Uli ndi munthukazi wa paluŵavu, yo wagadabuka-gadabuka ndi kuliya mu urwirwi wake, po waŵandika ku nyengo yake, viyo ndimu tinguŵiya ifwe chifukwa chinu, Ambuya,
Viyo reka kopa, Yakobe we, mteŵeti wangu, atiti Ambuya, chingana nkhufipa mtima, Yisraele we; pakuti ehe, ndikakutaskanga kutuwa kutali, ndi mbeu yako kutuwa ku charu cha uŵanda wawo. Yakobe wakawenga ndi kuja mu chisisi ndi kufwasa, ndipo kukaŵangavi wakumofya.
Pakuti ndavwa kuliya uli nkhwa munthukazi yo we mukupapa, kuŵaŵa nge nkhwaku yo wapapa mwana wake wa umwali, kuliya kwa ŵanthu ŵaku Zioni ŵayatuka, ŵatambaruwa manja ghawo, ŵatiti, “Owe ifwe tiyatuka paurongo pa ŵakubaya.”
Avwani, kuliya kwa ŵanthu ŵangu, kutuliya mu utali ndi mu usani wa charu: “Kumbi Ambuya mulivi mu Zioni? Kumbi karonga wake kuti we mwake cha?” “Chifukwa nchine ŵandisosomole ku kukwiya ndi ŵangoza ŵawo ŵakusemeka, ndipo ndi ŵangoza ŵawo ŵachilendo?”
Muvuchi wamu mphunu zidu ifwe tawakupakika wa Ambuya, ungutoleka mu mazenje ghako, iyo mweniyo tingumukamba, “Pasi pa chiduzi chake tikawanga wamoyo mu wamitundu.”
Munthukazi wachipapa we ndi chisungu, pakuti laza ora lake; kweni watakuti wapapa mwana, kuti wakumbuka so cha suzgu yake, chifukwa cha chimwemwe chakuti munthu wapapikiya mu charu.