1. Ngo-mu tu-na ku-li-ko-rai-ka

Mo-ku-ka-re-ra Je-ho-va (Ho-mpa),

E-ha-ro no-u-u-mwe we-tu

A-yo (he-na) ta-yi nko-ndo-pa-ra (nke-nye a-pa).

A-no e-ha-ro lyo-si-u-mbya (se-tu)

A-lyo (he-na) ku-tu-pa mu-ku-mo (o-se).

Mbu-nga-kri-ste a-zo u-va-ndo,

Tu gwa-ne mo e-po-pe-ro.

2. No-nka-ngo nye do-no-nto-va-ra

A-do ku-tu-he-nga-gwi-da (si-li).

O-se ku-di-zu-vha nke-ny’a-pa

Kwa-va (a-va) va ka-ra mo-mbu-nga (za-Ka-ru-nga).

A-yo ya wa-pa ku-ru-ga-na (ku-mwe)

Na-va (a-va) va tu-ra e-pu-ro (mwe-ndi).

Ta-tu va-te-re wo-mo-mbu-nga

Va si-mbe mu-di-go gwa-wo.

3. Ngo-mu e-zu-va lya-Je-ho-va

Li-na ku-he-de-ra pe-pi. (Nge-si)

Ta-tu he-pa ku-po-nga ku-mwe,

Twa ha (o-se) zu-mbe-ni yi-go-ngi (yo-mo-mbu-nga).

Nga-no tu ka-re-re na-ru-nye (yi-lye?)

Ho-mpa (gwe-tu) o-se mo-u-u-mwe (we-tu)

Yi-po tu li-ko-ra-nge-de-ni

Tu mu li-mbu-ru-kwe Ho-mpa.