Nsumuinu
31 Mêyi a mukalenge Lemuele, mukenji wa bujitu uvua mamuende mufile bua kumulongesha:+
2 Nkuambile tshinyi, wewe muananyi wa balume,
Nkuambile tshinyi, wewe muana wa munda muanyi,
Nkuambile tshinyi, wewe muana wa mitshipu yanyi?+
4 Lemuele wanyi, ki mbikumbane bua bakalenge,
Ki mbikumbane bua bakalenge kunuabu mvinyo
Anyi bua bamfumu kuamba ne: “Maluvu anyi adi penyi?”+
5 Bua bobu kabanu ne balua kupua mikenji muoyo
Ne kunyanga manême a bapuekele.
7 Banue ne bapue bupele buabu muoyo;
Kabavuluki kabidi ntatu yabu nansha.
8 Akuila bantu badi kabayi mua kuakula;
Akula bua manême a bonso badi bajimina.+
א [Alefe]
10 Udi mua kupeta mukaji wa tshitembu* nnganyi?+
Mushinga wende ngua bungi kupita wa mabue a koraye.*
ב [Bete]
11 Bayende udi umueyemena ne muoyo mujima,
Ne yeye kena upangila tshintu nansha tshimue tshia mushinga.
ג [Gimele]
12 Yeye udi ufuta bayende malu mimpe, kena umufuta malu mabi,
Matuku onso a muoyo wende.
ד [Dalete]
13 Udi upeta miosa ya mikoko ne line;
Udi usanka bua kuenza mudimu ne bianza biende.+
ה [He]
14 Yeye udi bu mazuwa a ngenda mushinga,+
Ulua ne biakudia biende ufuma nabi kule.
ו [Waw]
15 Yeye udi ujuka patshidi panshi pafiike,
Upesha ba mu nzubu muende biakudia
Ne upesha bena mudimu bende bakaji biabu bitupa.+
ז [Zayine]
16 Udi utuma meji ende ku budimi ne udi ubusumba;
Udi udima budimi bua tumuma tua mvinyo ku midimu yende mikole.*
ח [Hete]
ט [Tete]
18 Udi umona ne: mushinga wende udi ne makasa;
Muendu wende kawena ujima butuku.
י [Yode]
כ [Kafe]
20 Yeye udi woluela mupuekele tshianza tshiende,
Ne udi ubuluila bapele bianza biende.+
ל [Lamede]
21 Kena ne buôwa bua neje bua ba mu nzubu muende,
Bualu ba mu nzubu muende bonso mbavuale bilamba bidi bifila luya.*
מ [Meme]
22 Udi udienzela bilamba biende bia pa bulalu.
Bilamba biende mbia line ne miosa mikunzubile ya mikoko.
נ [Nune]
23 Bayende mmumanyike bimpe ku biibi bia tshimenga,+
Muaba udiye usomba munkatshi mua bakulu ba mu ditunga.
ס [Sameke]
24 Udi wenza bilamba bia line,* ubipana
Ne udi usumbisha bangenda mushinga mikaba.
ע [Ayine]
25 Mmuvuale bukole ne butumbi,
Ne udi wela meji bua matuku atshilualua muikale ne muoyo mukole.*
פ [Pe]
צ [Tesade]
27 Udi utangila mudimu wa ba mu nzubu muende,
Ne kena udia biakudia bia bufuba.+
ק [Kofe]
28 Bana bende badi bajuka ne bamujingila diakalenga;
Bayende udi ujuka, udi umutumbisha.
ר [Leshe]
29 Kudi bakaji ba tshitembu* ba bungi,
Kadi wewe, wewe udi mubapite buonso buabu.
ש [Shine]
30 Bulengele budi mua kudinga, ne buimpe bua mpala budi mua kuikala bua tshitupa tshîpi,*+
Kadi mukaji udi utshina Yehowa neatumbishibue.+
ת [Taw]