Ubwenge bwa Salomo
16: 1 Ni cyo cyatumye bahabwa ibisa nkibyo kandi bahanwe na rubanda
y'inyamaswa zababajwe.
16: 2 Aho guhanwa, kugirira neza abantu bawe bwite,
wabateguriye inyama z'uburyohe budasanzwe, ndetse n'inkware zo kubyutsa
ubushake bwabo:
16: 3 Kugirango barangize, bifuza ibiryo, bashobore kubona nabi Uwiteka
inyamaswa zoherejwe muri bo lothe niyo, bagomba gukenera ibyifuzo;
ariko aba, bababazwa igihano kumwanya muto, barashobora kugirwa abasangira
uburyohe budasanzwe.
16: 4 Kuko byari bikenewe, kugira ngo bakore igitugu
penury, ibyo batashoboraga kwirinda: ariko kuri ibi bigomba kuba gusa
yerekanye uburyo abanzi babo bababajwe.
16: 5 Ubwo ubukana buteye ubwoba bw'inyamaswa bwageraga kuri bo, na bo
yazize inkoni y'inzoka zigoramye, uburakari bwawe ntibwihanganiye
burigihe:
16: 6 Ariko bahangayikishijwe nigihe gito, kugirango babe
gukangurira, kugira ikimenyetso cy'agakiza, kubashyira mu kwibuka
amategeko y'amategeko yawe.
16 Kuko uyihindukiriye ntabwo yakijijwe nicyo kintu
yabonye, ariko nawe, ubwo buhanzi Umukiza wa bose.
16: 8 Muri ibyo, urasaze abanzi bawe bemera, ko ari wowe
kurokoka ibibi byose:
16: 9 Kuri bo kurumwa n'inzige n'isazi bishwe, nta n'umwe wari uhari
babonye umuti uwo ari wo wose w'ubuzima bwabo: kuko bari bakwiriye guhanwa
nkibyo.
16:10 Ariko abahungu banyu ntabwo amenyo yinzoka zifite ubumara zatsinze, kubwawe
imbabazi zahoraga muri bo, zikabakiza.
16:11 Kuberako batoranijwe, kugirango bibuke amagambo yawe; kandi bari
gukizwa vuba, ko kutagwa mubyibagirwa byimbitse, birashoboka
uhore uzirikana ibyiza byawe.
16:12 Kuberako atari ibyatsi, cyangwa ibyuma bisya, ntabwo byabasubije
ubuzima: ariko ijambo ryawe, Mwami, rikiza byose.
16:13 Kuberako ufite imbaraga zubuzima nurupfu: uyobora amarembo y
ikuzimu, kandi uzamure.
16:14 Mu byukuri, umuntu yica azira ubugome bwe, n'umwuka iyo yagiye
hanze, ntagaruke; nta bugingo bwakiriye bwongeye kuza.
16:15 Ariko ntibishoboka guhunga ukuboko kwawe.
16:16 Kubatubaha Imana, abanze kukumenya, bakubiswe n'imbaraga
y'ukuboko kwawe: hamwe n'imvura idasanzwe, urubura, n'imvura, byari
batotezwa, ko badashobora kwirinda, kandi binyuze mu muriro ni bo
kumara.
16:17 Kuberako, igitangaje cyane, umuriro wari ufite imbaraga nyinshi muri
amazi, azimya ibintu byose: kuko isi irwanira Uwiteka
umukiranutsi.
16:18 Hashize igihe urumuri rugabanuka, kugirango rudatwika Uwiteka
inyamaswa zoherejwe kurwanya abatubaha Imana; ariko bo ubwabo barashobora kubona kandi
menya ko batotejwe nurubanza rw'Imana.
16:19 Kandi ikindi gihe kirashya no hagati y'amazi hejuru ya
imbaraga z'umuriro, kugirango isenye imbuto z'igihugu kirenganya.
16:20 Ahubwo aho wagaburiye ubwoko bwawe ibiryo byabamarayika, kandi
Ntabwo wabatumye mwijuru umutsima wateguwe nta mirimo yabo, ubishoboye
kunyurwa nibyishimo bya buri muntu, no kwemera uburyohe bwose.
16:21 Kuko ibibatunga byawe byatangarije abana bawe uburyohe bwawe, kandi ukorera
kuri appetit yabarya, yitonda kubantu bose bakunda.
16:22 Ariko urubura na shelegi bihanganiye umuriro, ntibishonga kugira ngo babimenye
uwo muriro waka mu rubura, kandi urabagirana mu mvura, warimbuye
imbuto z'abanzi.
16:23 Ariko ibyo byongeye kwibagirwa imbaraga ze, ngo abakiranutsi
birashobora kugaburirwa.
16:24 Kuberako ikiremwa kigukorera, ari nde Umuremyi cyongera ibye
imbaraga zo kurwanya abakiranirwa kubihano byabo, no kugabanya ibye
imbaraga kubwinyungu nkukwiringira.
16:25 Kubwibyo rero, icyo gihe na cyo cyahinduwe mu myambarire yose, kandi kirumvira
kubuntu bwawe, butunga byose, ukurikije ibyifuzo bya
abari bakeneye:
16:26 Kugira ngo abana bawe, Mwami, uwo ukunda, bamenye ko atari byo
gukura kwimbuto zigaburira umuntu: ariko ko ari ijambo ryawe,
ikabarinda abakwiringira.
16:27 Kubatarimbuwe numuriro, gushyukwa na bike
izuba ryinshi, bidatinze gushonga:
16:28 Kugira ngo bizamenyekane, ko tugomba kubuza izuba kuguha
urakoze, kandi ku manywa izagusengera.
16:29 Kuberako ibyiringiro by'abatashima bizashonga nk'urusaku rw'itumba
ubukonje, kandi buzahunga nk'amazi adafite inyungu.