1 Ee Mlungu, mbona ukahutsupha kamare?
2 Tambukira kundi ra atuo ambaro unaro hangu kare,
3 Tsupa kahi za magandzo gaga ga hangu kare,
4 Avihao ananguruma kahi za phatupho phatakatifu
5 Akaiga mtsangi wa kuni
6 Avundza-vundza miryango ya nyumba ya kuvoya Mlungu
7 Atiya moho phatupho phatakatifu,
8 Akusudiya kuhuangamiza osi bu,
9 Tahuona ishara zehu,
10 Ee Mlungu, adui andakutseka hadi rini?
11 Mbona ukakundza mkpwonoo?
12 Hata vivyo uwe Mlungu u mfalume wehu hangu kare
13 Kpwa utawalao mkpwulu waganya bahari,
14 Uwe wabunda vitswa vya nyama mkpwulu aihwaye Leviathani
15 Uwe ndiwe uriyehumbula pula za madzi na vidzuho
16 Mutsi ni wako na usiku ni wako,
17 Ukaika miphaka yosi ya dunia,
18 Ee Mwenyezi Mlungu, tambukira vyo maaduigo gakuberavyo,
19 Usiriche uzima wa njiyao, kpwa nyama a tsakani,
20 Tambukira chilagane urichoika naswi,
21 Usiriche hinyo anaoonerwa aaibishwe,
22 Unuka udzihehere, ee Mlungu,
23 Usiyale hoyo ra maaduigo