1Ndiumuntu wabonyeumubabaro,
Yankubiseinkoni y'uburakari bwe.
2Yaranshoreye ancisha mu mwijima,
Atari mu mucyo.
3Niukuriyakomeje kumbanguriraukubokohato na hato,
Burinda bwira.
4Inyama yanjye n'umubiriwanjye bishajishijwe na we,
Amagufwa yanjye yarayamenaguye.
5Yanyubatseho anzingiraho indurwe n'umuruho,
6Yantuje mu mwijima nk'abapfuye kera.
7Yankubiyemu nkike kugirango ntahinguka mu irembo,
Yatumyeumunyururuwanjyeundemerera.
8Niukuriiyo mutakiye mutabaza,
Gusenga kwanjye aguhezahanze.
9Inzira zanjye yazīcishije inkike z'amabuye,
Aho nanyuragayarahagoretse.
10Amereye nk'idubu yubikiye,
Nk'intare iciye igico.
11Yayobeje inzira zanjye,
Kandi yarantanyaguye angira indushyi.
12Yamforeyeumuheto,
Angira intego y'umwambi we.
13Yatumye imyambi yo mu kirimba cye impinguranya impyiko,
14Nahindutse urw'amenyo mu bwoko bwanjye bwose,
Bangize indirimboumunsi wose.
15Yanyujujemoibisharira,
Yampagije apusinto.
16Amenyo yanjye yayahongoje amabuye,
Yandengeje ivu.
17Kandi watandukanijeubugingo bwanjye,
N'amahoro akamba kure,
Guhirwa narakwibagiwe.
18Maze ndavuga nti
“Imbaraga zanjye no kwiringira kwanjye nari mfite ku Uwiteka, birashize.”
19Ibukaumubabaro wanjye n'amakuba yanjye,
Apusinto n'indurwe.
20Ubugingo bwanjye buracyabyibuka,
Kandi burihebye.
21Iki ni cyo nibuka,
Ni byo bindemaumutima.
22Imbabazi z'Uwiteka ni zo zituma tudashiraho,
Kuko ibambe rye ritabura.
23Zihora zunguka uko bukeye,
Umuravawawe ni munini.
24Umutimawanjyeuravuga uti
“Uwiteka ni we mugabane wanjye,
Ni cyo gituma nzajya mwiringira.”
25Uwiteka abereye mwiza abamutegereje,
N'ubugingo bw'umushaka.
26Ni byiza koumuntu yiringira,
Ategereje agakiza k'Uwiteka atuje.
27Bikwiriyeumuntu kuremererwa akiriumusore.
28Yicare yiherereye kandi yihoreye,
Kuko Imana yabimushyizeho.
29Nakubiteakanwa ke mu mukungugu,
Niba hariho ibyiringiro.
30Ategereumusayaweumukubita,
Bamuhazeibitutsi,
31Kuko Uwiteka atazagira ubwo arekaumuntu iteka.
32Naho yababazaumuntu ariko azamugirira ibambe,
Nk'uko imbabazi ze nyinshi zingana.
33Kuko atanezezwa no kubabaza abantu,
Cyangwa kubatera agahinda.
34Umwami ntakunda ko banyukanyukiraimbohe zose zo mu isi,
35Cyangwa ko baciraumuntuurubanza,
Imbere y'Isumbabyose barwirengagiza.
36Kandi kugorekaurubanza rw'umuntu,
Umwami ntabyemera.
37Ni nde wahanura bikabaho,
Kandi Umwami atari weubitegetse?
38Mbese ku bushake bw'Isumbabyose,
Ntihaturukaibibi n'ibyiza?
39Umuntuukirihouhaniwe ibyaha bye,
Yakwinubiraiki se?
40Dutekereze inzira zacu tuzigenzure,
TubonekugarukiraUwiteka.
41Twerekeze imitima yacu ku Mana iri mu ijuru,
Tuyitegere n'amaboko yacu.
42“Twaracumuyekandi turagoma,
Nawe ntiwatubabarira.
43Watumiramirijehouburakari bwaweuraduhiga,
Waratwishe ntiwatubabarira.
44Wikingiye igicu,
Kugirango gusenga kwacu kudahita ngo kukugereho.
45Waduhinduye ibishishwa n'ibishingwe hagati y'amoko,
46Abanzi bacu bose baratwasamiye.
47Ubwoba n'urwobo, gusenya no kurimbuka,
Byose byatugezeho.”
48Ijisho ryanjye riratembamo imigezi y'amazi,
Ndizwa no kurimbuka k'umukobwa w'ubwoko bwanjye.
49Ijisho ryanjye ntirihwema gutembamo amariraubutitsa,
50Kugezaigihe Uwiteka azitegereza,
Akareba hasi ari mu ijuru.
51Amarira y'ijisho ryanjye yandembeje,
Mbitewe n'abakobwa bose bo mu murwa wanjye.
52Abanyangiraubusabampize cyane nk'inyoni,
53Banyiciyeubugingo mu rwobo rw'inzu y'imbohe,
Bambirinduriraho ibuye.
54Amazi yarandengeye ku mutwe,
Maze ndavuga nti “Ndapfuye.”
55Natakiye izina ryawe, Uwiteka,
Ndi mu rwobo rw'imbohe rw'ikuzimu.
56Wumviye ijwi ryanjye, ntunyimeugutwi kwawe,
Ngoutumva kunihakwanjye no gutakakwanjye.
57Umunsi nagutakiraga wanje hafi,
Uravuga uti “Witinya.”
58Ayii, Mwami,
Wamburaniyeurubanza rw'umutimawanjye,
Wacunguyeubugingo bwanjye!
59Ayii, Uwiteka,
Wabonye akarengane kanjye,
None nciraurubanza.
60Wabonye guhōra kwabo kose,
N'imigambi yabo yose bangīra.
61Wumvise ibitutsi byabo, ayii Uwiteka,
N'imigambi yabo yose bangīra,
62N'iminwa y'abahagurutswano kuntera,
N'inama zabo zose bangīraumunsiukira.
63Itegereze imyicarire yabo,
Reba imihagurukireyabo,
Bangize indirimbo.
64Ayii, Uwiteka,
Uzabiture ibihwanye n'imirimo y'amaboko yabo!
65Uzabaheumutimauhumye,
Umuvumowaweubagereho.
66Uzabakurikiraneufiteuburakari,
Kandiubarimbure ngo bashire munsi y'ijuru ry'Uwiteka.