When he prepared the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep, when he established the clouds above, when he strengthened the fountains of the deep, when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters would not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside him as a master craftsman; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in his inhabited world, and my delight was with the sons of men.
Musi ndi tshi vala ḽiṱaḓulu mvula ya si tsha na, kana nda ruma magerere a ḓa a ḽa zwimela masimuni, kana nda ḓisela vhathu vhanga dwadze, 14arali vhathu vhanga vhane vha vhidzwa nga dzina ḽanga vha ḓiṱukufhadza, vha rabela, vha ṱoḓa tshifhaṱuwo tshanga, vha laṱa vhuvhi havho, zwenezwo ndi ḓo zwi pfa ndi ṱaḓulu, nda vha hangwela vhutshinyi havho, nda fhodza shango ḽavho.