1 Ipapo Jobe kashandula eti,
2 “Dumbu shungu yangu ha ingabe ingayegwa,
mang'oni angu wose kabigwa mu zwiyelo,
3 nge lebeswa angalema kupinda nsetje we gungwa,
ndizo dumbu matama angu epitsha zwingapa.
4 Ngoti misebe ya Masimbawose imundili
meya yangu inong'wa bushongola gwayo,
Kutjisa kwe Ndzimu kwakandilingisana.
5 Dumbu donki ye shango ingalilila zojiwa ina fulo kene?
Kene ng'ombe ingalilila zojiwa yakabhata ija kene?
6 Apa zojiwa zwisina n'jo zwingajika zwisina mwenyu kene?
Kene kutjena kwe bumbulu kungazipa kuli koga kene?
7 Moyo wangu unoti zwi ha ndibona zojiwa zwakajali,
zojiwa zwakajali zondibuzisa moyo.
8 “Ungati ndingawana tjandinokumbila,
ungati Ndzimu ungandipa tjandinoyemula.
9 Ungati kunga shathisa Ndzimu kundipeleledza,
ungati ungatambunudza luboko gwawo ukandithubulila kutjena!
10 Ipapo ndingabe ndowobe nditjina kunyaladzika,
ndabe ndowoshatha nenguba ndili mu zogwadza zwingapani,
ngoti andizonyanyayidza matama e Wakayengemala.
11 Dumbu simba langu ndilipi kuti ndingadzikitadza kene?
Kakale bhelelo langu ini kuti ndingabe moyo nlefu kene?
12 Apa simba langu longa simba le bgwe kene?
Apa mbili wangu unonga phangula kene?
13 Apa ndina simba kuzwibhatsha kene?
Bhudilila kwatatiwa mundili.
14 “Iye wakadziyidzika wakafanila thamigwa buthu nge nkwinya uwe,
nenguba angadwa akafupatila kutja Masimbawose.
15 Koga imwi zwikamu zwangu mu batjengedzi,
motjengedza se lukobana gunotuta makuni,
16 guna vula ina kapuku ne makaa akazwisumbika,
17 koga kuti mu tjibaka tjekupisa enyawuka,
kuti kopisa enyelela mu magalo awo.
18 Bayendi banopambuka mu zila yabo betola zila ipoga,
bakayenda mu shango yakawomelela ngono bakafa.
19 Bayendi be Tema banoshaka vula,
bayendi be Sheba banoishaka vula nge kugalabgwe!
20 Banotemeka mafupa ngoti babe begalabgwe,
banoswika pa lukobana ngono bakapuna moyo.
21 Saikoku ndiko sekwa muli iko kundili,
mobona tjiga tjandiwila ngono motja.
22 Apa ndatongoti, ‘Mundipe tjipo?’
Kene kuli kuti, ‘Mu fumwa yenyu mundipe tjizwimba nlomo kene?’
23 Kene kuli kuti, ‘Mundiangule mu luboko gwe tjita kene?’
Kene kuli kuti, ‘Mundidzutunule mu luboko gwe batshambilidzi kene?’
24 “Mundidiye, ndowonyalala,
Ndakatjinyani? Munditjenesele.
25 Lebeswa logwadza seni!
Koga kutjemela kwenyu kotjemelani?
26 Apa mungati motjemela matama kene,
ngono mutola matama e nthu wazwitoboka se phepo koga kene?
27 Mubuya mukalobela siyang'wa hakata,
mubuya muteetshanya nkwinya wenyu.
28 “Koga ngwenu, shathilani kundilinga,
andingatjanyepe mbeli kwenyu.
29 Shandukani kaa, letjani kulelekela ntome, ndomukumbila.
Shandukani kaa, imi andina nlandu ipapa.
30 Kene kuna salulwama mu nlomo wangu?
Kene moti anditoziba lebeswa kene?
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