Ezekiyeli
17: 1 Ijambo ry'Uwiteka riza aho ndi, rivuga riti:
17: 2 Mwana w'umuntu, shyira igisakuzo, maze ubwire umugani inzu ya
Isiraheli;
17: 3 Kandi uvuge uti 'Uku ni ko Uwiteka Imana avuga; Inkukuma nini ifite amababa manini,
ndende, yuzuye amababa, yari afite amabara atandukanye, yaje
Libani, ifata ishami ryo hejuru ry'amasederi:
17: 4 Yakuye hejuru y'amashami ye akiri muto, ayijyana mu gihugu cya
gucuruza; abishyira mu mujyi w'abacuruzi.
5 Afata kandi ku mbuto z'igihugu, aratera mu mbuto
umurima; ayishyira ku mazi manini, ayashyira nk'igiti cy'igiti.
6: 6 Irakura, ihinduka umuzabibu ukwirakwira, ufite amashami
amuhindukirira, imizi yacyo yari munsi ye: nuko iba a
umuzabibu, uzana amashami, urasa amashami.
17: 7 Hariho n'indi kagoma nini ifite amababa manini n'amababa menshi:
Dore, uyu muzabibu wamuhaye imizi, uramurasa
amashami amugana, kugira ngo ayuhire imigezi ye
guhinga.
17: 8 Yatewe mu butaka bwiza n'amazi menshi, kugira ngo bibyare
amashami, kandi ko cyera imbuto, kugirango kibe umuzabibu mwiza.
17: 9 Vuga uti 'Uwiteka Uwiteka avuga ati' Bizatera imbere? ntashobora gukurura
kurandura imizi yacyo, ukata imbuto zacyo, ko cyuma? ni
Azuma mu bibabi byose by'isoko ye, kabone niyo yaba adafite imbaraga nyinshi
cyangwa abantu benshi kuyikuramo imizi yabyo.
17:10 Yego, dore ko byatewe, bizatera imbere? Ntizigomba rwose
byumye, iyo umuyaga wiburasirazuba ubikoraho? Bizuma mu mwobo
aho yakuriye.
17 Ijambo ry'Uwiteka naje aho ndi, rivuga riti:
17:12 Bwira noneho inzu yigometse, Ntimuzi icyo ibyo bivuze?
Babwire, Dore umwami wa Babiloni yaje i Yerusalemu, kandi afite
ajyana umwami wacyo, n'ibikomangoma byawo, abajyana na we
i Babiloni;
13:13 Afata urubyaro rw'umwami, asezerana na we, kandi
Yararahiye, kandi yarahiye abanyembaraga bo mu gihugu:
17:14 Kugira ngo ubwami bushinge, kugira ngo butazamuka, ariko
kugira ngo mu kubahiriza amasezerano ye ihagarare.
17:15 Ariko aramwigomekaho yohereza intumwa ze muri Egiputa, ngo
barashobora kumuha amafarasi n'abantu benshi. Azatera imbere? Azabikora
guhunga ukora ibintu nkibi? cyangwa azarenga ku masezerano, kandi azabe
yatanzwe?
Uwiteka IMANA avuga ati: "Nkiriho, rwose aho umwami avuga."
atuye kumugira umwami, indahiro ye yasuzuguye, n'amasezerano ye
feri, ndetse na we hagati ya Babiloni azapfa.
17 Farawo n'ingabo ze zikomeye hamwe n'ingabo zikomeye ntibazakora
we mu ntambara, mu gutera imisozi, no kubaka ibihome, kugirango acike
abantu benshi:
17:18 Abonye yasuzuguye indahiro yica amasezerano, igihe yari afite
yahaye ukuboko kwe, kandi ibyo byose abikora, ntazahunga.
17 Uwiteka Uwiteka avuga ati: Nkiriho, rwose indahiro yanjye ko we
Yasuzuguye, kandi isezerano ryanjye yarenze, ni ko nzabikora
ingororano ku mutwe we.
20 Nzamurambika inshundura zanjye, na we azafatwa mu mutego wanjye,
Nzamuzana i Babiloni, kandi nzamwinginga aho ngaho
ubwinjiracyaha ko yangiriye nabi.
17 Abahunze bose hamwe n'ingabo ze zose bazagwa ku nkota, kandi
abasigaye bazatatana ku muyaga wose, kandi muzabimenya
Ko ari Uhoraho nabivuze.
Uwiteka Imana ivuga iti: Nanjye nzafata ishami ryo hejuru rya
imyerezi miremire, kandi izayishiraho; Nzahinga kuva hejuru yumuto we
amashami meza, kandi azayatera kumusozi muremure kandi ukomeye:
Nzayitera ku musozi wo mu burebure bwa Isiraheli, kandi izatera
uzane amashami, weze imbuto, ube imyerezi myiza: no munsi yacyo
Azatura inyoni zose z'amababa; mu gicucu cy'amashami
Bazatura.
24 Ibiti byose byo mu gasozi bizamenya ko ari Uwiteka nazanye
munsi yigiti kinini, yazamuye igiti gito, yumye icyatsi
igiti, kandi cyatumye igiti cyumye gikura: Jyewe Uwiteka navuze kandi
barabikoze.