¹ Bukeni, bukeni fwaleni ubukosa Sioni, fwaleni insalu sheni ishisuma Yerusalemu, umusumba wa mushilo; pantu ta kwa kabweshepo aba shase mbululwa nangu aba fiko ukwingilila muli iwe. ² Inkunte we mwine ukufuma mu lukungu imano kwikala, Yerusalemu; fula umunyololo wa cela uku fuma mu mukoshi obe, we wakukokwa, umwana mwanakashi wa kwa Sione. ³ Pantu mfi ifyo Yawe asoso, ''Wali shitishiwa apa fye, elo uli no kubulwa ukwa bula indalama.'' ⁴ Pantu nifi ifyo shikulu Yawe asosa, mu kutendeka abantu bandi balilentemukile pa kashita kanono ku Egupto na Asuri ali bacitile ulumanimani pa kubula umulandu uusuma. ⁵ Nomba fnshi ifyo kuli nebo ukuba kuno uku ekala nda kwa kwa Yawe ukumo ukuti abantu bandi ba sendwa apabula akantu? Pa ba bateka babebaula uku ekulanda kwakwa Yawe ne shina lyandi lya Lesa lulwa ukutwalilila shonse nshiku. ⁶ Eico abantu bandi bali nokwishiba ishina lyandi; bali no kwishiba muli bulya bushiku ukutila ni nebo na sosa, ''Ee, nine wine!'' ⁷ Ifyo cawama palupili makasa ya ukusenda ukoleto imbila nsuma, ukolanda umutende, uulenga ku mfwa, uukabila ipusukilo, uko sosa kukli sione, Lesa obe eleteka!'' ⁸ Umfweni aba ku mulonda ba kobilileisha ama shiwi yabo, pamo bakobilikisha nsansa, pantu bali no ku mona, ilinso lyonse ilyonse, Yawe uku bwelela ku Sione. ⁹ Pongomokeni mu nsansa iishingukwi mbilo capamo, mwe ncende sha konaika Yerusalmeu; pantu Yawe ali talalike abantu bakwe; alilubwile Yerusalemu. ¹⁰ Yawe na lenga nkuboko bwakwe ukwa mushilo mu menso ifyalo fyonse, Isonde lyonse bali no kumona ipusukilo lya kwa Lesa wesu. ¹¹ Ikaleni ikaleni kabiyeni ukufuma kuylya mwi itata icabusali cisheni ukufuma pakati kabo isangululeni mwebene, mwebo abasenda ifipe fya kwa Yawe. ¹² Pantu mwebo tamuli nokukuya mu kwa ngufyanya nangula ukulya mukufulumuka; pantu Yawe akoya ifyo mwebo tamulaya, na Lesa wa kwa Isreali ali no kuba uku mucingilila kunuma. ¹³ Mona umubomfi wandi ali no kubomba ukwa mano; ali nokuba pa mulu no ku sumbulwa elo ali no ku sansanisha. ¹⁴ Ifyo abengi bali abakumupapa ena ukumoneka kwakwe takwali ukwa kwibikwa ukucila na pa muntunse, ne cata cakwe ta camoneke ngo umusango wa muntu. ¹⁵ Nangula cingaba ifi umu bomfi bandi akalenga ifyalo ifingi ne sha mfumu shikesala utunwa fwabo pa mulandu ena. Pantubakamona ifyo ba shashimikilwa, shi kamona, na pali ico ba shatalile ukumfwa, bali no kumfwa.