Lwimbo wa Solomone
4 “Umvwa! Obewa kyefu wami, walamba bingi.
Umvwa! Obewa walamba bingi.
Meso obe amwekatu nobe a bankunda inge wizhika kakitambala ku meso.
Nsuki yobe iji nobe bambuzhi bavula
Babena kukunkuluka kufuma ku mitumba ya Gileada.+
2 Meno obe atoka ne kuwama, amwekatu nobe mikooko yo batenda boya
Yo bafumatu na kovwa,
Yonse yasema mapasa,
Kafwako nangwa umo wafwishapo mwana ne.
3 Byatunwa byobe byachilatu nobe tonge wachijisha,
Kabiji jiwi jobe jawama bingi.
Inge wizhika kakitambala ku meso
Mabuta* obe amwekatu nobe tubibese twa kipangwa kya mpomegulanchi.
4 Nshingo yobe+ imwekatu nobe kyamba kya kwa Davida,+
Kyo bashimika na mabwe o batanchika mu mikuku mikuku
Po bakobeka makebo avula bingi,
Makebo onse anzhingwile a babiyangala.+
6 “Juba saka jalemba* ne bimvule saka byazhimañana,
Amiwa nsakuya ku mutumba wa mola
Ne ku katumbatumba kuji bintu binunka bulongo.”+
8 Musongwa wami, twaya tufume ku Lebanoni,
Twaya tufume ku Lebanoni.+
Ufume ku mutumba wa Amaana,*
Ufume ku mutumba wa Senila, ku mutumba wa Helemone,+
Ufume ku mayengo a mabokwe ne ku mitumba kuji bisumpa.
9 Wansenda muchima obewa+ nyenga yami kabiji musongwa wami,
Wansenda muchima pa kuntalatu jimo,
Wansenda muchima na jilungo jimotu ja mu nshingo yobe.
10 Butemwe bobe byo bwawamapo obewa+ nyenga yami kabiji musongwa wami!
Butemwe bobe bwawama kukila binyu,+
Ne bwema bwa manyi o wisansa bwawama kukila kintu kyonse kinunka bulongo!+
11 Ku byatunwa byobe obewa musongwa wami, kuzuuma munzungwe wa buki.+
Buki ne mukaka biji munshi ya lujimi wobe,+
Kabiji bwema bwa bivwalo byobe bumvwanyika nobe bwema bwa ku Lebanoni.
12 Nyenga yami kabiji musongwa wami uji nobe luvimba ye babika ku mashamba,
Mashamba aji mukachi ka luvimba, kabiji nobe mushima ye bazhikapo kintu.
13 Kutenkuma* kobe kuji nobe paladisa* wa mapomegulanchi
Muji bipangwa byawamisha ne bichi bya hena ne bichi binunka bulongo,
14 Bichi bya nada+ ne maluba a safulonyi, maluba a museke+ ne kinamonyi,+
Ne bichi byonse binunka bulongo, nabiji mola ne maalo,+
Pamo na bintu byonse binunka bulongo.+
15 Obewa wi bujimi butupauka mema, mushima wa mema a munyango,
Kabiji wi tukola tupita mema twafuma ku Lebanoni.+
16 Obewa luvula ufumina ku kabeta ka ku buyeke, pupanga;
Obewa luvula ufumina ku kabeta ka ku bulenge, iya.
Pupila* pa bujimi bwami.
Bintu binunka bulongo bikumbane konse konse.”
“Kyefu wami eye mu bujimi bwanji
Kuba’mba aje bipangwa byawamisha bijimo.”