1 Ngoye omunandjelo mokati kaakiintu,
omuholike gwoye oku uka ano peni?
Omuholike gwoye okwa yi nondjila yini,
opo tu ke mu konge pamwe nangoye?
Omufuko:
2 Omuholike gwandje okwa yi koshikunino she,
okiimpungu yiimeno hayi zi eka lya nika nawa.
Okwa ka litha miikunino nokutona oongala.
3 Omuholike gwandje ogwandje mwene,
nangame ogwe,
ogwaangoka ta litha mokati koongala dhokelundu.
Ondjimbo ontintano
Mbushiki:
4 Kanuunyalona kandje,
ngoye owo opala wa fa Tirza,
ou na oshuuluko wa fa Jerusalem
nowa tilikilila wa fa omatanga gaakwiita.
5 Pilamenitha ndje omeho goye,
oshoka otaga gwililile ndje po.
Omafufu goye oga fa oshigunda shiikombo tayi kuluka kondundu Gilead.
6 Omayego goye oga fa oshigunda shoonzi oonyali,
opo tadhi zi mendipo.
Adhihe odha vala oonkwanambwiyu,
nomokati kadho kamu na nando oyimwe yaa na okanzona.
7 Oombandu dhoye meni lyewiiwili lyoye
odha fa oombinga dhondunga yomugranati.
8 Naku kale aanyekadhi omilongo hamano
naakiintu yopooha omilongo hetatu
naadhike yaa shi kuyalulwa,
9 onguti yandje namuyelele gwandje oku ilile.
Oye epona lyayina, omuningilwa kombunda komupulumuthi gwe.
Aakadhona oye mu tala
noye mu tanga omunelago,
aanyekadhi naakiintu yopooha oye mu simaneke.
10 Olye ngoka ta holoka mpeya ongeluwa tali tende,
omwaanawalela a fa omwedhi gwa toka,
omushekesheke a fa etango
nomuyeluki ongOmulalawili.
11 Onda yi koshikunino shominkete,
ndi ka tale omwiidhi omutalala nondi koneke,
ngele omiviinu odha tsapuka
nomugranati gwa sheneka oongala.
12 Ohaluka yowala ondjuulukwe yandje
oya kuutumbike ndje momatemba gaanamadhina yoshigwana shandje.
Ookuume:
13 Galukila huka, galukila huka,
omukadhona Omushulami;
galukila huka, galukila huka
opo tu ku tongolole nawa.
Mbushiki:
Omolwashike mwa hala okutongolola Omushulami
ngaashi muudhano kuMahanaim?
Ehafo lemonafano
1 Omuholike woye okwa ya peni, oove onhemoelela mokati kovakainhu? Fye naave tu ye tu ke mu konge.
2 Omuholike wange okwa ya koshikunino shaye koimhungu yeebalsam, a ka life moikunino yaye nokutoola eenhemo domado. 3 Ame owomuholike wange, nomuholike wange owange; ou ha lifa mokati keenhemo domado.
4 Ove omuholike wange, wa wapala ngaashi Tirsa, wa wapalelela ngaashi Jerusalem, onakutilika ngaashi omatanga ovakwaita. 5 Pilamene nge osheshi omesho oye, oo haa shili nge. Eexwiki doye dokomutwe di li ngaashi oshuunda shoikombo tai koloka komhunda yaGilead. 6 Omayoo oye a fongudu yeedi deenghadi da djuuka mekoshelo, keshe imwe i nepasha, nande imwe ihe noudjona. 7 Eemhanda doye di li ngaashi ogranati ya tukulwa, tadi vema meluviluviyata loye. 8 Ovambada vohamba omilongo hamano novakainhu omilongo hetatu vopomunghulo novakainhu ovanyasha vehe shii kuvalwa, 9 ndelenee umwe aeke, onghutyona yange, omufetuki wange, ewifa laina, omuhoololwa waau e mu dala. Oukadona moku mu tala hava fimaneke elao laye, ovambada vohamba novakainhu vopomunghulo tave mu hambelele. 10 Okakadona olyelye oko taka tende ngaashi eluwa, ka wapala ngaashi ohani, taka vema ngaashi etango, onakutilika ngaashi omatanga ovakwaita?
11 Ame nda ile koshikunino shoiimati ndi ka hafele ewapalo lomefilu, ndi tale omuviinyu ngeenge tau hape, eegranati ngeenge da eta eenhemo, 12 divadiva omwenyo wange wa kaleka nge omutumba momatemba oshiwana shange sha fimana.
13 Tanauka ko, tanauka ko tu ku tale, okakadona Okasulamit! Otamu tale shike muye? Ongaau ta tanhe mokati keengudu mbali dovakwaita.