Yoba
16 Yoba walondolola kanena’mba:
2 “Kendi mwivwane kala bintu bivule pamo bwa byabyo.
Banwe bonso mwi basengi ba kukambakanya!+
3 Le binenwa bya bitupu* bidi na mfulo?
I bika byakulengeja ulondolole nankyo?
4 Ami nami nadi mbwanya kwisamba momwisambila’mo.
5 Ino, nadi wa kwimukomeja na binenwa bya kyakanwa kyami,
Kadi busengi bwa milomo yami bwadi bwa kwimwikadija biyampe.+
6 Shi nesambe, misanshi yami keikapupo,+
Kadi shi naleka kwisamba, le misanshi yami ikatyepa namani?
8 Abe nobe ubaunkwata, kadi kibaikala bu kamoni,
Amba kinyano kyami kimane ne kutūla bukamoni ku mpala yami.
9 Bulobo bwandi bubansasamuna bipindibipindi, kadi undamīne kīji.+
Unshenkenyenya meno.
Walwana nami wansabakanya na meso andi.+
10 Abaungasamina kyakanwa kyabo bininge,+
Kadi abakupila matama ami na kibengo;
Abebunge kibumbo kikatampe kulwa nami.+
11 Leza waumpāna ku banuke bana-balume,
Kadi waungela mu makasa a babi.+
12 Nadi neshikatyile talala, ino aye wantyumuna;+
Waunkwata mwikoshi ne kumvingakanya;
Penepa wauntūla bu kitōndo kyandi.
13 Bedi bandi ba miketo banjokolokele;+
Usabakanyanga mfyo yami+ ne kwivwana lusa kwine mpika;
Upungulwilanga nsamba-bululu wami panshi.
14 Untubulanga bipunzubipunzu;
Wiyanga lubilo kondi pamo bwa muntu wa bulwi.
16 Mpala yami ibatyile na kudila,+
Kadi pa bikopelo byami padi munjiñininya mukatampe,*
17 Nansha maboko ami byokealongelepo kibi
Kadi milombelo yami itōka tō.
18 Yō, a ntanda, kokapūta mashi ami!+
Kadi kudila kwami kekwakikala na kifuko kya kukōkolokwa!
19 Ne pano pene, kamoni kami kadi mūlu;
Yewa ubwanya kuntūdila bukamoni udi peulu.
21 Muntu umo atyibe mambo pa bukata bwa muntu ne Leza,
Enka mutyibilanga muntu mambo pa bukata bwa muntu ne muntu mukwabo.+