Indirimbo ya Salomo
8: 1 Iyaba wari umuvandimwe wanjye, wonsa amabere ya mama!
iyo ngomba kukubona hanze, nagusoma; yego, ntabwo nkwiye kuba
agasuzuguro.
8: 2 Nakuyobora, nkakuzana kwa mama, ninde wabishaka
nyigisha: Nagutera kunywa vino nziza yumutobe wa
amakomamanga yanjye.
8: 3 Ukuboko kwe kw'ibumoso kugomba kuba munsi y'umutwe wanjye, kandi ukuboko kwe kw'iburyo kugumbira
njye.
8: 4 Yemwe bakobwa ba Yeruzalemu, ndagutegetse kutabyutsa cyangwa gukanguka
urukundo rwanjye, kugeza igihe abishakiye.
8: 5 Uyu ni nde uzamuka ava mu butayu, amwishingikirije?
mukundwa? Nakuzamuye munsi yigiti cya pome: ngaho nyoko yazanye
ugusohokayo: ngaho yakuzaniye uwakubyaye.
8: 6 Unshyireho ikimenyetso ku mutima wawe, nk'ikimenyetso ku kuboko kwawe, kuko urukundo ari
ukomeye nk'urupfu; ishyari nubugome nkimva: amakara yabyo
amakara yumuriro, ufite urumuri rwinshi.
8: 7 Amazi menshi ntashobora kuzimya urukundo, kandi umwuzure ntushobora kurohama: niba a
umuntu yatanga ibintu byose byinzu ye kubwurukundo, byanze bikunze
gucirwaho iteka.
8: 8 Dufite mushiki muto, kandi nta mabere afite: tuzakorera iki
mushiki wacu kumunsi azavugirwa?
8 Niba ari urukuta, tuzamwubakira ingoro ya feza, kandi niba ari we
ube umuryango, tuzamufunga imbaho z'amasederi.
8 Ndi urukuta, amabere yanjye ameze nk'iminara, icyo gihe nari mu maso ye nk'umwe
byabonye ubutoni.
8:11 Salomo yari afite uruzabibu i Baalihamoni; asohora uruzabibu
abarinzi; buri wese ku mbuto zacyo yagombaga kuzana ibice igihumbi
ya feza.
Umuzabibu wanjye ni uwanjye, uri imbere yanjye: wowe Salomo, ugomba kugira a
igihumbi, n'izigumana imbuto zazo magana abiri.
8:13 Wowe utuye mu busitani, abasangirangendo bumvira ijwi ryawe:
untera kubyumva.
8:14 Ihute, mukundwa, kandi ube nk'umugozi cyangwa inanga
ku misozi y'ibirungo.