3 Po mzimu wangu wagongowa, imwe muziŵa nthowa yangu. Munthowa mo nditenda ŵandibisiyamo chiŵana.
Ndivikiriyeni ku viŵana vyo ŵakundithya ku vikhwiriki vya ŵakuchita utimbanizi.
Ŵanthu ŵakujikuzga ŵandithyiya chiŵana; ŵatandika chirepa cha ukonde ndipo mu nthowa yose ŵathya viŵana kuti ndiwiremo.
Kuliya kuvwike kutuwa ku nyumba zawo muchitole ŵachivwamba kwamabuchibuchi pakuwo! Pakuti ŵakumba mbuna yakuti ndiwemo, ndipo ŵathyiya marundi ghangu viŵana.
Viyo mzimu wangu wavuka mukati mwangu; mtima wangu watenthemeskeka.
kutuliya ku chigoti cha panu pasi ndidana kwaku imwe, penipo mtima wangu wavuka. Ndirongozgeni ine, ku jarawi lo nditali kwakuruska ine;
Ndipupikiya pasi nge mbuteka wakumira; chirghoko cha vyakurgha chawala.
Ndighanaghana ndi Chiuta, ndipo nditamantha; ndirunguruka, ndipo mzimu wangu ugongowa.
Ŵamangana pamoza, ŵabisama, ŵathowa mendedu ghangu. Nge ndimo ŵakhazgiya umoyo wangu,
Mundisowo mu chirepa cho chabisika, chifukwa ndimwe chakudingang'omo changu.
Ndapungulika nge ndi maji, ndipo vyagweduka vyose viwanga vyangu; mtima wangu waŵa nge ndi phura, wasongonoka mukati mu chifuŵa changu;
pakuti Ambuya aziŵa nthowa ya ŵakurunjika kweni nthowa ya ŵaheni yisoŵenge.
Kweni waziŵa nthowa yo nditendamo; po watindesa, nkhaŵanga nge ndi golide.
Penipo ŵaFarisi ŵanguruta ndipo ŵangupangana upu, mo ŵangamkole mu mazu.
Asani imwe mungayesa mtima wangu, asani mungachezga nane ndi usiku, asani mungandipima, kuti mukasaniyangamo uheni cha mwaku ine; mlomo wangu kuti ulakwa cha.
Ŵanthu ŵenge nkhamuvuchi ka waka, ŵanthu ŵa Charu ichi ŵalivi kuzirwa, pakuŵapima pa mweso ŵapepuka, mbapepu kwakuruska ka mvuchi.
Avwani kuromba kwangu Ambuya; nkhuta yangu yize kwaku imwe!
Yuka bongonga ndi usiku, pakwamba kwa chitulu! Dira mtima wako uli ndi maji paurongo pa Ambuya! Soske kwawo manja ghako chifukwa cha maumoyo gha ŵana ŵako ŵeniwo ŵalakatuka chifukwa cha nja pa kwamba kwa gurwi yose.