1Sefela sa Lifela sa Solomone.
Moroetsana:
2Ak'u nkake ka molomo oa hao,
hoba rato la hao
le monate ho feta veine.
3Menkoane ea litlolo tsa hao
e nkha hamonate,
bitso la hao le ka setlolo
ha se qhatsitsoe,
hase feela baroetsana ba u lumang!
4Nkuke ke ee le uena,
re mathe 'moho,
khosi e nkise kamoreng ea eona.
Metsoalle:
Re tla lilietsa, re u nyakallele,
re rorise rato la hao ho feta veine.
Moroetsana:
Ba nepile hakaakang
ha ba u luma hakaale!
5Leha ke le motšoana,
'na ke botlenyana,
lōna barali ba Jerusalema;
ke motšoana sa tente tsa Kedare,
ke ka masira a tente ea Solomone.
6Se 'makalleng
hobane ke le motšoana;
ke motšoana tjena
hobane tsatsi le nchesitse.
Khaitseli tsa ka
li ne li ntlhoile,
tsa ntaela
ho ea tšosa masimong a morara,
nako ea ho itlhokomela
eaba kea e hloka.
7Ak'u mpolelle,
uena moratuoa oa ka,
moo khulo la mohlape oa hao
le leng teng,
moo u bothisang mohlape
oa hao teng,
ha le le hloohong tsa mengala,
esere ka fumanoa
ke ntse ke lelera,
ke u batla har'a mehlape
ea thaka tsa hao.
Mohlankana:
8Haeba u sa tsebe,
uena Seilatsatsi har'a basali,
latela mohlala oa mohlape,
potsanyane tsa hao u li fulise,
u li fulise pel'a litente tsa balisa.
9Uena moratuoa,
u ka pitse ea sethole,
e hulang kariki ea Faro ea ntoa.
10Marama a hao aa rateha
ka masale a lepeletseng,
molala oa hao
o tšoaneloa ke faha tsa mabenyane.
11Re tla u etsetsa masale a khauta,
re a khabise
ka naletsana tsa silefera.
Moroetsana:
12Ha khosi e ne e lutse lijong,
menkoane ea ka ea nkha hamonate.
13Ho 'na moratuoa
o ka mokotlana o tšetseng 'mira,
o bang fubeng sa ka
ka nako tsohle.
14Ho 'na moratuoa
o tšoana le thunthung tsa 'masa,
tse tsoang masimong a morara,
masimo a Ene-Gedi.
Mohlankana:
15U motle hakaakang,
uena moratuoa oa ka!
U motle hakaakang!
Mahlo a hao
a mapulutsoana sa maeba!
Moroetsana:
16U motle hakaakang,
uena moratuoa!
E, ruri u motle, ua rateha!
Moalo oa rōna
o ka joang bo botalana!
Mohlankana:
17Libalaka tsa ntlo ea rōna
ke tsa kedare,
maballo a eona
ke a lifate tsa molutu.