1. Ha, mutu wanga ukadakhala madzi, ndi maso anga kasupe wa misozi, kuti usana ndi usiku ndilirire ophedwa a mwana wamkazi wa anthu anga!
2. Ha, ndikadakhala ndi cigono ca anthu aulendo m'cipululu; kuti ndisiye anthu anga, ndiwacokere, pakuti onse ali acigololo msonkhano wa anthu aciwembu.
3. Ndipo apinda lilime lao ngati uta wao, liname; koma akula mphamvu m'dzikomo, koma si pacoonadi; pakuti alinkunkabe nacita zoipa, ndipo sandidziwa Ine, ati Yehova.
4. Mucenjere naye yense mnansi wace, musakhulupirire yense mbale wace; pakuti abale onse amanyenga, ndipo anansi onse adzayenda ndi maugogodi.
5. Ndipo yense adzanyenga mnansi wace, osanena coonadi; aphunzitsa lilime lao kunena zonama; nadzithodwetsa kucita zoipa.
6. Ukhala pakati pa manyengo m'manyengo; akana kundidziwa, ati Yehova.
7. Cifukwa cace atero Yehova wa makamu, Taonani, ndidzawasungunula, ndi kuwayesa, pakuti ndidzacitanji, cifukwa ca mwana wamkazi wa anthu anga?
8. Lilime lao ndi mubvi wakuphera; linena manyengo; wina anena mtendere ndi mnansi wace pakamwa pace, koma m'mtima mwace amlalira.
9. Kodi sindidzawalanga cifukwa ca izi? ati Yehova; kodi moyo wanga sudzabwezera cilango mtundu wotere?
10. Cifukwa ca mapiri ndidzagwa misozi ndi kulira, cifukwa ca mabusa a cipululu ndidzacita maliro, cifukwa apserera, kuti anthu sangathe kupitirirapo; ndiponso anthu sangathe kumva mau a ng'ombe zao; mbalame za mlengalenga ndi nyama zathawa, zapita.
11. Ndipo ndidzayesa Yerusalemu miyulu, mbuto ya ankhandwe; ndipo ndidzayesa midzi ya Yuda bwinja, lopanda wokhalamo.