Nakkumu 1

¹Kuno kwe kwolesebwa Katonda kwe yalaga Nakkumu, Omwerukoosi okukwata ku bibambulira ebyali bijjira Nineeve.

²Katonda wa buggya era Mukama awalana eggwanga.

³Mukama tatera kusunguwala, ate nga wa maanyi mangi

⁴Akangavvula ennyanja n’agikaza

⁵Ensozi zikankanira mu maaso ga Katonda,

⁶Ani ayinza okuyimirira mu maaso ge ng’asunguwadde?

⁷Mukama mulungi,

⁸Naye alisaanyaawo abalabe be mu mataba amazibu,

⁹Buli kye mwekobaana okukola Mukama,

¹⁰Kubanga baliba ng’amaggwa agakwataganye,

¹¹Mu ggwe Nineeve muvuddemu omuntu

¹²Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti,

¹³Kaakano nzija kumenya ekikoligo kyabwe nkibaggyeko

¹⁴Kino Mukama ky’alagidde ekikwata ku Nineeve:

¹⁵Yimusa amaaso, tunula ku nsozi, laba,