ZEFANIYA 1 - Bible in Runyoro-Rutooro 1964 Version

¹ EKIGAMBO kya MUKAMA ekyaizire hali Zefaniya mutabani wa Kusi, mutabani wa Gedaliya, mutabani wa Amaliya, mutabani wa Hezekiya omu biro bya Yosiya mutabani wa Amoni, omukama wa Yuda.

² Ndihwerekereza kimu ebintu byona okuruga ha maiso gitaka, agambire MUKAMA.

³ Ndihwerekereza enyonyi ezomu mwanya, nencu ezomu nyanja, nenkonge hamu nababi; kandi ndimaraho abantu okuruga ha maiso gitaka, agambire MUKAMA.

⁴ Kandi ndigo'ra omukono gwange ha Yuda, na ha bona abomu Yerusalemu; kandi ndimaraho ekicweka kya Baali ekisigaireho okuruga omu kiikaro, kinu, nibara erya Abakemali hamu na banyakatagara;

⁵ Nabo abaramya ihe erya haiguru ha ruguru, yenju, nabo abakuramya, abarahi'ra MUKAMA nibarahira Malikamu;

⁶ nabo abagarukireyo enyuma okutahondera MUKAMA; nabo abataraseruire MUKAMA, nobukwakuba okumukaguza.

⁷ Culera ahali Mukama RUHANGA kimalize okuhika: baitu MUKAMA atekanize ekyonzira ayereze abagenyibe.

⁸ Kandi kirihika ha kiro ekyekyonzira kya MUKAMA, nyowe ndibonabonesa abakuru, na batabani bomukama, nabo bona abajwara ebyokujwara byabanyaihanga.

⁹ Kandi ha kiro eki ndibonabonesa abo bona abaguruka ekiti kyomulyango, abaijuza enju ya mukama wabu itima nobugobya.

¹⁰ Kandi ha kiro eki, agambire MUKAMA, halibaho iraka eryokwamuza niriruga ha irembo erencu, nokucura kuliruga ha rubaju orwakabiri, nokuhinda okukoto kuliruga ha busozi.

¹¹ Mucule, inywe abomu Makitesi, baitu abantu bona aba Kanani hahwerekerire: bona abayatwekere feza bahoireho.

¹² Kandi kirihika omu kasumi ako, nyowe ndise'ra Yerusalemu netabaza; kandi ndibonabonesa abasaija abahumuire, ebikanja byabu bigenzire hansi, abagamba ngu MUKAMA talikora ebirungi, kunu talikora ebibi.

¹³ Nitungo lyabu lirifoka eminyago, namaju gabu galifoka ebitongo: ego, balyombeka amaju, baitu tabaligaikaramu; kandi balibyara engonjo zemizabibu, kunu tibalinywa amarwa gamu.

¹⁴ Ekiro ekikuru ekya MUKAMA kiri haihi nikyanguha muno, iraka eryekiro kya MUKAMA; nuho omusaija emanzi a'ra muno.

¹⁵ Ekiro eki nikyo kiro kyekiniga, ekiro ekyobujune nekyomuhito, ekiro ekyokuhikya nekyebitongo, ekiro ekyomumuirima nekyekizima, kasira, ekiro ekyengwara nekyokurahya engoma,

¹⁶ okurwana nembuga eziroho muhuruzi, nokurwana nenkomera eziraihire.

¹⁷ Kandi ndiretera abantu omuhito, nokugenda baligenda nkabafu bamaiso, baitu bakasisira MUKAMA: nesagama yabu eriseseka nkecucu, nemibiri yabu nkobusa.

¹⁸ Nobuzakuba efeza zabu nobuzakuba ezabu zabu tizirisobora kubajuna ha kiro ekyekiniga kya MUKAMA; baitu ensi yona eryokebwa nomu'ro ogwihalirye: baitu alihikiriza empero, ego, empero eyokutinisa, eyabo bona abarukuikara omunsi.