Joel 1: 1 Ijambo ry'Uwiteka ryaje kuri Yoweli mwene Petuweli. 1: 2 Yemwe basaza, nimwumve, mwumve mwese abatuye igihugu. Ibi byabaye mubihe byawe, cyangwa no mubihe bya ba so? 1: 3 Bwira abana bawe, kandi ureke abana bawe babwire abana babo, hamwe n'abana babo ikindi gisekuru. 1: 4 Ibyo inzoka zasize zasize inzige; kandi inzige zasize zifite inzoka zirya; n'icyo urumogi rwasize rwarangije kurya inyenzi. 1: 5 Kanguka, mwa basinzi mwe, murire; nimuboroge, yemwe banywa vino, kubera divayi nshya; kuko yaciwe mu kanwa kawe. 1 Kuko ishyanga ryazamutse mu gihugu cyanjye, rikomeye, kandi ritagira umubare, uwo amenyo ni amenyo yintare, kandi afite amenyo yumusaya yinini intare. 1: 7 Yashize imyanda yanjye ku muzabibu, yonsa igiti cyanjye cy'umutini, aragikora sukura ubusa, ujugunye kure; amashami yacyo agirwa umweru. 1: 8 Icyunamo nkisugi ikenyeye ibigunira umugabo wubusore bwe. 1: 9 Ituro ry'inyama n'amaturo y'ibinyobwa byaciwe mu nzu ya Uhoraho; abatambyi, abakozi b'Uhoraho, bararira. 1:10 Umurima wabaye impfabusa, igihugu kirarira; kuko ibigori byapfushije ubusa: bishya vino yarumye, amavuta arabura. 1:11 Nimukoze isoni, yemwe bahinzi mwe; nimuboroge, yemwe mizabibu, kubera ingano no kuri sayiri; kuko umusaruro wo mu murima urimbuka. Umuzabibu wumye, igiti cy'umutini kirashira; amakomamanga igiti, imikindo nayo, nigiti cya pome, ndetse nibiti byose by umurima, wumye: kuko umunezero wumye kure y'abana b'abantu. 1:13 Mukenyere, mwirire mwa bapadiri, nimuboroge, mwa bakozi ba Nyagasani igicaniro: ngwino, uryame ijoro ryose wambaye ibigunira, mwa bakozi b'Imana yanjye: kuko ari ituro ryinyama nigitambo cyibinyobwa kibujijwe munzu ya Imana yawe. 1:14 Mweze igisibo, muhamagare iteraniro rikomeye, muteranire abakuru na bose abatuye igihugu binjira mu nzu y'Uwiteka Imana yawe, bararira kuri Uhoraho. 1:15 Yoo! kuko umunsi w'Uwiteka uri hafi, kandi nka a Kurimbuka kwa Ushoborabyose bizaza. 1:16 Ntabwo inyama zaciwe imbere y'amaso yacu, yego, umunezero n'ibyishimo biva kuri Uwiteka inzu y'Imana yacu? 1:17 Imbuto yaboze munsi yimyenda yabo, abasaruzi babaye umusaka ,. ibigega byacitse; kuko ibigori byumye. 1:18 Nigute inyamaswa ziniha! amashyo yinka arumiwe, kuko bo ntuzagire urwuri; yego, imikumbi y'intama ihinduka ubutayu. 1:19 Uwiteka, nzakwinginga, kuko umuriro watwitse urwuri ubutayu, n'umuriro utwika ibiti byose byo mu gasozi. 1:20 Inyamaswa zo mu gasozi ziragutakambira, kuko inzuzi z'amazi ari yumye, umuriro watwitse urwuri rwo mu butayu.