1Icyaha cya Yuda cyandikishijwe ikaramu y'icyuma n'umusyi wa yahalomu, cyandikwa ku nsika z'imitima yabo no ku mahembe yo mu bicaniro byabo.
2Ndetse n'abana babo baracyibuka ibicaniro byabo, n'ibishushanyo byabo bya Ashera byari ku mirinzi yo mu mpinga z'imisozi yose.
3Yewe wa musoziwanjye wo mu kibaya we, ibintu byawe n'ubutunzi bwawe bwose n'ingoro zawe ngiye kubitanga ho iminyago, mbahoye icyaha wakoreye mu ngabano zawe zose.
4Naweubwawe ntuzagumanaumwandu wawe nari naguhaye, nzatumaukorera ababisha bawe uri mu gihuguutazi, kukoumuriromwawakishijeuburakari bwanjyeuzahora waka iteka.
5Uku ni ko Uwiteka avuga ati “Havumweumuntu wiringira undi muntu akishima amaboko ye, mu mutimawe akimūra Uwiteka.
6Azaba ameze nk'inkokōre yo mu butayu, kandi icyiza nikiza ntazakibona, ahubwo azatura ku gasi ko mu butayu, mu gihugu cy'ubukūna kidatuwemo.
7“Hahirwaumuntu wizera Uwiteka, Uwiteka akamuberaibyiringiro.
8Kuko azahwana n'igiti cyatewe hafi y'amazi gishorera imizi mu mugezi. Ntikizatinya amapfa nacana, ahubwo ikibabi cyacyo kizahorana itoto, ntikizita ku mwaka wacanyemo amapfa kandi ntikizareka kwera imbuto zacyo.”
9Umutimaw'umuntuurusha ibintu byose gushukana, kandiufiteindwara ntiwizere gukira. Ni ndeushobora kuwumenya uko uri?
10Jye Uwiteka ni jyeurondoraumutimankawugerageza, nkituraumuntu wese ibihwanye n'inzira ze, uko imbuto ziva mu mirimo ye ziri.
11Umuntu wirundanyahoubutunzi bw'amahugu ni nk'inkware ibundikira amagi itateye. Ubwo butunzi buzamusigaagabanijemo kabiri iminsi yo kubahokwe, hanyuma azabaumupfapfa.
12Ubuturobwacu bwera n'intebe y'ubwami bw'icyubahiro, yashyizwe ejuruuhereye mbere na mbere.
13Uwiteka Byiringiro bya Isirayeli, abakwimūra bose bazakorwa n'isoni. Abanyimūra bazandikirwa mu isi kuko bimūye Uwiteka, kandi ari we sōko y'amazi y'ubugingo.
14Nkiza Uwiteka nzabona gukira,undokore nzarokoka, kuko ari wowe shimwe ryanjye.
15Dore barambaza bati “Ijambo ry'Uwiteka riri he? Ngaho nirize.”
16Ku bwanjye ntabwo nihutiyekwanga kubaumwungeriukuragiriye, kandi ntabwo nashakagakubahanuriraumunsi w'amakuba. Urabizi, ibyamvuye mu kanwa byagaragaye imbere yawe.
17We kumbera igiteyeubwoba, uriubuhungiro bwanjye ku munsi w'amakuba.
18Abandenganya bamware ariko jye ne kumwara, nibakukeumutimaariko jye ne gukukaumutima,ubazanireumunsi w'ibyago kandiubacemo ibyuho bibiri.
19Uku ni ko Uwiteka yambwiye ati “Gendauhagarare ku irembo rya rubanda, aho abami b'u Buyudabinjirira n'aho basohokera, no mu marembo yose y'i Yerusalemuubabwire uti
20‘Nimwumve ijambo ry'Uwiteka mwa bami b'u Buyudamwe, n'ab'i Buyudamwese n'abatuye i Yerusalemu mwese, abanyura muri aya marembo.’
21Uku ni ko Uwiteka avuga ati: ‘Mwirinde mutikoreraumutwaro ku munsi w'isabato, haba no kuwucisha mu marembo y'i Yerusalemu.
22Ntimugasohoreumutwaro mu mazu yanyu kuri uwo munsi kandi ntimukagireumurimowose mukora, ahubwo mujye mwezaumunsi w'isabato nk'uko nabitegetse ba sogokuruza.
23Ariko ntibarakumvira haba no gutegaamatwi, ahubwo bashinze amajosi kugirango batumvira, haba no kwemera kwigishwa.’
24“Uwiteka aravuga ngo ‘Nuko nimunyumvanaumwete, ntimugireumutwaro mucisha mu marembo y'uyu murwa ku munsi w'isabato, ahubwo mukaweza ntimugireumurimomuwukoraho,
25ni bwo abami n'ibikomangoma bari ku ngoma ya Dawidi bazinjira muri uyu murwa, bari ku magare y'intambara no ku mafarashi bo n'ibikomangoma byabo, n'abantu b'u Buyudan'abatuye i Yerusalemu, kandi uyu murwauzahoraho iteka.
26Kandi bazaturukamu miduguduy'u Buyudan'ahakikije i Yerusalemu hose no mu gihugu cy'Ababenyamini, no mu bibaya no mu misozi miremire n'ikusi, bazanye ibitambo byoswa n'ibindi bitambo n'amaturo y'ifu n'imibavu, bazanye n'ibyo gushima mu nzu y'Uwiteka.
27Ariko nimwanga kunyumvira ngo mwezeumunsi w'isabato, ahubwo mukikorera imitwaro mukayinyuza mu marembo y'i Yerusalemu kuri uwo munsi, nzakongezaumuriromu marembo yahouzatwika amanyumba y'i Yerusalemu, kandi ntabwouzazimywa.’”