1. Je-ho-va o-ngwa u-ngu-ra

E-va-ve-rw’a-ri-he,

Wa u-ta e-yu-ru ne-hi,

Wa me-ma a-vi-he.

Nu a-vi-he mbi no-mui-nyo

O-ngu vi hu-pi-sa,

O-ku-tja Je-ho-va nga ta-ngwe,

Nu nga-tu mu ka-re-re.

2. Je-sus tja pa-pi-ti-si-rwe,

Mo-ngu-mbi-ro wa tja:

‘Mbe ya o-ku-ye-ne-ni-sa

Ta-te mbi ma va-nga.’

Tja pi-ti-re mu Jor-da-na

’Tjo-mu-twi-ri-si-wa,

No-nḓu-vi-ro ku Ta-te wa tja,

‘O-mba-ngo ye i tji-twe.’

3. Twe ya ko-mu-ru-ngu wo-ye,

Mu-ku-ru Je-ho-va.

Nu twe ri-su-su-pa-ri-sa,

Ko-ve twe ri-ya-ndja.

Wa ya-ndja O-mu-na wo-ye,

Ku-tja ma ṱi-r’e-ṱe.

O-ku-tja ma-tu ku ka-re-re,

Nga-ndu ko-maa-nde-ro.