe nshayi;
zhula mesho awo ngono unowana zwinojiwa zwinjinji.
14 “Kwakabipa, kwakabipa,” koleba ntengi,
koga ha edwa ipapo unozwiloba ifuba.
15 Kuna golide ne thundu ye mabgwe e themba ipezhugwi,
koga milomo inoleba zibo mibuya kupinda zose.
16 Mutole tjiambalo tje nthu unolipila ntaya,
ngaabe mbatshi we bataya.
17 Zojiwa zwawang'wa nge bupitipiti zo zipila nthu,
koga kudwa ipapo nlomo uwe unowozhala lushale.
18 Mano anothumbidziwa nge kulangana,
musa ngwa wa layiwa.
19 Iye unoyenda e nyeya unodusa zwikohwa,
ndizo usitongozwihwananya ne nthu unolebanya.
20 Iye unolonga tate babe kene mmeyabe bhiso,
luvone gugwe gowodzimiwa mu zhalima lakati zwititi.
21 Fumwa yakawang'wa ngolibilidza,
ayitowokombolegwa kubupelo.
22 Usitongoti, “Ndowo bgwiliza bubi ku bubi,”
milila Yahwe, banowokubhatsha.
23 Zwiyelo zwakasiyana zoshimisa kuna Yahwe,
ne zwiyelo zwe manyepkhwa azwizolulwama.
24 Thambo dze nthu dzolawugwa ndi Yahwe,
ndizo nthu ungahwisisa zila iye tjini?
25 Kumbatsha mu nthu kungoleba koga eti, “Kwakayengemala,”
ekokumbula shule asatongo alakana asathu ajalo.
26 Mambo wakatjenjela uno wulusa batjinyi,
ngono kabakwiya nge gumbgwana.
27 Meya ye nthu luvone gwa Yahwe,
gunoshakisisa mukati kukwe kose.
28 Ludo ne kugagwabgwe kotjengeta Mambo,
ne bugalo gugwe gosimisiwa nge ndulamo.
29 Gudzo le bazhuzha isimba labo,
koga bubuya gwe bathuntana mavudzi abo matjena.
30 Lobgwa kunokubadza kotata bubi,
shamu dzosuka mukati kwe nthu.
1 Nkumbi we zhambi n'dadi, busukwa go gwisanya,
koga iye unolaladziswa nazo aazotjenjela.
2 Bushongola gwa mambo gonga tjibombo tje shumba,
iye uno ntanga e n'gwadzisa moyo butjilo gugwe gumu mbatsha.
3 Kuna gudzo mu nthu kube kule ne kukwebakwebana,
koga tjilengwe tjimwe ne tjimwe tjowokwebakwebana.
4 Simbe aitolima mu tjibaka tje ndimo,
inowoshaka ikashaya tjainovuna mu zhizha.
5 Mano mu moyo we nthu anonga vula imu tshime lakangina,
koga nthu una hwisiso unoyitjela.
6 Bathu banjinji bana babanoti banobagalabgwe,
koga ndiyani ungawana iye unoyi una malebeswa?
7 Nlume wakalulwama unozwibhata ne thambunuko,
kwakakombolegwa bakololo babe banotobela zila iye!
8 Mambo unogala pa tjigalo tje kusumikilisa
unowulusa bubi gose nge mesho awe.
9 Ndiani ungati, “Nda thama moyo wangu ukabe mbuyanana,
ndi mbuyanana andina tjibi”?
10 Zwiyelo zwakasiyana ne zwilizanyo zwakasiyana,
zose zoshimisa kuna Yahwe.
11 Na iye mwana unozwizibisa nge zwiyito zwizwe,
kene zwili zwibuyanana kene zwakalulwama.
12 Zebe inohwa ne zhisho linobona,
zose zwakasikwa ndi Yahwe.
13 Uside hwope kuti ndizo usibe nshayi;
zhula mesho awo ngono unowana zwinojiwa zwinjinji.
14 “Kwakabipa, kwakabipa,” koleba ntengi,
koga ha edwa ipapo unozwiloba ifuba.
15 Kuna golide ne thundu ye mabgwe e themba ipezhugwi,
koga milomo inoleba zibo mibuya kupinda zose.
16 Mutole tjiambalo tje nthu unolipila ntaya,
ngaabe mbatshi we bataya.
17 Zojiwa zwawang'wa nge bupitipiti zo zipila nthu,
koga kudwa ipapo nlomo uwe unowozhala lushale.
18 Mano anothumbidziwa nge kulangana,
musa ngwa wa layiwa.
19 Iye unoyenda e nyeya unodusa zwikohwa,
ndizo usitongozwihwananya ne nthu unolebanya.
20 Iye unolonga tate babe kene mmeyabe bhiso,
luvone gugwe gowodzimiwa mu zhalima lakati zwititi.
21 Fumwa yakawang'wa ngolibilidza,
ayitowokombolegwa kubupelo.
22 Usitongoti, “Ndowo bgwiliza bubi ku bubi,”
milila Yahwe, banowokubhatsha.
23 Zwiyelo zwakasiyana zoshimisa kuna Yahwe,
ne zwiyelo zwe manyepkhwa azwizolulwama.
24 Thambo dze nthu dzolawugwa ndi Yahwe,
ndizo nthu ungahwisisa zila iye tjini?
25 Kumbatsha mu nthu kungoleba koga eti, “Kwakayengemala,”
ekokumbula shule asatongo alakana asathu ajalo.
26 Mambo wakatjenjela uno wulusa batjinyi,
ngono kabakwiya nge gumbgwana.
27 Meya ye nthu luvone gwa Yahwe,
gunoshakisisa mukati kukwe kose.
28 Ludo ne kugagwabgwe kotjengeta Mambo,
ne bugalo gugwe gosimisiwa nge ndulamo.
29 Gudzo le bazhuzha isimba labo,
koga bubuya gwe bathuntana mavudzi abo matjena.
30 Lobgwa kunokubadza kotata bubi,
shamu dzosuka mukati kwe nthu.