Lwimbo wa Solomone
8 “Nanchi inge wajinga nobe kolojami wa mulume,
Waaminwe ku mabele a bamama!
Umvwe nakutaaine pangye inge nakufyompele,+
Kabiji inge kafwako muntu nangwa umo wakonsheshe kunkalakanya ne.
Inge nakupele binyu byo bavwangamo bintu binunka bulongo kuba’mba utome,
Binyu bya bintonto byafuma ku bipangwa bya mapomegulanchi.
3 Inge mutwe wami washakamijile pa kuboko kwanji kwa kipiko,
Kabiji inge wankumbachile na kuboko kwanji kwa kilujo.+
4 Anweba banabakazhi ba mu Yelusalema, nemusashijila namba:
Kange munkanjikizhe nangwa kukolomona butemwe mwi amiwa ne, mwibuleke bukeishile bwine.”+
5 “Ñanyi we ubena kwiya kufuma mu kiselebwa,
Saka akumbata mutemwe wanji?”
“Amiwa nakubuushishe munshi ya kichi kya maepo.
Bainobe mo baumvwijile bisanso byobe.
Monkamwa aba bakusemene mo baumvwijile bisanso pa kukusema.
6 Umbiike mu muchima wobe nobe katetesho,
Umbiike pa kuboko kobe nobe katetesho,
Mambo butemwe buji na bulume nobe lufu,+
Kabiji bukishinka buji na lunkonena nobe Kilende.*
Bulume bwabo bujitu nobe lubebe lwa mujilo, lo lubebe lwa kwa Yehoba.+
7 Mema avula kechi akonsha kuzhimya butemwe ne,+
Nangwatu mikola nayo kechi yakonsha kwibuzhimañanya ne.+
Umvwe muntu wapana bya bunonshi byanji byonse bya mu nzubo yanji na mambo a butemwe,
Abyo* bakonsha kwibilengulula.”
8 “Tuji na nyenga yetu mwanyike,+
Ukyangye kututuka mabele.
Tukooba byepi na nyenga yetu
Pa juba jo bakamwipanguzha?”
9 “Aye inge yo nsakwa,
Tukashimika peulu yanji kyamba kya siliva,
Bino aye inge kyo kinzhilo,
Tukamushinka na jipulanga ja kichi kya sida.”
10 “Amiwa yami nsakwa,
Kabiji mabele ami aji nobe byamba.
Onkao mambo, kwi aye nji nobe muntu
Waikala mu mutende.
11 Solomone wajinga na bujimi bwa miñanzañanza+ mu Baela-hamona.
Wapaine bujimi ku ba kwibulama.
Bonse pa muntu pa muntu baletelenga mali a siliva 1,000 a bipangwa bya mu bujimi.
12 Amiwa mwine nji na bujimi bwami.
Mali a siliva 1,000, o obe obewa Solomone,
Kabiji mali a siliva 200, a boba balama bipangwa bya mu bujimi.”
13 “Obewa wikala mu majimi,+
Balunda bomvwa byo wamba.
Leka ne amiwa ñumvweko.”+
14 “Endesha, obewa mutemwe wami,
Kabiji nyema lubilo nobe lupaala+
Nangwa nobe mwana nsebula
Uji pa mutumba wa bichi binunka bulongo.”