1. O-pe na e-mbo le li-ka-le-ke-lwa,

Ta-li tu pe o-mbi-li ne-ha-fo.

O-la mwe-nyo-pa-le-ka “oo-na-ku-fya.”

“O-va-po-fi” la twi-ku-lu-la yo.

E-mbo e-li lo-ndi-lo O-mbii-be-li.

La sha-ngwa ko-va-ti-li-ka-lu-nga,

O-vo va li va nwe-fwa mo ko-mhe-po

I-ya-pu-ki ya dja ku-Je-ho-va.

2. Va sha-nga ko-mbi-nga ye-shi-to la-ye,

Nghee la shi-twa mo-nghe-dii-ku-mwi-fa,

Na-nghee o-ku-nyo-na kwa ho-lo-ka po,

Na-nghee O-pa-ra-di-sa ya ka-na.

No-mwee-nge-li umwe mu-ko-lo-ko-shi,

A li a tu-ku-la o-shi-bo-fa,

No-kwa e-ti-fa o-u-lu-nde ne-fyo,

Nde-le Je-ho-v’o-ta ka fi-nda-na.

 3. Ku-ne-na e-fi-mbo o-li-tu-nhu-la;

Ou-ha-mba wo-meu-lu wa di-kwa po.

O-nghee na-tu u-di-fe-ni Ou-ha-mba

No-sho yo ko-mbi-nga ye-tee-le-lo.

Ka-i fi mbe-la o-nghu-nda-na i-wa

O-yo ta-i ha-ngwa mO-mbii-be-li!

Ta-i tu pe o-mbi-li yo-ko-mwe-nyo.

O-mbii-be-li e-mo-na la-shi-li.