17 Subye mubi kwilaba, kutse subye mũkĩrũ. Busana nakĩ wangahola embere syʼomugulu wawe kwehĩ?
Neryo omugulu Dawĩdĩ asubula eritsumula ekĩtũnga kiwe, Mĩkalĩ mwali wa Saũlo mwahuluka erĩhĩndana na Dawĩdĩ, mwabũga ati, Omwami wʼeĨsraelĩ alwe mubuya ati mũnabwĩre, eriyambulira embere syʼameso wʼabatsana buwe ba bagombe buwe, omundu mutya-mutya kwʼakayambula bũtakwa ĩsonĩ!
Abapũrawa embere wʼomugulu wabo, Nʼekibanza kyabo kyasendĩbawa ngʼolũsĩ,
Nĩkwa uwe Nyamuhanga, wasyagusa abĩtĩ nʼababehĩ abo omo buhya bwʼerihera, Bate babuga embindi yʼebiro byabo. Nĩkwa ĩngye nasyayiketera we.
Eriubaha lyʼOmwami Mukulu likatomekera ebiro; Nĩkwa emĩtũta yʼababi yasyakehĩbwa.
Kandi wabĩrĩmya abagala bawe nʼabali bawe, abo wanyibutira, bo wabirihongera esyosanamu uti bĩtawe. Obũsĩngĩrĩ bwawe bwabya mwatsi muke kwehĩ?
Neryo mwambwira ati, Uwe mugala wʼomundu, wanamalangira ekĩ kwehĩ? Ni mwatsi muke busana nʼekihanda kyʼeYũda erikola esyonye esyo bakakola hano kwehĩ? Kusangwa babĩrĩũsũlya ekihugo omo butsibu, kandi babĩrĩnyĩhĩtanĩa ngendo nyingi. Kusangwa lebaya, bati bakanyĩkũta-kũtaya.
Neryo-neryo omũlaĩka wʼomukama mwaswĩrya Herode, kusangwa mwataha Nyamuhanga yʼolukengerwa. Neryo mwalibwa nʼemihuka, mwahola.
Nĩkwa Paũlo mwamubirikira ati, Suyikole nabi kusangwa ĩtwe bosĩ tune hano!
Neryo-neryo mwawa ahisi oko bisando biwe, mwalekula. Neryo abalwana babere bakingira mobeya iniabirihola, mobamutwala, eyĩhya, mobamuta hakũhĩ nʼĩba wuwe.
Anania abere owa ebĩnywa ebĩ, mwawa ahisi, mwalekula, neryo abosĩ abowakyo mobubaha kutsibu.
Neryo muguse obuli mwatsi atĩsĩrĩre, nʼemibere yosĩ yʼebibi. Neryo mwangirire nʼomutima molo ekĩnywa ekyo Nyamuhanga akahĩra omo mitima yenyũ, ekikatoka erĩbalamya.
Neryo habere hahwa nga biro ĩkũmĩ enyũma kwʼaho, Omwami Mukulu mwaswĩrya Nabalĩ, neryo mwahola.