Loono lua Salomone
1 Loono* lukile buwa lua Salomone:
2 “Onfifie ku milomo na kukanua kobe,
muanda mishindo yobe ya kulesha kifulo, i buwa kukila nfinyo.
3 Mapembue a muimu oobe e buwa bukile.
Eshina diobe di’nka bu muimu wi mapembue wabadi bapongoole.
Nyi buakinyi ba nsonguakashi mbakufule.
4 Enda nami,* tusuukie lubilo.
Nfumu mmuntueshe mu tudimbo tuaye!
Tuikale na muloo na tusankie pamune.
Tutumbishe* mishindo yobe ya kulesha kifulo kukila nfinyo.
Ba nsonguakashi be na kabingilo ka kukufula.
5 Anue bana bakashi ba mu Yelusalema, ne fiita anka ne buwa,
Nka bu tushibo tua mapema tua mu Kedare, na bu tushibo
tua mapema tua Salomone.
6 Tanunshimikanga meso, muanda ne fiita,
Muanda kaanya nyi kanfiitshishe.
Bakuetu balume bekele banfiitshile munda;
Bantuula bu mulami a mafuba a nfinyo,
Anka diande efuba dia nfinyo, ntshi muidilame nya.
7 Obe ande a kifulo kikata bandanga kundungula,
Mbalo kinyi yokadishilaa lombe* lobe lua nyema,
Mu kaanya w’eyiladishaa mbalo kinyi?
Buakinyi ne kuikala bu mukashi
muipombeele kilamba* ku meso
Munkatshi mua kibumbu kia nyema ya bakuku bobe?”
8 “Obe mukashi mukile bakashi boso buwa, su t’oukanga,
Londa mu mikona ya lombe lua nyema.
Na odiishe bana ba mbushi yobe pepi na tushibo tua mapema tua balami.”
9 “Obe ande a kifulo, we’nka bu mpunda mukashi munkatshi mua
Matempu a Faraone.
10 Matama oobe ngalongame na bintu* biodi muialengieshe nabio,
Nshingo yobe ngilongame na mabue a mu nshingo.
11 Atukakukitshina bintu bia kuilengiesha nabio bia ôlo
Bilamikie kiamo kia arja.”
12 “Nsaa i nfumu mushaale ku mesa aaye a kishengu,
Malashi* ande aatusha mapembue.
13 Andi mufule e kuandi nka bu kafuko ka mire ke mapembue ebuwa,
Akalala bufuku bushima pankatshi pa mabeele ande.
14 Andi mufule e kuandi nka bu kisaasa kia bilongo bia enee
Munkatshi mua mafuba a nfinyo a Ene-gedi.”
15 “Obe ande a kifulo, we buwa biabia!
Oolo, we buwa biabia. Meso oobe e nka bu a nkudimba.”
16 “Obe ande a kifulo, we buwa biabia, na onsankisha.
Lusala luetu lui munkatshi mua mapupua a mitshi.
17 Mitandalo ya nshibo yetu ngia mitshi ya sedre,
Na makomba etu nga mitshi ya jenevriye.