Masalamo
Kwi ntangi. Salamo wa baana ba kwa Kola.+ Lwimbo.
49 Umvwai kino, anweba bantu.
Teshaiko muchima anweba bangikazhi ba pano pa ntanda,*
2 Bantutu ne babineme,*
Banonshi ne bayanji pamo.
3 Kanwa kami kakamba bya maana,
Ne kulanguluka languluka kwa mu muchima wami+ kukamwesha milangwe.
4 Nkateshako muchima ku byambo bya maana;
Nkalumbulula kishimpi kwingijisha kyansa.
5 Mambo ka o nafwainwa kuchiina mu kimye kya makatazho,+
Kimye kyo nazhokolokwa na bubi* bwa boba bakeba kumponesha?
6 Aba baketekela mu bunonshi bwabo+
Kabiji bonka betota na mambo a bunonshi bwabo bwavula,+
7 Kafwako nangwa umo mwi abo wakonsha kukuula mulongo wanji
Nangwa kupa Lesa bukuzhi bwa kumukuujilamo ne,+
8 (Bukuzhi* bwa bumi* bwabo, bwa mutengo mukatampe bingi
Kya kuba kechi bakonsha ne kwibupota ne);
9 Pa kuba’mba akekale myaka ne myaka ne kubula kuya mu kimbo.*+
10 Umona’mba ne bantu ba maana nabo bafwa;
Bakosama ne babula milangwe bonse bafwa,+
Kabiji bunonshi bwabo bebushila bantu bangi.+
11 Mu michima yabo bakebesha’mba mazubo abo akekale myaka ne myaka,
Matente abo akekale kufika ne ku bisemi bya kulutwe.
Bintu byo banonka bebitumba mazhina abo bene.
12 Bino muntu nangwa wanema byepi, kechi ukekalanga kikupu ne;+
Aye kechi wanema kukila banyama bafwa ne.+
13 Abino byo byo kikala ku bantu bakosama+
Ne ku boba bebalondela, basekela mu byambo byabo byatu. (Selah)
14 Bebatwala ku Kilende* nobe mikooko.
Lufu lukebafunganga;
Muntu waoloka ukebalamanga+ mu kimye kya lukelo.
16 Kange uchine na mambo a kuba’mba muntu wanonka,
Ne na mambo a kuba’mba bya buneme bya mu nzubo yanji byavula ne,
17 Mambo inge wafwa, kechi ukasendapo kintu nangwa kimo ne;+
Bunonshi bwanji kechi bukamulondela ne.+
18 Kimye kyo ajinga na bumi witakaikanga aye mwine.*+
(Bantu bakutakaika umvwe wanonka.)+
19 Bino mu kuya kwa moba aye ukafwa nobe bashakulu banji.
Kechi bakamonapo kyeya jibiji ne.
20 Muntu ubula kukwatakanya kino, nangwa kya kuba wanemekwa,+
Kechi wanema kukila banyama bafwa ne.