1 Ebikwata ku Mowaabu:
2 Mowaabu taddeyo kutenderezebwa;
3 Muwulirize emiranga egiva e Kolonayimu,
4 Mowaabu alimenyebwa;
5 Bakwata ekkubo erigenda e Lukisi,
6 Mudduke! Muwonye obulamu bwammwe;
7 Kubanga mwesiga ebikolwa byammwe n’obugagga bwammwe,
8 Omuzikiriza alirumba buli kibuga,
9 Muwe Mowaabu ebiwaawaatiro abuuke agende
10 “Akolimirwe oyo agayaalira omulimu gwa Mukama Katonda.
11 “Mowaabu abadde mirembe okuva mu buvubuka bwe,
12 Naye ennaku zijja,”
13 Awo Mowaabu alikwatibwa ensonyi olwa Kemosi,
14 “Oyinza otya okugamba nti, ‘Tuli balwanyi,
15 Mowaabu alizindibwa n’ebibuga bye ne bizikirizibwa;
16 “Okugwa kwa Mowaabu kusembedde;
17 Mumubeesebeese mwenna abamwetoolodde,
18 “Mukke muve mu kitiibwa kyammwe
19 Muyimirire ku luguudo mulabe,
20 Mowaabu aswadde kubanga amenyesemenyese.
21 Okusala omusango kutuuse mu nsi ey’ensenyi
22 ne ku Diboni, ne ku Nebo ne ku Besudibulasayimu,
23 ne ku Kiriyasayimu ne ku Besugamuli ne ku Besumyoni;
24 ne ku Keriyoosi ne ku Bozula
25 Ejjembe lya Mowaabu lisaliddwako,
26 “Mumutamiize;
27 Isirayiri tewagisekereranga?
28 Muve mu bibuga byammwe mubeere mu njazi,
29 “Tuwulidde amalala ga Mowaabu
30 Mmanyi obusungu bwe obutaliimu,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda,
31 Noolwekyo nkaabirira Mowaabu,
32 Nkukaabira ggwe amaziga, nga Yazeri bw’akaaba,
33 Essanyu n’okujaguza biggiddwa ku nnimiro
34 “Amaloboozi g’okukaaba kwabwe galinnye
35 Ndiggyawo
36 “Noolwekyo omutima gwange gukaabira Mowaabu ng’endere;
37 Buli mutwe mumwe
38 Ku buli kasolya ka nnyumba e Mowaabu
39 “Ng’amenyeddwamenyeddwa! Nga bakaaba!
40 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda nti:
41 Ebibuga birikwatibwa
42 Mowaabu alizikirizibwa,
43 Entiisa n’obunnya n’omutego bibalindiridde,
44 “Buli alidduka entiisa
45 “Mu kisiikirize kya Kesuboni,
46 Zikusanze ggwe, Mowaabu.
47 “Ndikomyawo nate obugagga bwa Mowaabu