Lwimbo wa Solomone
7 “Maulu obe amweka bingi bulongo mu makwabilo,
Obewa mwanamukazhi ye banemeka!
Mambwata obe amweka bulongo nobe bya kwikobaika,
Bintu byo balenga ku sendwe wayuka bya kulengalenga.
2 Mukubi wobe umweka nobe nsanyi yafukumana.
Binyu byavwangakana bitanwengatu monka kikupu.
Jivumo jobe jimweka nobe mulumba wa wichi,
Ye bazhokoloshako maluba.
3 Mabele obe amwekatu nobe baana babiji,
Ko kuba’mba mapasa a lupaala.+
4 Nshingo yobe+ imwekatu nobe kyamba kyo bashimika na meno a banzovu.+
Moona wobe umwekatu nobe kyamba kya ku Lebanoni,
Kyatala ku Damasakasa.
5 Minchinya ya ku mutwe wobe imweka nobe mutumba wa Kamela,+
Mfumu wamongola* muchima na mambo a nsuki yobe yalepa.
6 Walamba bingi, kabiji umweka bingi bulongo,
Obewa nsongwakazhi ye natemwa kukila bintu byonse byawama!
7 Obewa walepatu nobe kichi kya bisonga,
Kabiji mabele obe ajitu nobe bizanze bya mañanzañanza.+
8 Naambile namba, ‘Nkakanjila ku kichi kya bisonga
Na kukopolako misampi iji na bipangwa.’
Mabele obe ekale nobe bizanze bya mañanzañanza,
Muya ufuma mu kanwa kobe ekale nobe bwema bwawama bwa maepo,
9 Kabiji kanwa* kobe kekale nobe binyu byawama.”
“Bipitenga bulongo mu kanwa ka mutemwe wami,
Byonka bipita binyu pa mujibu ne kulengela bantu kulaala tulo.
10 Amiwa yami kyefu wanji,+
Kabiji aye ukebesha bingi kummona.
12 Twaya tubuuke lukelokelo, tuye mu majimi a miñanzañanza
Na kumona umvwe miñanzañanza yasapuka,
Umvwe yalala buluba,+
Umvwe bichi bya mapomegulanchi byalala buluba.+
Ko ko nkakumweshesha butemwe bwami.+
Obewa mutemwe wami, nakulamina,
Bipangwa byonse bya katataka ne bya kala.