Zeffaniya
3:1 Zisanze oyo omucaafu era omucaafu, ekibuga ekinyigiriza!
3:2 Teyagondera ddoboozi; teyafuna kulongoosebwa; yeesiga si bwe kiri
mu Mukama; teyasemberera Katonda we.
3:3 Abalangira be munda mu ye empologoma eziwuluguma; abalamuzi be misege egy’akawungeezi;
tebaluma magumba okutuusa enkya.
3:4 Bannabbi be batangaavu era ba nkwe: bakabona be balina
bacaafudde ekifo ekitukuvu, bakoze effujjo eri amateeka.
3:5 Mukama omutuukirivu ali wakati mu kyo; tajja kukola butali butuukirivu: buli
enkya aleeta omusango gwe mu musana, talemererwa; naye aba...
atali mutuukirivu tamanyi nsonyi.
3:6 Nsazeewo amawanga: eminaala gyago gifuuse matongo; Nze nakola ebyabwe
enguudo zifuuse matongo, nga tewali ayitawo: ebibuga byabwe ne bizikirizibwa, bwe kityo
tewali muntu, nti tewali mutuuze.
3:7 Ne ŋŋamba nti Mazima olintya, oliweebwa okuyigirizibwa; ekituufu
obutuuze bwabwe tebusalibwawo, ne bwe nnababonereza: naye
bazuukuka nga bukyali, ne bwonoona ebikolwa byabwe byonna.
3:8 Kale mulindirire, bw'ayogera Mukama, okutuusa ku lunaku lwe ndizuukuka
eri omuyiggo: kubanga okumalirira kwange kwe kukuŋŋaanya amawanga, nsobole
okukuŋŋaanya obwakabaka, okubuyiwako obusungu bwange, bwange bwonna
obusungu obw'amaanyi: kubanga ensi yonna erizikirizibwa omuliro gwange
obuggya.
3:9 Kubanga olwo ndikyusiza abantu olulimi olulongoofu, bonna balyoke
mukoowoole erinnya lya Mukama, okumuweereza n'okukkiriza okumu.
3:10 Okuva emitala w’emigga egy’e Ethiopia abeegayirira bange, ne muwala wa
abasaasaanidde kwange, banaaleeta ekiweebwayo kyange.
3:11 Ku lunaku olwo tolikwatibwa nsonyi olw’ebikolwa byo byonna by’okola
ansobezza: kubanga awo ndiggya mu makkati
ku ggwe abasanyukira amalala go, so toliba nate
amalala olw’olusozi lwange olutukuvu.
3:12 Era ndireka wakati mu ggwe abantu ababonyaabonyezebwa era abaavu, era
beesiga erinnya lya Mukama.
3:13 Abasigaddewo mu Isiraeri tebajja kukola butali butuukirivu, newakubadde okwogera eby'obulimba; newankubadde
olulimi olulimba lulisangibwa mu kamwa kaabwe: kubanga balirya
era mugalamire, so tewali n'omu anaabatiisa.
3:14 Yimba, ggwe muwala wa Sayuuni; muleekaane, ggwe Isiraeri; musanyuke era musanyuke wamu ne bonna
omutima, ggwe muwala wa Yerusaalemi.
3:15 Mukama akuggyeko emisango gyo, agobye omulabe wo.
kabaka wa Isiraeri, YHWH, ali wakati mu ggwe: ggwe
obutaddamu kulaba bubi.
3:16 Ku lunaku olwo baligambibwa Yerusaalemi nti Totya;
Emikono gyo gireme gireme kuziyira.
3:17 Mukama Katonda wo wakati mu ggwe wa maanyi; ajja kulokola, ajja kulokola
musanyuke n'essanyu; ajja kuwummula mu kwagala kwe, ajja kusanyuka
ggwe n’okuyimba.
3:18 Ndikuŋŋaanya abanakuwavu olw’olukuŋŋaana olukulu, abaliwo
ku ggwe, okuvumibwa kwayo gwe kwali omugugu gy'oli.
3:19 Laba, mu kiseera ekyo ndiggyawo byonna ebikubonyaabonya: era ndirokola
oyo ayimiridde, n'akuŋŋaanya oyo eyagobebwa; era nja kufuna
batendereza n’ettutumu mu buli nsi gye bakwatiddwa ensonyi.
3:20 Mu kiseera ekyo ndibakomyawo, mu kiseera kye ndibakuŋŋaanya.
kubanga ndikufuula erinnya n'ettendo mu bantu bonna ab'ensi;
bwe ndikomyawo obusibe bwammwe mu maaso gammwe, bw'ayogera Mukama.