Masalamo
Kwi ntangi; pa Mutalabeni.* Lwimbo wa kwa Davida.
א [Aleph]
2 Nkasekelanga ne kusangalela mwi anweba;
Nkembanga nyimbo ya kutota jizhina jenu, anweba Mwine Wakila.+
ב [Beth]
3 Balwanyi bami byo bakaluluka,+
Baketuntula ne konaika ku meso enu.
4 Mambo anweba munchibila mambo bulongo;
Mwikala pa jitanda jenu na kuchiba mambo mu bololoke.+
ג [Gimel]
5 Mwakajipila bisaka bya bantu+ ne konauna babi,
Ne kuzhiya mazhina abo myaka ne myaka.
6 Balwanyi mwibonauna myaka ne myaka;
Mwakundawile mizhi yabo,
Kabiji kechi bakebavulukapo jibiji ne.+
ה [He]
8 Ukachibila mambo ba pano pa ntanda* mu bololoke;+
Ukachibila mambo bisaka bya bantu monka mo aolokela.+
ו [Waw]
9 Yehoba ukekala kya kufyamamo kyakosa kya bantu bo bamanyika,+
Ye kya kufyamamo kyakosa mu bimye bya malwa.+
ז [Zayin]
11 Mwimbilai Yehoba nyimbo ya kumutota, yenka wikala mu Ziona;
Buulai mitundu ya bantu+ mingilo yanji.
12 Mambo aye ushinkanya na mambo a mashi abo wibavuluka;+
Kechi ukalubako kujila kwa boba bo bamanyika ne.+
ח [Heth]
13 Anweba Yehoba, ngubilai lusa; monai boba banshikwa byo babena kummanyika,
Anweba mumbuusha kufuma ku bibelo bya lufu,+
14 Pa kuba’mba ñambe pa mingilo yenu yawama mu bibelo bya mwana wa mukazhi Ziona,+
Ne kusekela mu lupulukilo lwenu.+
ט [Teth]
15 Bisaka bya bantu byakuzukila mu kimbo kyo byapoyile;
Maulu abo afwa mu bukonde bo batele.+
16 Yehoba wayukanyikwa na mambo a bunchibamambo bwanji.+
Mubi wafwa mu kitewa kyo atele na maboko anji.+
Higeyona.* (Selah)
י [Yod]
17 Bantu babi bakaya ku Kilende,*
Ne bisaka bya bantu byonse byamuvulama Lesa.
כ [Kaph]
19 Anweba Yehoba, imanai! Kange muleke muntu ufwa emushinde ne.
Bisaka bya bantu bebichibile mambo saka mumonako.+
20 Anweba Yehoba, bobishai moyo,+
Bisaka bya bantu biyuke’mba bantutu. (Selah)