Engero 1

¹Engero za Sulemaani, mutabani wa Dawudi, kabaka wa Isirayiri.

²Yaziwandiika okuyigiriza abantu okuba n’amagezi n’okuyiga,

³Sulemaani yayagala abantu okuba n’empisa, n’obulamu obw’amagezi,

⁴okuyigiriza amagezi abatalina bumanyirivu,

⁵N’abantu ab’amagezi nabo bwe bawulira beeyongere okuyiga

⁶Era engero zino zaawandiikibwa okutegeera engero,

⁷Kale mu kutya Mukama amagezi mwe gasookera,

⁸Mwana wange ossangayo omwoyo eri ebiragiro bya kitaawo,

⁹bijja kuba ngule eneeweesanga omutwe gwo ekitiibwa,

¹⁰Mwana wange abakozi b’ebibi bwe bakusendasendanga,

¹¹Bwe bakugambanga nti, “Tugende ffenna twesanyuse,

¹²ng’entaana bw’emira abantu, naffe tubamire tutyo nga bakyali balamu,

¹³nga twefunira eby’obugagga bye tutakoleredde,

¹⁴ng’ababi batuyita tubeegatteko,

¹⁵Mwana wange totambuliranga wamu nabo,

¹⁶Kubanga ebigere byabwe bidduka bunnambiro okukola ebibi,

¹⁷Nga kuba kumala biseera okutega omutego,

¹⁸naye abantu ng’abo baba beetega bokka,

¹⁹Bwe lityo bwe libeera ekkubo lya buli muntu anoonya okugaggawalira mu bukyamu.

²⁰Amagezi galeekaanira waggulu mu nguudo;

²¹Ne galeekaanira waggulu, mu kifo enguudo ennene we zisisinkanira,

²²Mulituusa ddi mmwe ab’amagezi amatono obutayagala kweyongera kuyiga by’amagezi,

²³Kale singa muwuliriza okunenya kwange,

²⁴Kubanga na bayita ne mugaana okuwuliriza,

²⁵era ne mutafaayo ku magezi ge nabawa,

²⁶kale nange ndibasekerera nga muli mu nnaku,

²⁷Entiisa bw’eribajjira ng’omuyaga omungi,

²⁸kale balinkoowoola, naye siriyitaba;

²⁹Kubanga baakyawa okuyigirizibwa, n’okumanya,

³⁰Ne bagaana okuwuliriza amagezi gange;

³¹Kyebaliva balya ebibala eby’ekkubo lyabwe ebbi,

³²Obusirusiru bulitta ab’amagezi amatono

³³naye buli ampuliriza anaabeeranga mirembe,