Yobo
7 “Muoyo wa muntu ufuafua eu pa buloba kawena bu mudimu mukole udibu benzejangana ku bukole anyi?
Ne matuku ende kaena bu a muntu udibu bangate ku mudimu anyi?+
2 Bu mupika, yeye udi ujinga dileji ne muoyo mujima;
Bu muntu udibu bangate ku mudimu, yeye udi windila difutu diende.+
3 Nunku, mbankosele ngondo ya malu a patupu,
Mbambadile matuku a butuku a dikenga.+
4 Pandi ndala panshi ndi ndikonka ne: ‘Nenjuke dîba kayi?’+
Kadi padi butuku bunengakana, ndi ndiela eku ne eku tshiyi dikisha too ne padi dituku dituadija.*
5 Mubidi wanyi mmubuikila kudi bikusu* ne dikatshi dia manyanu;+
Dikoba dianyi ndiuwule tente ne disama dia mbâmba ne tufina.+
6 Matuku anyi adi apita lubilu lupite lua mundongo wa muluki wa bilamba,+
Ne adi atua ku ndekelu kakuyi ditekemena.+
8 Dîsu didi dimmona mpindieu kadiakummona kabidi to;
Mêsu ebe neankebe, kadi tshiakuikalaku to.+
10 Kakupingana kabidi ku nzubu kuende,
Ne muaba wende kawakumumanya kabidi to.+
11 Nunku, tshiakukanda mukana muanyi to.
12 Ndi mbuu peshi nyama munene wa mu mbuu
Bua wewe kuntekela nsentedi anyi?
13 Pandi ngamba ne: ‘Kalalu kanyi nekansambe;
Bulalu buanyi nebungambuluishe bua kukepesha dikenga dianyi,’
14 Ke wewe kunkuatshisha buôwa bukole ne bilota
Ne kuntshinyisha ne bikena kumona,
15 Nunku ndi* nsungula difua tshipuidiji,
16 Ndi nkina muoyo wanyi;+ tshiena musue kushala ne muoyo to.
Undekele, bualu matuku anyi adi anu bu lupepele lua mueyelu.+
18 Bua tshinyi udi umukonkonona dinda dionso
Ne umuteta dîba dionso?+
19 Kuakumbushaku mêsu kundi
Ne kundekela mutantshi bule bukumbane bua meme kuminaku mate anyi?+
20 Bingikala muenze mpekatu, mmunyi mundi mua kukuenzela bibi, wewe Mutangidi wa bantu?+
Bua tshinyi udi mumvuije tshintu tshiebe tshia kuasa bintu?
Ndi mulue bujitu kuudi anyi?
21 Bua tshinyi kuena umbuikidilaku dishipa dianyi dia mikenji
Ne umfuila luse bua tshilema tshianyi?
Bualu, mu katupa kîpi emu nendale mu lupuishi,+
Ne neunkebe, kadi tshiakuikalaku to.”