1 Indirimbo ya Dawidi yahimbishijwe ubwenge. Ni ugusenga kwe yasengeye muri bwa buvumo.
2 Ndatakishiriza Uwiteka ijwi ryanjye,
Ndingingisha Uwiteka ijwi ryanjye.
3 Ndasuka amaganya yanjye imbere ye,
Umubabaro wanjye ndawumuvugira imbere.
4 Uko umutima wanjye ugwiriye isari muri jye,
Ni wowe umenya inzira yanjye,
Mu nzira nyuramo bantezemo umutego.
5 Reba iburyo bwanjye umenye yuko ari nta muntu umenya,
Mbuze ubuhungiro nta muntu wita ku bugingo bwanjye.
6 Uwiteka, njya ngutakira,
Nkakubwira nti “Ni wowe buhungiro bwanjye,
N’umugabane wanjye mu isi y’ababaho.”
7 Tyariza ugutwi gutaka kwanjye,
Kuko ncishijwe bugufi cyane,
Unkize abangenza kuko bandusha imbaraga.
8 Kura umutima wanjye mu nzu y’imbohe,
Kugira ngo nshime izina ryawe.
Abakiranutsi bazangota,
Kuko uzangirira neza.