Mika
Badi bakuma mulumbuluishi wa Isalele ne mulangala ku ditama.+
2 Kadi wewe, Beteleheme Efelata,+
Yeye udi mutambe bukese munkatshi mua binunu* bia mu Yuda,
Kuudi nekupatuke bua bualu buanyi muntu wikala mfumu mu Isalele,+
Udi ne mbangilu wende katshia ku bikondo bia kale, katshia ku matuku a kale kale.
3 Nunku, yeye neabalekele
Too ne ku tshikondo tshidi yeye uvua ne bua kulela ulela.
Ne bana babu badi bashale nebapingane kudi bantu ba Isalele.
4 Yeye neajuke ne nealame mikoko mu bukole bua Yehowa,+
Mu bunene bua dîna dia Yehowa Nzambi wende.
5 Yeye neafile ditalala.+
Muena Ashû yeye ne bua kubuela mu buloba buetu ne kudiatakaja bibumba bietu bikolesha,+
Netumujudile balami muanda mutekete, eyowa, bakokeshi* muanda mukulu munkatshi mua bantu bua kumuluisha.
Ne yeye neatusungile kudi muena Ashû,+
Padiye ubuela mu ditunga dietu ne udiatakaja buloba buetu.
7 Bashadile ba Yakoba nebikale munkatshi mua bisamba bia bantu bia bungi
Bu lumuma lua kudi Yehowa,
Bu kumata kua mvula pa bisonsa,
Bidi kabiyi bitekemena muntu
Anyi bindila bana ba bantu.
8 Bashadile ba Yakoba nebikale munkatshi mua bisamba,
Munkatshi mua bisamba bia bungi bia bantu,
Bu ntambue munkatshi mua nyama ya muitu,
Bu muana wa ntambue* munkatshi mua bisumbu bia mikoko,
Udi upita munkatshi, udiela ne usunsulula;
Ne kakuena muntu wa kuyisungila.
9 Tshianza tshiebe netshiedibue muulu pa mutu pa baluishi bebe,
Ne bena lukuna bebe bonso nebabutudibue.”
10 “Mu dituku adi,” ke mudi Yehowa wamba,
“Nenshipe tubalu tuebe munkatshi muebe ne nembutule matempu ebe.
11 Nembutule bimenga bia mu buloba buebe
Ne nengupule miaba mikolesha yebe yonso.
12 Nentuishe malu a mupongo audi wenza* ku ndekelu,
Ne muntu nansha umue udi wenza malu a majimbu kakushala munkatshi muebe.+
13 Nembutule mpingu yebe misonga ne makunji ebe munkatshi muebe,
Ne kuakuinamina kabidi mudimu wa bianza biebe nansha.+
15 Nendisombuele ne tshiji, ne tshiji tshikole
Kudi bisamba bidi kabiyi bitumikile.”