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8 Ou Mbilindande+ watuka mu Suwaa,+ ati:
2 “Mopopi ngootyo mukwe atee-pi?+
Onondaka mbove mbulinga vala ngomphepo onene ipuka!
3 Okuti Huku upengesa alingi onya?
Okuti Huku Uvila Atyiho utyopola etyi tyaviuka?
4 Ine ovana vove valinga onkhali kwe opo vemunumanesa,
Otyo eveyekela vaipawe, okwehetavela kwavo kweveipaesa.*
5 Ine ove wahatekelele ku Huku ulipopie kwe,+
Olifefe ko Wokuvila Atyiho omwiiti ekukwateseko,
6 Ine ove tyili umusukuki, ulinga umwe evi viaviuka,+
Ñgeno wekwiiva esuku noove,*
Ñgeno wekukondola kouwa, ekupake apa ove mwene uhiwa.
7 Namphila ponthyimbi wamwene-le apa ulifwe,
Mahi ñgeno pahe wakala omunthu utiwa oyou.+
8 Nkhele mphulile-vo vala kovakulu-kulu,
Tehelela umwe nawa ovipuka ovakulu vavo vamwene-mwene.+
9 Onthwe twatyitwa vala mongulo apa, tutupu etyi twii,
Ononthiki mbomwenyo wetu kombanda yohi, mbafwa vala okahi.
10 Okuti ovo havo mavekulongesa?
Okuti havo mavekupopila etyi vei?*
11 Okuti onole ikulila apa pahakene omeva?
Okuti omanyenga ekulila apa pehena omeva?
12 Ovifo ovio vikukuta kavisete-ale, vikukuta umwe tyahatukulilwe,
Ovio vitetekela okukukuta kovifo ovikwavo aviho.
13 Ovanthu vokulimbwa ku Huku ongootyo vakala,*
Omunthu wokwehetavela* Huku, etyi akevela katyikaenda nawa.
14 Apa ayumba onthumbi, kapesilivila,
Apa apamena kapakolele, palinga vala ngolwauvi.*
15 Mekeliyeka mondywo yae, ngwe aitoko-po.
Makahetekela okukwatelela-mo, ngwe aivu-po.
16 Omunthu oo wafwa otyifo tyatalala umwe mahi tyili momutenya,
Otyifo tyahanduka, tyamana-po otyitaka atyiho.+
17 Omii viatyo vilipondaila monthumbo yomamanya.
Utaindya ondywo pokati komamanya.*
20 Mwene-mwene Huku kaanye vana vakakatela motyili,*
Tupu kakwatesako* onondingavivi.
21 Mahi ove, nkhele mekekuyolesa, mokepwila nokuyola,
Omulungu wove maukahambukwa aukakwiilila.
22 Vokukuyele, mavakakunda umwe avekepwila-mo,
Eli ekaka lionondingavivi, kamalikakala-ko vali.”