Zefania 3 - EKITABO EKIRIKWERA BAIBULI N'EBITABO EBY'OMUBONANO APOKURUFA/DYUTROKANONIKO

¹ Oru rurembo orurikuhata abantu, orugomi, kandi orusiisikaire, ruryakareeba.

² Tirugira ou rihurira, tirwenda kuhanwa. Tirwesiga Nyakubaho, tirwehitsya Ruhanga.

³ Abakungu baarwo abarurimu n'entare ezitsinda; abaramuzi baarwo n'emishega y'omu mwabazyo, etatsigaho kantu okuhitsya obu busheesha.

⁴ Abarangi baarwo n'abantu batyo abatarikwesigwa, abahongyerezi baamwo nibahagaza ebirikwera, baashisha nkana eby'omu iteeka.

⁵ Nyakubaho orurimu n'ohikiriire, takora kubi. Buri kasheeshe ayoreka eby'oburyo ebi akora. Kwonka abatahikiriire tibagira kashoni.

⁶ Ncwekyereize amahanga, eminaara yaago y'okwerindiramu yaaba ebisheenyuka. Nyitiire kimwe emihanda yaago, ngu hatagira owaagirabamu. Endembo zaago zicwekire amatongo, zaabura ab'okuzituuramu.

⁷ Naagira nti: Buzimazima ruryantiina, rwikirize kuhanwa, rurekye kwehuzya ebi naaruhabwire. Kwonka abaamwo boona baayeyongyera kwezirika kukora ebibi.

⁸ Nyakubaho naagira ati: N'ahabw'ekyo nimutegyereze, okuhitsya aha izooba eri ndiimukiraho ndi mushinja. Ahabw'okuba mmaririire kuteeranira hamwe amahanga n'ensi z'obugabe, mbone kumariraho abo bantu ekiniga kyangye.

Oku Abaisiraeli abaritsigaraho barituura buhooro

⁹ Eego, omuri obwo bunaku ndyahindura emigambire y'ab'omu mahanga, ebe mirungi; boona babone kuntakira, nyowe Nyakubaho, n'okundamya n'omutima gumwe.

¹⁰ Abariinyeshengyereza, abaana b'abantu bangye abaataataine, baryaruga seeri y'emigyera ya Etiopiya, bantoijere emitoijo.

¹¹ Ahari eryo izooba toriitwa nshoni ahabw'ebi waakozire ongomeire; ahabw'okuba obwo ndyakwihamu abanyamaryo abarikwehimbisa, orekye kugaruka kwekunikira aha rushozi rwangye orurikwera.

¹² Manya ndyakutsigamu abantu abacureezi kandi abatarikwetunguura; abarimpungiraho, Nyowe Nyakubaho.

¹³ Abaritsigara omuri Isiraeli tibarikora bitahikire, kandi tibarigamba bishuba; nobu kwakuba okugobya.

Ekyeshongoro kya Yerusalemu ahabw'abaayo kuzaahuka

¹⁴ Iwe Siyooni, yeshongore munonga. Iwe Isiraeli, teera akaari! Naiwe Yerusalemu, shemererwa, kandi oyesiime n'omutima gwawe gwona!

¹⁵ Nyakubaho akwihireho ekifubiro, yaabinga abazigu baawe. Iwe mugabe wa Isiraeli 'we, Nyakubaho akwine; toritiina kabi bundi.

¹⁶ Ahari eryo izooba baryagira Yerusalemu bati: Iwe Siyooni, otatiina; kandi otatentebuka emikono.

¹⁷ Mukama Ruhanga waawe emanzi ekusinguza ari ahagati yaawe. Aryakushemerererwa aine obunanukye; aryakugarura aha buteeka akwiniire rukundo; kandi aryayesiima ahabwawe naayeshongora munonga, nk'aha kiro ky'obugyenyi.

¹⁸ Nyakubaho naagira ati: Ndyakwihaho akabi, karekye kukureetera ekihemu.

¹⁹ Reeba, omuri obwo bunaku, ndyaitana n'abarikukuhata boona; nkize abarema, ntaaruure encuubwa; abaabaire bahemukire mbahe okugambwa gye n'okugira eiziina rirungi omu nsi yoona.

²⁰ Omuri ebyo biro ndyabagarura owaanyu, omu bunaku bu ndibataaruuriramu. Manya ndyabareetera okurangaanwa n'okusiimwa ab'omu mahanga goona ag'omu nsi, omu bunaku bu ndibagaruriramu aha buteeka nimwereebera. Nyakubaho nikwo arikugamba.