Nahum
1: 1 Umutwaro wa Nineve. Igitabo cy'iyerekwa rya Nahumu Elkoshite.
1: 2 Imana ifuha, Uwiteka arihorera; Uhoraho arihorera, kandi ni
umujinya mwinshi; Uhoraho azahorera abanzi be, na we
uburakari bw'abanzi be.
1: 3 Uwiteka atinda kurakara, kandi afite imbaraga nyinshi, kandi ntazigera abikora
kugirwa umwere ababi: Uwiteka afite inzira ye mu muyaga no mu Uwiteka
umuyaga, n'ibicu ni umukungugu w'amaguru ye.
1: 4 Yamaganye inyanja, ayumisha, yumisha inzuzi zose:
Bashan arababara, na Karumeli, n'indabyo zo muri Libani zirashira.
1: 5 Imisozi iramutigisa, imisozi irashonga, isi irashya
imbere ye, yego, isi, n'abayituye bose.
1: 6 Ni nde ushobora guhagarara imbere y'uburakari bwe? Ni nde ushobora kuguma muri
uburakari bwe bukaze? uburakari bwe busuka nk'umuriro, n'amabuye
yajugunywe na we.
1: 7 Uwiteka ni mwiza, ukomeye mu munsi w'amakuba; kandi arabizi
abamwiringira.
1: 8 Ariko n'umwuzure wuzuye, azarangiza burundu aho hantu
umwijima uzakurikira abanzi be.
1: 9 Utekereza iki ku Uwiteka? Azarangiza burundu:
imibabaro ntishobora kuzamuka ubugira kabiri.
1:10 Kuberako mugihe baziritse hamwe nkamahwa, kandi mugihe basinze
nk'abasinzi, bazarya nk'ibyatsi byumye rwose.
1:11 Hariho umwe muri wewe, utekereza ikibi kuri Uwiteka, a
umujyanama mubi.
1:12 Uwiteka avuga ati: Nubwo bacecetse, kandi kimwe na benshi, nyamara rero
bazacibwa, igihe azanyura. Nubwo mfite
ndakubabaje, sinzongera kukubabaza.
1:13 Kuri ubu nzagukuraho ingogo ye, kandi nzagucamo ingoyi
sunder.
1:14 Uwiteka yaguhaye itegeko ryerekeye wowe, ko ritakiriho
Izina ryawe rizabibwe: mu nzu y'imana zawe nzakata imva
ishusho n'ishusho yashongeshejwe: Nzakora imva yawe; kuko uri mubi.
1:15 Dore ku misozi ibirenge bye uzana inkuru nziza,
itangaza amahoro! Yuda, komeza iminsi mikuru yawe, kora ibyawe
indahiro: kuko ababi batazongera kunyura muri wewe; yaciwe burundu
kuzimya.