1 Engero gya Sulemaani okabaka wa Isirairi, omutaane wa Dawudi.
2 Engero ginu gibbeera abantu okusuna amalabuki nʼokwega,
3 Era gyegesya amalabuki agʼokukola ebintu nʼamalabuki,
4 Giwa amalabuki abo ababisi,
5 Aale abʼamalabuki bagiwulisisye, beeyongere okwega,
6 bategeere engero nʼebikobe ebyʼamakulu amainike,
7 Okutya oMusengwa, okumanya mu kutandiikira.
8 Mwana wange, owulisisyenge okulungamya kwa iteewo,
9 olwʼokubba birongoola empisagyo ngʼengule owenyumisya omutwe,
10 Mwana wange, abakola ebikole ebibbibibbi owebakusendasendanga,
11 Owebakukobanga bati, “Oize watweyimbyeku;
12 Oleke tubamalirewo nakimo ngʼamagombe owegakola abantu,
13 twetwalire ebyobusuni byabwe byonabyona,
14 Oize wena wetwegaiteku,
15 Mwana wange, tokolanga omukumbo nabo,
16 olwʼokubba tibeezizya okukola ekibbikibbi,
17 Kubba kwedambya okutega omutego,
18 Abantu abo, babba beetega niibo abananyere,
19 Kityo wekibba ku buli asuna ebintu omu bucaamu;
20 Amalabuki geeterera omu nguudo gyʼomu kibuga,
21 Gatumula maaminkirira omu mansanganira omuli obuyoga,
22 “Inywe ababisi, mwalituuca di okutaka obubisi?
23 Singa mwawulisisyanga okunenya kwange,
24 Neye olwʼokubba mwagaine okumpulisisya owenabeetere
25 olwʼokubba timwateekereyo omwoyo oku kulungamya kwange kwonakwona,
26 kale zena nalibasekerera ngʼakabbikabbi kabagwireku.
27 Ngʼakatyabaga kabagwireku ooti ikendi owa mpunga,
28 “Awo balinjeta, neye tinalibairamu;
29 Ngʼowebagaine okwega,
30 ngʼowebataikiriirye okulungamya kwange,
31 kagira balirya ebineneka ebizwa omu bikole byabwe
32 Ekyo kityo olwʼokubba obubisi bwʼababisi niibwo obubaita,
33 Neye nabuli ampulisisya yaabbangawo mwidembe,