¹ Alamuka, alamuka, fwala ukukosa kobe, Zioni; fwala ifyakufwala fyobe ifya bune, Yerusalemu, umusumba wa mushilo. Pantu takwakabe nakabili abashasembululwa nabakowela ukwingila muli webo. ² Inkunte ulukungu ima no kwikala, Yerusalemu; funga umunyololo mu mukoshi obe, we nkole, umwanan mwanakashi wakwa Zion. ³ Pantu ifi Yahweh efyo alanda, ''Wali shitishiwe apafye, kabili uli no kulubulwa apa bula indalama.'' ⁴ Pantu ifi efyo imfumu Yahweh alanda, mukutendeka abantu bandi, baka tentemukila mu kwikala panono mu Egypto, kabili Assyria aliba cushishe apabula umulandu wine nene. ⁵ Nomba cindo nkwete pano-uku ekulanda kwakwa Yahweh-ukumona ukuli abantu bandi basendwa apafye? Abo aba batungulula ba punya uku ekulanda kwakwa Yahweh-kabili ne shina lyandi lya twalilila ukupontelwa akasuba konse. ⁶ Eico abantu bandi bakeshba ishina lyandi; bakeshiba mulya bushiku ukuti nine nanda ati, ''Ee, nine wine!'' ⁷ Ifyo yawama pa lupili amakasa ya uleta lyashi lya bune, ubilisha umutende, uleta ilyashi lyabune ilya fintu ifya bune, ubilisha ipusukilo, ukolanda kuli Zioni, ''Lesa wenu aleteka!'' ⁸ Umfweni bakalanda wenu basansula amashiwi yabo, bonse bako yawila pamo utumpundu, pantu cila linso lyabo likamona, ukubela kwakwa Yahweh ku Zioni. ⁹ Poneni mukwimba isha nsansa pamo, mwe fibolya fya Yerusalemu; pantu Yahweh alisansamwishe abantu bakwe; ali bwelele Yerusalemu. ¹⁰ Yahweh alilengele ukuboko kwakwe ukwamushilo ukumoneka ku nko shonse; isonde lyonse likomona ukupususha kwakwa Lesa wesu. ¹¹ Kabuyeni, kabuyeni, fumeni kulya; mwiikata conse ica kowele; fumeni pakati kakwe; isangululeni, imwe mwebasenda ifipe fya kwa Yahweh. ¹² Pantu tamwakafume mu lubilo, nangula ukuya mukufulumuka; pantu Yahweh akaba pantashi yenu; kabili Lesa wakwa Israeli eukaba kalinda wenu panuma. ¹³ Moneni, umubomfi wandi akaba uwamano; akaba pamulu no kusumbulwa, kabili aka sansabikwa. ¹⁴ Ngefyo abengi bamipapile- icinso cakwe chalyonaike ukucila umuntu onse, kabili ne mimonekele yakwe tayamoneke nga conse ica buta. ¹⁵ Nangu cingabe fyo, umubomfi wandi akalenge nko ishingi, ukupapa ne shamfumu shikekata pa tunwa twashiko pa mulandu wakwe. Pafyo bashatala ababebako, bakamona, kabili napafyo tabaumfwapo, bakomfwa.