Lwimbo wa Solomone
5 “Amiwa natwela mu bujimi bwami,+
Obewa nyenga yami kabiji musongwa wami.
Nasenda manyi a mola ne bintu byami binunka bulongo.+
Naja jipuma jami ja buki ne munzungwe;
Natoma binyu byami ne mukaka wami.”+
“Anweba balunda nami, jai!
Tomai ne kupendwa byambo bya butemwe!”+
2 “Nalaala, pano bino, muchima wami kechi walaala ne.+
Naumvwa mutemwe wami ubena kukonkonsha!”
“Nshinkwileko, obewa nyenga yami, kabiji kyefu wami,
Nkunda wami, obewa wabula kaneneno,
Mambo mutwe wami wazoba na kime,
Nsuki yami yazoba na kamfwa wa bufuku.”+
3 “‘Navuula munkukumba wami.
Nanchi nafwainwa kumuvwala jibiji nyi?
Naowa ku maulu ami.
Abya nafwainwa kwiatokolosha jikwabo nyi?’
4 Mutemwe wami waji kulekako ku kinzhilo,
Kabiji muchima wami waji kulukuta na mambo a aye.
5 Naimene kuba’mba namushinkwileko mutemwe wami;
Maboko ami azobele na manyi a mola,
Saka azunzuluka kufuma ku minwe yami,
Ne kunokela pa kya kushinkwilako kinzhilo.
6 Namushinkwijileko mutemwe wami,
Pano bino, nataaine mutemwe wami waya kala.
Kyankolele bingi* ku muchima byo ayile.*
Naubiletu kebee, bino kechi namutaaine ne.+
Namwichile, pano bino aye kechi wankumbwile ne.
7 Bakasopa bapitañenenga mu muzhi bantaaine.
Bampumine ne kunkozha.
Bakasopa basopanga nsakwa bañangachile kivwalo* kyami kya peulu.
8 Anweba banabakazhi ba mu Yelusalema, nemusashijila namba:
Inge mumutaane mutemwe wami,
Mumubuule’mba mbena kumutonga bingi.”
9 “Mutemwe wobe wawama byepi kukila bakwabo,
Obewa mwanamukazhi walamba kukila banabakazhi bakwenu?
Mutemwe wobe wawama byepi kukila bakwabo,
Kya kuba’mba witusashijilenga kuba bino?”
10 “Mutemwe wami walamba kabiji wachila;
Aye walamba kukila bantu 10,000.
11 Mutwe wanji umweka bulongo nobe ngolode, ngolode yawamisha.
Nsuki yanji imweka bulongo nobe mabuula* a bisonga epikankanya,
Yafiitatu bwii nobe kikwangala.
12 Meso anji amweka nobe a babembe baji ku tukola twa mema,
Babena kowa mu mukaka,
Baikala ku mema avula.
13 Mabuta anji aji nobe mulaala wa bichi binunka bulongo,+
Milumba ya bichi binunka bulongo.
Mivumbo yanji iji nobe maluba abena kuzunzuluka manyi a mola.+
14 Maboko anji abuluñana nobe ngolode, ye babikako mabwe a kisolite.
Jivumo janji jalezhima nobe jiino ja nzovu jo balamikapo mabwe a safila.
15 Maulu anji aji nobe mashiki o balenga na mabwe o baimika mu bitako bya ngolode yawamisha.
Umweka nobe mitumba ya Lebanoni kabiji umweka bulongo kukila bichi bya sida.+
Anweba banabakazhi ba mu Yelusalema, uno ye kyefu wami kabiji ye mutemwe wami.”