¹ Ala mulumo apwiya ewale wa Yoweli, mwana a petuweli. ² Mwinweke ela, yuwo mahumo ni mwiwekenyuwo atthu otene a mulaponi.wa mwaha ela ekhumelelale wa mahiku anyu wala wa mahiku axipapenyu okhalayi? ³ Mwahimeryeke etthu ila axanenyu, vano ayo yahimeryekeke axanaya, ni axana akina anhala owa. ⁴ Mititithi sa nasopesotuphela imatta: ehiyalyaya mpalaka nasope okhura; ehiyalyawe nasope eperere tikhunre; ehiyyalyaya eperere kharipe tikhunre. ⁵ Nyuwo, anamuhapaliwa nvenye, munleke; nyuwo anamawurya evinyu, mukhuwelekeokhala wira khamunrowa-tho owurya evinyu yananano okhala wira ekumihiye wamalakuni winyu. ⁶ Okhala wira muttithiwa nasope wotuphela wa elapo aka, oweryexa ni ohalikeleya; meinno aya ari toko mainno a kharamu, ni arina manyakela a kharamu. ⁷ Owo otatuxa emattaka, khukhala othako; ohonona miritja mihokorokho, ovenya nikula naya khuhiya tjitjo; miritta-tjaya tjihalale tjottela. ⁸ Munleke nyuwo toko mwarusi owarale etjako mwaha wa wanyawe wa ekhumelo wemiravo. ⁹ Wa tjovelela wa tjithu wala tjowurya veleliherya mpani mwa pwiya; alpa a mukuttho, ni ananteko apwiya ari ni nlala. ¹⁰ Eatta tjohononeya, etthaya eri ni milala; okhala wiraetjolya tjohononiya, ni mihokorokho tja vinyu tjihum'ma, ni makhura anihalela. ¹¹ Mwikhupanyereke nyuwo alipa olima ematta, munleke, okhala wira tjolya tjorimela tjowinma mmatta tjohononeya. ¹² Miri tjotene tjanmatta tjihunma, miri tjotenetja mihokorokhotjolya khuma; timana otteliwa murima wolakatjeya eriyari ya-tthu toko mutthu uliwa muru. ¹³ Nyuwo alipa amukuttho, nmware mattapwatta munleke, nyuwo munnivarela nteko Muluku walutare wawe, mukhuweleke mpani mwa pwiya mmwarene tjothala murupeleleke ohiyu wotene munlaka okhala wira tjovelela wa tjolya ni evinyu jokumihiya mpani mwa Muluku. ¹⁴ Mulaleyeke wira atthu etthukeke; mwathukumaniheke makhulupale natthu otene mpani mwa pwiya Muluku, ni wa khuwelaka Apwiya. ¹⁵ Nihiku nlo tinowoliha nihiku na pwiya nri vakhiviru, ni hiku neno Muluku owerya ntoko namahonona. ¹⁶ Mone tjolya tjothene tjohononiwa wa eriyari wamentthoni wihu, otteliwa murima womala mpani wa pwiya mukulu-ehu? ¹⁷ Epyo tjihuntta vathi wa etthaya, makhupi kharina ethu, mipaka tjokwanyuwa; okhala wira khivo yolya. ¹⁸ Tjitjo toko inama tjohuwiya tjinamunla! Ni makoto inyompe aninpulela, okhala wira khampwanya yolya! epuri ni epwittipwitti tjinokwa etala. ¹⁹ Miyo kinokhuwelelani; okhala wira moro ohopaha malaxi owothakoni, ni malumi ahopaha miri tjothene tjo wothakono. ²⁰ Mpaka inama tjowothakoni tjinokhuwelani nyuwoni miro tja masi tjihunma, ni moro wopaha mlaxi o wothakoni.