Enfumu 4 - EKITABO EKIRIKWERA BAIBULI N'EBITABO EBY'OMUBONANO APOKURUFA/DYUTROKANONIKO

¹ Baana bangye, muhurire ebi shoimwe arikubahabura, mubiteho omutima, mubone kwetegyereza gye.

² Ahabw'okuba ebi ndikubahabura ni birungi; mutanga ebi ndikubeegyesa.

³ Obu naabaire nkiri omwana, nyine tata, ndi muto, omwana omwe nyamunegyere omu maisho ga maawe,

⁴ tata akaanyegyesa, naagira ati: Ebigambo byangye obigumye aha mutima gwawe, orinde ebiragiro byangye, kandi otungye amagara;

⁵ oteebwa, kandi otateishuka aha bi ndikugamba. Gira obwengye; oyetegyereze.

⁶ Otakaabwanga; nibwija kukugumyaho; obukunde, nibwija kukurinda.

⁷ Entandikiro y'obwengye n'egi: Gira obwengye; nobu waakugira ki, gira obwengye.

⁸ Obukundire kimwe, nibwija kukutunguura; waabufumbata nibwija kukureetera ekitiinwa.

⁹ Buryakuta eihunde rirungi aha mutwe, bukujwekye ekirunga nyamurungi.

Omuhanda murungi hamwe n'omubi

¹⁰ Mwana wangye, hurira kandi oikirize ebi ndikugamba, obone kumara emyaka mingi.

¹¹ Naakwegyesa oku oraatungye obwengye; naakurabya omu mihanda ehikire.

¹² Omu kugyenda toritsibaaza; omu kwirukanga toriteera ntsibo.

¹³ Hamira aha bi naakuhabura, otaribireka; obirinde, ahabw'okuba nigo magara gaawe.

¹⁴ Otaritoora akahanda k'ababi, kandi otariraba omu muhanda gw'enkozi z'ebibi.

¹⁵ Gwetantare; otagutoora; guteishukye, haza ogumizemu.

¹⁶ Manya bo, tibagwejegyera batakakozire kibi; tibagira turo baaba batakategire muntu bakamugwisa.

¹⁷ Ahabw'okuba barya ebyokurya by'obubi, kandi banywa viino y'obuzigu.

¹⁸ Kwonka omuhanda gw'abahikiriire ni nk'omushana gw'akasheeshe, oguguma nigweyongyera kwaka gukahika omu ihangwe.

¹⁹ Omuhanda gw'enkozi z'ebibi ni nk'omwirima ndindindi; tibamanya n'eki baateeraho entsibo.

²⁰ Mwana wangye, ta omutima aha bigambo byangye; otegye okutu ebi ndikugamba.

²¹ Otabihugaho bikeeba, bigumye aha mutima.

²² Ahabw'okuba obizoora bimuha amagara, kandi bitambira omubiri gwe gwona.

²³ Rinda omutima gwawe n'amaani gaawe goona, ahabw'okuba enshuro z'amagara nimwo ziruga.

²⁴ Yeshumbe emigambire etahikire kandi yetantare emigambire y'ebishuba.

²⁵ Reebera kimwe omumaisho, kandi amaisho gaawe obe niyo waagagumya.

²⁶ Yetegyereze omuhanda gw'ebigyere byawe, reero emihanda yaawe yoona neija kuhama.

²⁷ Otagwera buryo nari bumosho; yetantare obubi.