1“Atĩrĩrĩ, harũrũka ũikare thĩ rũkũngũ-inĩ,
2Oya mahiga ma gĩthĩi, ũthĩe mũtu;
3Nĩũkarutwo nguo ũtigwo njaga,
4Mũkũũri witũ, Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩrĩo Rĩĩtwa rĩake,
5“Wee Mwarĩ wa andũ a Babuloni,
6Nĩkũrakara ndaarakarĩĩtio nĩ andũ akwa,
7Nawe ũkiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ngũtũũra ndĩ mũthamaki-mũndũ-wa-nja nginya tene!’
8“Na rĩrĩ, ta thikĩrĩria, wee wendete ikeno,
9Maũndũ macio meerĩ nĩmagagũkorerera o rĩmwe,
10Ũtũire wĩhokete waganu waku,
11Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mwanangĩko nĩũgagũkora,
12“Wee thiĩ na mbere na ciama ciaku cia ũgo,
13Irĩra iria ciothe ũheetwo no gũkũnogia ikũnogetie!
14Ti-itherũ, andũ acio mahaana ta itira iria itigĩtwo mũgũnda;