1Yobu aherako arasubizaati
2“Ayii, iyabaumubabaro wanjye washobora kugerwa,
N'ibyago byose bigashyirwa ku bipimo!
3Kuko byarushaumusenyi wo mu nyanja kuremera,
Ni cyo cyatumye nihutirakuvuga.
4Erega imyambi y'Isumbabyose yarampinguranije,
Ubugingo bwanjye bukanywaubumarabwayo,
Ibiteyeubwoba by'Imana bingererejeho.
5Mbese imparage yivuga irisha?
Cyangwa inka yabira iri mu rwuri?
6Mbese ikidafiteuburyohe cyaribwa badashyizemoumunyu?
Cyangwa mu murenda w'igi harimouburyohe?
7Umutimawanjye wanga kubikoraho,
Bimbera nk'ibyokurya bitera ishozi.
8“Icyampa nkabona icyo nsaba,
Imana ikampa icyo nifuza.
9Niukugirango yemere kumpondagura,
Ikarekaukubokokwayo kukampuhura.
10Ubwo mba ngifite ikimpumuriza,
Ndetse mba nishimiye imibabaro idatuza,
Kuko ntahakanye amagambo y'Uwera.
11Gukomera kwanjye ni iki, kugirango ntegereze?
N'iherezo ryanjye ni iki, kugirango nihangane?
12Mbese gukomera kwanjye ni nk'ukw'amabuye?
Cyangwaumubiriwanjye niumuringa?
13Ntimuzi ko jyewe muri jye hatarimo ikintabara,
Kandi agakiza kambereye kure?
14Urembye akareka kubahaIsumbabyose,
Akwiriye kubabarirwa n'incuti ye.
15Abo tuva inda imwe barariganije,
Bameze nko mu isuri y'inkamīra itemba igashira.
16Aho barafu yirabuza,
Ishelegi ikihisha,
17Iyo hasusurutse birashira,
Ubushyuhe bwaza bigashonga.
18Itara ry'abagenzi ryanyuragamuri iyo nzira rirateshuka,
Bazamukiramu butayubakahagwa.
19Amatara y'ab'i Tema yarindiriye,
Amatara y'ab'i Sheba yarabategerezaga.
20Bakojejwe isoni n'uko biringiye,
Barahageze bariheba.
21Noneho nta cyo mumaze.
Mubonye ibiteyeubwoba muratinya.
22Mbese nigeze kuvuganti
‘Nimugireicyo mumpa’?
Cyangwa nti ‘Nimungirireubuntu mu byo mutunze’?
23Cyangwa nti
‘Mundokore mumvane mu maboko y'umwanzi’?
Cyangwa nti
‘Nimunkize mumvane mu maboko y'abarenganya’?
24“Nimunyigishe nicecekere,
Mumenyeshe ibyo nafuditse.
25Amagambo y'ukuriagira ingingo zikomeye,
Ariko impaka zanyu zirampana iki?
26Mbese murashaka guhinyura amagambo,
Ubwo ibyouwihebye avuze bimeze nk'umuyaga?
27Niukurimwafindira impfubyi,
N'incuti yanyu mwayigura.
28Noneho ndabinginze nimunyitegereze,
Niukurisinavugiraibinyoma imbere yanyu.
29Nimuhindukirendabinginze mwe gukiranirwa,
Niukurinimuhindukire,
urubanza rwanjye ni urw'ukuri.
30Mbeseururimirwanjye rurihogukiranirwa?
Akanwa kanjye ntikazi gutandukanya iby'igomwa?