1. Yehova M’lungu watipa chisanzo

Inde cha chikondi.

Watiwonesha njila yachikondi

M’vithu vonse vawachita,

Polola Yesu kuti atifwile;

Machimo ŵasu a khululukiwe.

Chikondi chake ni chikulu ngako;

Njila yake ni yachikondi.

2. Chikondi chasu chinkhale cha chendi

Poyenda na M’lungu.

Chutithandiza kuyavya abale,

Ŵasu wonse nthawe zonse.

Okonda M’lungu nozonda ayake

Otala wenye, ichi nchendi lini.

Tonyalanyaza vaifya ayasu.

Toŵakonda na ntima wonse.

3. Tikakonkheja Yehova Mulungu,

Sewo tikondane.

M’lungu akuti: ‘welani muwone,

nkatijano ngawo-ngawo.’

Mawu na mzimu wake watipasa;

Kuti tinkhale ŵanthu a chikondi.

Chikondi chake sewo tuchiwona,

mwa abale. M’lungu n’chikondi.