17 Amatara gaabo, gatali mu zima, batanali mu longa amagoorwa. Rurema atanali mu bajengeeza ku buraakari bwage.
Bagasaazibwa mu mulengeerwe, banalashwe mu kihulu, banabe bakoli yimwirwi mu kihugo.
Ikyanya Rurema ali mu ba akoli rakiiri, anabe aloziizi ukuhana abandu, nangora-mabi ali mu fuushuka.
Aaho! Rurema úliiri mwiꞌgulu, biki byo atushungikiiri? Biki byo tugakizi longa imwa Rurema woꞌbushobozi bwoshi?
Abandu babi, si agweti agabahaniiriza, mu kubaleeza mwoꞌbuhanya! Ikyanya bali mu kola amabi, bali mu yikululira umwama.
Banangora-mabi bagweti bagalonga amakuba mingi. Haliko, ngiisi ábabiisiri Nahano kwoꞌmulangaaliro, boohe, ali mu kizi bakunda. Ee ma! Lulya rukundo lwage, lutâye male.
Abandu biija, bali mu tanguula bweneene! Si banangora-mabi boohe, bali ngiꞌtara írizimiri.
Ngiisi úgadaaka yishe, kandi iri nyina, agayitwa. Agaaba ngiꞌtara írizimiri, anabe mu kihulu kya namudidi.
Si nangora-mabi, ku bigayija, ndaagwo mulangaaliro gwo ahiiti! Ubulamu bwage bugaahera, nga kwiꞌtara liri mu zima.
«Balya bahwija banabwira abitegeereza: “Amatara giitu, gakola mu zimuuka. Mutuheereze ku bitoro!”
«Kwokwo, uyo nahamwabo, mu kugaluka, agayija ku lusiku na ku kihe ulya mukozi atalangaliiri. Anamútenge-tenge, anamúlashe mu bapagaani.