1 Higa ni maneno ga Lemueli, mfalume wa Masa, mashauri arigofundzwa ni nine.
2 Nkuambireni, mwanangu?
3 Usimale mkpwotseo na achetu,
4 Taifwaha afalume kunwa uchi, Lemueli, taifwaha,
5 Sedze akalewa na akayala shariya
6 Muphe uchi mutu ambaye ana shida nyinji
7 Na alewe aphahe kuyala uchiya wao
8 Ela uwe, gomba kpwa niaba ya atu asioweza kugomba
9 Gomba kpwa niaba yao na uamule malau gao na haki
10 Mchetu wa tabiya nono, ni ani awezaye kumphaha?
11 Nkukuluphirwa ni mlumewe
12 Nkumuhendera mlumewe manono
13 Nkuendza nyoya za mangʼondzi na katani
14 Anaigana na meli za bishara,
15 Tsona nkulamuka chiti cha ngutu,
16 Nkufwahirwa ni munda akaugula,
17 A tayari kuhenda kazi kpwa nguvu,
18 Anamanya kukala shuulize zina fwaida,
19 Nkuphalaza nyuzi na mikonoye mwenye,
20 Nkuapha vitu achiya,
21 Kaogopha likarare ra umande,
22 Nkudzitengezera tandiko,
23 Mlumewe ni mutu mashuhuri mabarazani,
24 Mchetu hiye nkutengeza nguwo akaziguza,
25 Nkutogolwa kpwa mkpwotsewe na ishimaze,
26 Agombapho manenoge gana ikima
27 Nkuchunguza kpwa makini mambo gosi gahendekago mwakpwe nyumbani,
28 Anae nkuunuka na kumshukuru
29 “Achetu anji nkuhenda mambo ga ajabu,
30 Urembo unachenga, na uzuri wa uso nkusira,
31 Naariphiwe kulengana na kazi za mikonoye,