1. Ndinati mumtima mwanga, Tiyetu, ndikuyese ndi cimwemwe; tapenya tsono zabwino; ndipo taona, icinso ndi cabe.
2. Ndinati, Kuseka ndi misala; ndi cimwemwe kodi cicita ciani?
3. Ndinafuna mumtima mwanga kusangalatsa thupi langa ndi vinyo, mtima wanga ulikunditsogolera mwanzeru, ndi kugwira utsiru, kuti ndizindikire cabwinoco ca ana a anthu nciani cimene azicicita pansi pa thambo masiku onse a moyo wao.
4. Ndinadzipangira zazikuru; ndinadzimangira nyumba; ndi kunka mipesa;
5. ndinakonza mphanie ndi minda yanga, ndi kuokamo mitengo ya zipatso za mitundu mitundu;
6. ndinadzipangira ndekha matamanda a madzi akuthirira madzi m'nkhalango momeramo mitengo;
7. ndinadzitengera akapolo ndi adzakazi, ndinali ndi akapolo anabadwa kwanga; ndinalemeranso pokhala nazo zoweta zazikuru ndi zazing'ono kupambana onse anakhala m'Yerusalemu ndisanabadwe ine;
8. ndinakundikanso siliva ndi golidi ndi cuma ca mafumu ndi madera a dziko; ndinaitanitsa amuna ndi akazi akuyimba ndi zokondweretsazo za ana a anthu, ndizo zoyimbira za mitundu mitundu.
9. Ndinakula cikulire kupambana onse anali m'Yerusalemu ndisanabadwe ine; ndipo nzeru yanganso inakhala nanebe.
10. Ndipo ciri conse maso anga anacifuna sindinawamana; sindinakaniza mtima wanga cimwemwe ciri conse pakuti mtima wanga unakondwera ndi nchito zanga zonse; gawo langa la m'nchito zanga zonse ndi limeneli.
11. Pamenepo ndinayang'ana zonse manja anga anazipanga, ndi nchito zonse ndinasauka pozigwira; ndipo taona, zonse zinali zacabecabe ndi kungosautsa mtima, ndipo kunalibe phindu kunja kuno.
12. Ndipo ndinatembenuka kukayang'ana nzeru ndi misala ndi utsiru; pakuti yemwe angotsata mfumu angacite ciani? Si comwe cinacitidwa kale.
13. Pamenepo ndinazindikira kuti nzeru ipambana utsiru kwambiri, monga kuunika kupambana mdima.
14. Wanzeru maso ace ali m'mutu wace, koma citsiru ciyenda mumdima; ndipo nanenso ndinazindikira kuti comwe ciwagwera onsewo ndi cimodzi.