Lwimbo wa Solomone
2 “Byonkatu bikala jiluba jiji mu miba
Byo biji ne mutemwe wami inge uji pa banabakazhi bakwabo.”
3 “Byonkatu bikala kichi kya maepo mu bichi bya mungye,
Byo biji ne mutemwe wami inge uji pa bansongwalume.
Nkebesha bingi kwikala mu kimfutele kyanji,
Kabiji kipangwa kyanji kyatobala bingi pa kwikija.
4 Wantwezhezhe mu nzubo* ya kijiilo,
Kabiji bantu bonse bamwene’mba wantemwa bingi.
6 Mutwe wami washakamina pa kuboko kwanji kwa kipiko,
Kabiji wankumbata na kuboko kwanji kwa kilujo.+
Kange munkanjikizhe nangwa kukolomona butemwe mwi amiwa ne, mwibuleke bukeishile bwine.+
8 Naumvwa kyefu wami ubena kwiya!
Talai! Awa wiyawa,
Ubena kukanjila pa mitumba ne kukilauka peulu ya tutumbatumba.
9 Kyefu wami uji nobe lupaala kabiji nobe mwana nsebula.+
Awa waimana mu bukonde bwa nzubo yetu,
Na kusumbila pa bipenze,
Ubena kutajila pa kyo bapikula.
10 Mutemwe wami ubena kuñambila’mba:
‘Buuka kyefu wami,
Obewa mutemwe wami walamba, lupuka twaya tuyenga.
11 Mona! Mayoo apwa.
Mvula wapwa, waleka kunoka.
12 Bichi byalala buluba mu kyalo,+
Kimye kya kukoopola bichi kyafika,+
Ne kwimba kwa katela kwaumvwanyika mu kyalo kyetu.+
13 Makuyu atanshi apya ku kichi kya mukuyu;+
Miñanzañanza yalala buluba kabiji ibena kununkila.
Buuka kyefu wami, twaya.
Obewa mutemwe wami walamba, twaya.
14 Obewa nkunda wami wikala mu mena a mu mabwe,+
Wikala mu jibwe,
Mbena kukeba kukumona ne kumvwa jiwi jobe,+
Mambo jiwi jobe jawama bingi, kabiji umweka bingi bulongo.’ ”+
15 “Tukwachilaiko balubwala,
Baana ba balubwala babena konauna majimi a miñanzañanza,
Mambo mañanzañanza etu apanga kala.”
16 “Kyefu ye wami, ne amiwa ne wanji.+