Byambo bya Maana
2 Mwanami, inge watambula byambo byami
Ne kunemeka mikambizho yami,+
Ne kutesha muchima wobe ku milangwe:+
3 Kabiji inge wajijila maana a kuyuka bintu+
Ne kujijila milangwe na jiwi ja peulu+
4 Inge wiakebakeba nobe siliva,+
Kabiji wiakebesha nobe bya buneme byafyamika;+
5 Po po ukayuka kwakamwa Yehoba+ byo kulumbulula,
Kabiji ukamuyuka Lesa.+
7 Aye walamina bantu baoloka maana a kine;
Ye jikebo ja boba benda mu bulumbuluke.+
8 Utalatala mashinda a bunchibamambo bwaoloka,
Kabiji ukazhikijila jishinda ja bantu banji ba kishinka.+
9 Po po ukayuka mwatala bololoke ne bunchibamambo bwaoloka ne kubula misalululo,
Ne mashinda onse a bintu byawama.+
10 Umvwe maana atwela mu muchima wobe+
Ne mweo* wobe watemwa maana a kuyuka bintu,+
11 Maana a kupima bintu akakulamanga,+
Ne milangwe ikakuzhikijilanga,
12 Ne kukufumya mu jishinda jatama,
Ku muntu wamba byambo byaluwankana,+
13 Ku boba baleka kwenda mu mashinda aoloka
Benda mu mashinda a mfishi,+
14 Ne kukufumya ku boba basangalela mu kuba bintu byatama,
Bonka basekela mu bintu byaluwankana bya bubi,
15 Bonka benda mu mashinda atama
Kabiji mashinda abo onse o a bujimbijimbi.
16 Maana akakupokolola ku mwanamukazhi uji na byubilo byatama,*
Ku byambo bya mulambisha* bya mwanamukazhi pite*+
17 Yenka wasankilapo mulunda* nanji wa pa muchima wa mu bwanyike bwanji+
Ne kulubako lulayañano lwa Lesa wanji;
18 Mambo nzubo yanji itwala ku lufu,
19 Kafwapotu nangwa umo pa boba balaala nanji* ukabwela ne,
Kabiji kechi bakabwela mu mashinda aya ku bumi ne.+
20 Onkao mambo, endanga mu jishinda ja bantu bawama
Ne kutwajijila kwenda mu mashinda aoloka,+
21 Mambo baoloka bo bonkatu bakekala mu ntanda,