Yobu 4 - Ebibulia 2001

Efumoro ya Mbere ( 4:1–14:22 ) Empororo ya Elifazi

¹ Aho Elifazi Omutemani amubaza ati,

² “Omuntu yakukugambira ekigambo otamwa? Kyonkai n'ohai ayakwetanga kugamba?

³ Leba, okegesa abantu bangi, kandi wagumisa n'omujege.

⁴ Eby'ogambire bimukilize amani, mara yabaama.

⁵ Nawe mbwenu na iwe wagobwa, agegumisiliza gahwa, enaku zakutera wayongobera.

⁶ Okutina Ruhanga kwawe kukugize obwesige, obwesigwa bwawe bukugize eshubi.

⁷ Mbwenu otekeleze, n'ohai ayabaire nyakatetere akashuba akasilika, anga ni nkahai mbali abahikilire baraisirwe?

⁸ Nk'okwo ndaboine, abakora kubi ebyo babiba nibyo bagesha.

⁹ Orwo Ruhanga aikya bonene basilika, orwo ekinigakye kitulika bonene basosotoka.

¹⁰ Nirwo entare ziba zitakisinda, entare eboya eba etakihulirwa iraka, n'ebyana byayo bihendeka amaino.

¹¹ Entare egira amani erambazibwa okuburwa obwite, n'ebyana by'entare enkazi bitataama.

¹² Mbwenu haliho ekigambo ekyo ngambiirwe omu kyama, nakihulira omu kahwe.

¹³ Mbali abantu baanagilira oturo otw'aha nshazi, nkarota ekiroto ky'enyahwalinga.

¹⁴ Nakwatwa obutini bungi najugumba, nachundwa kampwamu.

¹⁵ Ekizimu kikandaba aha maisho, obwoya aha mubili bwantagarara.

¹⁶ Ekizimu kyayemelera obutetengya, kyonkai tinashoboire kwekomya mishusire yakyo. Ekizimu ekyo kikanyemelera omu maisho kyesilize, aho mpulira eiraka liti,

¹⁷ ‘Omuntu nyakufa yakuba murungi ahali Ruhanga? Omuntu yakuba nyakatetere aha mutonziwe?

¹⁸ Nangu n'omu bairube talimu w'ayesiga, n'abamalaikabe nabo abakwata omushango.

¹⁹ Lero balinya abaina omubili gw'eibumba, abo emisingi yabo eli omw'itaka, ababumbano kushai abalibatwa nk'enyenje?

²⁰ Bwankya nibarora, litakatobeire basilikire, bachweka buchweka batamanyikire.

²¹ Kabahwamu omwoyo bafa, mara kisigara kili kyebisho ahali bonene.’ ”