1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,   2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
21Tshihulwane ndi a ni ṱuṱuwedza ndi ri: dzulani ni tshi humbela Mudzimu, ni mu rabele, ni rabelele na vhaṅwe, ni mu livhuhe, ni tshi itela vhathu vhoṱhe, 2na mahosi na vhahulwane vhoṱhe, uri ri tshile ho dzika, ḽo lala, hu tshi huliswa Mudzimu, ha tshilwa nga u ḓifara zwavhuḓi.