1 Amazwi enkosi uLemuweli, amazwi enhlakanipho awafundiswa ngunina:
2 Oh, ndodana yami! Oh ndodana yethumbu lami!
3 ungadlalisi amandla akho ebafazini,
4 Kakusikho kwamakhosi, bakithi Lemuweli
5 funa badakwe bakhohlwe izimiso zomthetho,
6 Phana utshwala kulabo abavele sebezifele,
7 kabanathe bakhohlwe ubuyanga babo
8 Bamele labo abehlulekayo ukuzikhulumela,
9 Khuluma njalo wahlulele ngokulunga;
10 Ngubani na ongathola umfazi olesimilo?
11 Indoda yakhe iyamthemba ngokupheleleyo
12 Uyenzela okuhle, hatshi okubi,
13 Uyakhetha kuhle iwulu lesikusha
14 Unjengemikhumbi yabathengisi,
15 Uvuka ekuseni kusesemnyama;
16 Uyayihlolisisa insimu mandulo kokuyithenga;
17 Uwubamba ngokukhuthala umsebenzi wakhe;
18 Uyananzelela ukuthi ukuthengisa kwakhe kulenzuzo,
19 Uphatha uluthi lokuphotha ngesandla sakhe
20 Welulela izandla zakhe kubayanga
21 Lapho kukhithika ungqwaqwane, kalakwesaba ngabendlu yakhe;
22 Wendlala amalembu ombheda wakhe;
23 Indoda yakhe iyahlonitshwa enkundleni
24 Uthunga izigqoko zelineni azithengise,
25 Wembethe amandla lesithunzi;
26 Ukhuluma ngenhlakanipho,
27 Unqinekela ezomuzi wakhe
28 Abantwabakhe bayambonga bathi ubusisiwe;
29 “Banengi abafazi abenza izimangaliso zobuhle,
30 Ukubukeka kuyakhohlisa, lobuhle buyaphela;
31 Kaphiwe umvuzo wobuhle abenzayo,