1 “Atĩrĩrĩ, harũrũka ũikare thĩ rũkũngũ-inĩ,
2 Oya mahiga ma gĩthĩi, ũthĩe mũtu;
3 Nĩũkarutwo nguo ũtigwo njaga,
4 Mũkũũri witũ, Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩrĩo Rĩĩtwa rĩake,
5 “Wee Mwarĩ wa andũ a Babuloni,
6 Nĩkũrakara ndaarakarĩĩtio nĩ andũ akwa,
7 Nawe ũkiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ngũtũũra ndĩ mũthamaki-mũndũ-wa-nja nginya tene!’
8 “Na rĩrĩ, ta thikĩrĩria, wee wendete ikeno,
9 Maũndũ macio meerĩ nĩmagagũkorerera o rĩmwe,
10 Ũtũire wĩhokete waganu waku,
11 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mwanangĩko nĩũgagũkora,
12 “Wee thiĩ na mbere na ciama ciaku cia ũgo,
13 Irĩra iria ciothe ũheetwo no gũkũnogia ikũnogetie!
14 Ti-itherũ, andũ acio mahaana ta itira iria itigĩtwo mũgũnda;
15 Ũguo noguo mangĩgwĩkĩra,