Ubwenge bwa Salomo
17: 1 Kuberako imanza zanyu zikomeye, kandi ntizishobora kugaragazwa
imitima idakuze yaribeshye.
17: 2 Kuberako abantu batabera batekereje gukandamiza ishyanga ryera; barimo
funga mu ngo zabo, imfungwa z'umwijima, kandi ziboheshejwe
ingoyi z'ijoro rirerire, ziryamire aho ngaho
ibimenyetso.
17: 3 Kuberako mugihe bagombaga kuryama bihishe mubyaha byabo rwihishwa, bari
yatatanye munsi yumwenda wijimye wo kwibagirwa, gutangara cyane,
kandi uhangayikishijwe no kuboneka.
17: 4 Erega ntanubwo imfuruka yabafataga idashobora kubarinda ubwoba: ariko
urusaku [nk'amazi] kugwa rwumvikanye kuri bo, kandi iyerekwa ribabaje
bababonekera mu maso.
17: 5 Nta mbaraga z'umuriro zishobora kubaha umucyo: nta n'urumuri rushobora
ibirimi by'inyenyeri bihangane koroshya iryo joro riteye ubwoba.
6: 6 Gusa bababonekeye umuriro waka, uteye ubwoba cyane:
kubera ubwoba bwinshi, batekereje ibintu babonye
bibi kuruta uko babonye.
17: 7 Naho ibishushanyo mbonera by'ubukorikori, byashyizwe hasi, n'ibyabo
guhiga ubwenge byamaganwe nisoni.
17: 8 Kuberako, basezeranije kwirukana ubwoba nibibazo abarwayi
roho, bari barwaye ubwabo ubwoba, bakwiriye gusekwa.
17 Kuko nubwo nta kintu kibi cyabatinyaga; nyamara gutinya inyamaswa
byanyuze, no kuvuza inzoka,
17:10 Bapfuye bafite ubwoba, bahakana ko babonye ikirere, kidashoboka
uruhande rwirindwe.
17:11 Kuberako ububi, bwamaganwe nubuhamya bwe bwite, burigihe, kandi
guhatirwa n'umutimanama, burigihe guhanura ibintu bibabaje.
17:12 Kuberako ubwoba ntakindi uretse guhemukira inkeragutabara niyihe mpamvu
offereth.
17:13 Kandi ibyateganijwe bivuye imbere, kuba bike, bibara ubujiji cyane
kuruta impamvu izana umubabaro.
17:14 Ariko basinziriye kimwe muri iryo joro, byari ukuri
kutihanganirwa, kandi byaje kubageraho bivuye munsi byanze bikunze
ikuzimu,
17:15 Bari bababajwe cyane n'ibigaragara bitangaje, ikindi baracika intege, ibyabo
umutima ubananira: kubera ubwoba butunguranye, kandi ntibashakishijwe, byaje
bo.
17:16 Umuntu wese waguye rero arafungwa, afungirwa muri gereza
udafite ibyuma,
17:17 Kuberako yaba umworozi, cyangwa umwungeri, cyangwa umukozi mu murima,
yararenganye, yihanganira ibyo bikenewe, bidashoboka
birinze: kuko bose bari babohejwe numurongo umwe wumwijima.
17:18 Yaba umuyaga uhuha, cyangwa urusaku rwiza rwinyoni hagati
amashami akwirakwira, cyangwa kugwa kwamazi meza gutemba bikabije,
17:19 Cyangwa ijwi riteye ubwoba ryamabuye yajugunywe, cyangwa kwiruka bidashoboka
igaragara yo gusimbuka inyamaswa, cyangwa ijwi ritontoma ryinyamaswa nyinshi zo mu gasozi,
cyangwa urusaku rusubiramo ruva mu misozi miremire; ibyo bintu byarabikoze
guswera kubera ubwoba.
17:20 Erega isi yose yamurikiye umucyo usobanutse, kandi nta n'umwe wigeze abangamirwa
imirimo yabo:
17:21 Kuri bo hakwirakwijwe ijoro riremereye, ishusho y'umwijima
Ibikwiye nyuma yo kubakira, ariko nyamara bari bo ubwabo
birababaje kuruta umwijima.