1 Imwe Chawuta, ntima wangu um'bzikuza lini, maso yangu yali lini padzulu; Nintoleka lini ntima nabzinthu bzikulu, panango bzin'dabwisa kwene-kwene kwayine.
Uyo anfudza mwanzake kabisila, nin'zacheneka. Munthu am'bzikuza, wantima wakubzidumbiza, nin'nyantsiwa naye.
Ndidasekelela paadati kwayine, “Tiyendeni kunyumba ya Chawuta!”
Ninga Chawuta akhali lini kumbali kwathu, lekani Izraeli ilewe kuti,
Wonani! Nkukoma tani nakukondwesa tani, abale achikhala pabodzi mwakubvana.
Kudziwa kwakutenepa kunin'dabwisisa kwene-kwene, nkwapadzulu ninkwanisa lini kukuwona.