Isaya
26 Pa joja juba, bakemba uno lwimbo+ mu kyalo kya Yuda+ amba:
“Atweba tuji na muzhi wakosa.+
Lesa wabika lupulukilo kwikala nobe masakwa, kabiji nobe mishiime yalepa.+
2 Shinkulai bibelo+ pa kuba’mba kisaka kya bantu baoloka kitwelemo,
Kyonka kisaka kya bantu kikookela Lesa.
5 Mambo aye waikizha bantu bekala pa kifulo kya peulu, ko kuba’mba muzhi ye batungila peulu pene.
Aye wamukundula,
Wamukundwila panshi;
Wamuponesha ne kumonauna.
6 Bakamunyantaula na maulu,
Maulu a boba bo bamanyika ne a bayanji.”
7 Jishinda ja muntu waoloka, jaoloka.
Mambo anweba mwaoloka,
Mukolola jishinda ja muntu waoloka.
8 Byo tulondela mashinda enu aoloka, anweba Yehoba,
Tuketekela mwi anweba.
Tukebesha bingi kuvuluka* jizhina jenu ne byo jilumbulula.
9 Mu kimye kya bufuku nemuvuluka bingi na muchima* wami yense,
Kine, muchima wami wimukebesha bingi;+
Mambo umvwe mwachibila mambo ba pano pa ntanda,
Bantu ba mu kyalo bafunda kuba byaoloka.+
Nangwatu mu ntanda muji bantu baoloka, aye ukobangatu byatama,+
Kabiji kechi ukamona lukumo lwa Yehoba ne.+
11 Anweba Yehoba, mwasuntula kuboko kwenu, pano bino, abo kechi babena kwikumona ne.+
Bakamona butemwe bo mwatemwa bantu benu kabiji kikebalenga bumvu.
Kine, mujilo wenu ukebasoka balwanyi benu.
12 Anweba Yehoba, yenu muketupa mutende,+
Mambo bintu byonse byo twauba
Yenu mwitukwasha kuba’mba twibyube.
13 Anweba Yehoba Lesa wetu, bantangi bangi bo babena kwitulama kechi anweba ne,+
Pano bino, atweba twambatu pa jizhina jenu kwapwa.+
14 Abo bafwa, kechi bakekala na bumi jibiji ne.
Abo bafwa, kechi bakasanguka ne.+
Mambo anweba mwibazhachisha
Kuba’mba mwibonaune ne kwibavizha kya kuba kechi bakebavulukapo jibiji ne.
15 Anweba Yehoba, mwabayisha kisaka kya bantu,
Kine, mwabayisha kisaka kya bantu;
Mwitumbijika anwe bene.+
Mwabayishako mipaka yonse ya kyalo.+
16 Kimye kyo bapitanga mu makatazho baiyanga kwi anweba Yehoba;
Balombanga milombelo ya kishinshi kimye kyo mwibololangako.+
17 Byonkatu mwanamukazhi uji pepi kupaapa
Byo omvwa bisanso ne kujila na mambo a misongo,
Ne atweba byo byo twajinga na mambo a anweba Yehoba.
18 Twaimichile kabiji twajinga na bisanso,
Pano bino, kyajingatu nobe twasemenetu mwela.
Kechi twapokolwelepo bantu ba mu kyalo ne,
Kabiji kafwako nangwa umo wasemenwe kuba’mba ekale mu kyalo ne.
19 “Bantu benu bafwa bakekala na bumi jibiji.
Buukai ne kubijika na lusekelo,
Anweba muji mu maloba!+
Mambo kime kyenu kikekalatu nobe kime kya lukelo,*
Kabiji ntanda ikalupula bantu bafwa kuba’mba bakekale na bumi.*
21 Mambo talai! Yehoba ubena kufuma mo ekala
Kwiya na kuzhachisha bantu ba mu ntanda na mambo a bubi bwabo,
Ne ntanda ikasolola mashi o yaichijile
Kabiji kechi ikafya bantu bayo bo yaipayile ne.”