Imigani
1: 1 Imigani ya Salomo mwene Dawidi, umwami wa Isiraheli;
1: 2 Kumenya ubwenge ninyigisho; kumva amagambo yo gusobanukirwa;
1: 3 Kwakira inyigisho zubwenge, ubutabera, nubucamanza, nuburinganire;
1: 4 Gutanga ubuhanga kuboroheje, umusore ubumenyi kandi
ubushishozi.
1: 5 Umunyabwenge azumva, kandi yongere imyigire; n'umugabo wa
gusobanukirwa bizagera ku nama zubwenge:
1: 6 Gusobanukirwa umugani, no gusobanura; amagambo y'abanyabwenge,
n'amagambo yabo yijimye.
Gutinya Uwiteka nintangiriro yubumenyi, ariko abapfu basuzugura
ubwenge n'amabwiriza.
1: 8 Mwana wanjye, umva amabwiriza ya so, ntutererane amategeko ya
nyoko:
1: 9 Kuberako bazaba imitako yubuntu kumutwe wawe, n'iminyururu
ijosi ryawe.
1:10 Mwana wanjye, niba abanyabyaha bagushutse, ntukemere.
1:11 Nibavuga ngo, Ngwino tujyane, reka dutegereze amaraso, twihishe
mwiherero ku nzirakarengane nta mpamvu:
Reka tubamize ari bazima nk'imva; kandi byose, nkibyo bigenda
manuka mu rwobo:
1:13 Tuzabona ibintu byose by'agaciro, tuzuzuza amazu yacu
iminyago:
1:14 Tera umugabane wawe muri twe; reka twese tugire agasakoshi kamwe:
1:15 Mwana wanjye, ntugende mu nzira hamwe na bo; irinde ikirenge cyawe
inzira:
1:16 Kuberako ibirenge byabo biruka ikibi, kandi bihutire kumena amaraso.
1:17 Nukuri urushundura rukwirakwira imbere yinyoni iyo ari yo yose.
1:18 Barategereza amaraso yabo; bihisha bonyine kubwabo
ubuzima.
1:19 Niko inzira za buri wese zirarikira inyungu; ikuraho
ubuzima bwa ba nyirabwo.
1:20 Ubwenge burataka hanze; Avuga ijwi rye mu mihanda:
1:21 Yatakambiye ahantu h'inama, ahafunguye Uwiteka
amarembo: mumujyi avuga amagambo ye, ati,
1:22 Mwa boroheje, muzakunda ubworoherane kugeza ryari? n'abashinyaguzi
kwishimira gutukwa kwabo, kandi abapfu banga ubumenyi?
1:23 Uhindukire ku gihano cyanjye, dore nzagusukaho umwuka wanjye
Nzabamenyesha amagambo yanjye.
1:24 Kuberako nahamagaye, mukanga; Narambuye ukuboko, kandi
nta muntu n'umwe wigeze yubaha;
1:25 Ariko ntimwigeze musuzugura inama zanjye zose, ariko ntimukagire igihano cyanjye:
1:26 Nanjye nzaseka ibyago byawe; Nzagushinyagurira igihe ubwoba bwawe buzazira;
1:27 Ubwoba bwawe buza kuba umusaka, kandi kurimbuka kwawe kuza a
umuyaga; igihe amakuba n'imibabaro biza kuri wewe.
1:28 Noneho bazampamagara, ariko sinzitaba; Bazanshaka
kare, ariko ntibazambona:
1:29 Kubwibyo banga ubumenyi, ntibahitamo gutinya Uwiteka:
1:30 Ntabwo banze kumpanuro zanjye: basuzuguye ibihano byanjye byose.
1:31 Ni cyo gituma bazarya ku mbuto zabo, bakuzura
hamwe nibikoresho byabo.
1:32 Kubanga guhindukira byoroheje bizabica, kandi bitere imbere
abapfu bazabatsemba.
1:33 Ariko umuntu wese unyumva, azatura mu mutekano, kandi azaceceka
gutinya ikibi.