Lwimbo wa Solomone
6 “Nanchi mutemwe wobe waya pi,
Obewa mwanamukazhi walamba kukila banabakazhi bakwenu?
Nanchi mutemwe wobe wa kuya jepi?
Twayai na kumukeba.”
2 “Mutemwe wami waya ku bujimi bwanji,
Ku milaala ya bichi binunka bulongo,
Na kufunga mikooko ku majimi awama
Ne na kusenda maluba.+
3 Amiwa yami mutemwe wanji,
Ne aye, ye wami.+
Aye ubena kufunga mikooko mu maluba.”+
4 “Obewa kyefu+ wami walambatu nobe muzhi wa Tilaza,*+
Wawamatu nobe Yelusalema,+
Ukumisha bantu byonka byo bakumya mazhita azhokoloka mabandela abo.+
5 Leka kuntala,+
Mambo ubena kundala muchima.
Nsuki yobe iji nobe bambuzhi bavula
Babena kukunkuluka kufuma ku mitumba ya Gileada.+
6 Meno obe atoka kabiji awama nobe mikooko
Yo bafumatu na kovwa,
Yonse yasema mapasa,
Kafwako nangwa umo wafwishapo mwana ne.
7 Inge wizhika kakitambala ku meso, mabuta* obe amwekatu nobe
Tubibese twa kipangwa kya mpomegulanchi.
9 Pajitu nkunda wami umo,+ wabula kaneneno.
Yenka ye batemwa bingi kwi bainanji.
Ye mwana ye batemwisha pa baana bonse.
Bansongwakazhi bamumona ne kumutakaika;
Ba muka mfumu ne bantombo nabo bamutakaika bingi.
10 ‘Ñanyi mwanamukazhi usama* nobe kyeya kya lukelo,
Umweka bulongo nobe ñondo,
Wakematu nobe kyeya kya juba,
Ukumisha bantu byonka byo bakumya mazhita azhokoloka mabandela abo?’”+
11 “Nayile mu bujimi bwa bipangwa biji na mileele+
Na kumona bintu bibena kukoma mu kimpachiko,
Na kumona umvwe miñanzañanza yasapuka,
Kabiji inge bichi bya mapomegulanchi byalala buluba.
12 Nobe mu kukopa kwa jiso,
Bintu byo nakebelenga,*
Byandengejile kukanjila makalaki a babinemanga* bami.”
13 “Bwela, bwela obewa mwina Shulema!
Bwela, bwela,
Kuba’mba tukumone!”
“Mambo ka o mubena kumutajila mwina Shulema?”+
“Aye uji nobe bipanyi* bibiji bibena kuzha!”