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.