Zefaniya
2: 1 Nimuteranyirize hamwe, yego, mukoranire hamwe, yemwe ishyanga ridashaka;
2: 2 Mbere yuko iryo tegeko risohoka, mbere yuko umunsi utambuka nk'icyatsi, mbere
Uburakari bukaze bw'Uwiteka bugushikira, mbere y'umunsi w'Uwiteka
uburakari buza kuri wewe.
2: 3 Mushake Uwiteka, yemwe mworoshe mwese bo ku isi, abakoze ibye
urubanza; shaka gukiranuka, ushake ubugwaneza: birashoboka ko uzaba wihishe
ku munsi w'uburakari bw'Uwiteka.
2 Kuko Gaza izatereranwa, Ashikeloni ikaba umusaka: bazagenda
hanze Ashdod ku manywa y'ihangu, Ekron igashinga imizi.
Ishyano abatuye ku nkombe z'inyanja, ishyanga ry'Uhoraho
Cherethite! ijambo ry'Uwiteka rirarwanya; Yewe Kanani, igihugu cya
Abafilisitiya, nzakurimbura, kugira ngo hatabaho
umuturage.
2: 6 Kandi inkombe z'inyanja zizaba ubuturo n'akazu k'abashumba, kandi
imikumbi y'intama.
7 Inkombe zizaba iz'abasigaye bo mu nzu ya Yuda. bazobikora
Kugaburira aho: mu nzu ya Ashkelon bazaryama muri
nimugoroba: kuko Uwiteka Imana yabo izabasura, ikabatera umugongo
imbohe.
2: 8 Numvise igitutsi cya Mowabu, n'ibitutsi by'abana ba
Amoni, aho batutse ubwoko bwanjye, bakishyira hejuru
Imipaka yabo.
2: 9 Ni cyo gituma nkiriho, ni ko Uwiteka Nyiringabo avuga, Imana ya Isiraheli, ni ukuri
Mowabu azamera nka Sodomu, abana ba Amoni nka Gomora, ndetse na Uhoraho
korora inshundura, hamwe nu munyu, hamwe nubutayu budashira :.
Ibisigisigi by'ubwoko bwanjye bizabangiza, abasigaye mu bwoko bwanjye
bazayitunga.
2:10 Ibyo bazagira ubwibone bwabo, kuko batutse kandi
bishyize hejuru barwanya ubwoko bw'Uwiteka Nyiringabo.
Uwiteka azabatera ubwoba, kuko azashonje imana zose
isi; kandi abantu bazamuramya, buri wese aho ari, ndetse na bose
ibirwa by'amahanga.
2 Abanyetiyopiya kandi, muzicwa n'inkota yanjye.
Arambura ukuboko mu majyaruguru, arimbure Ashuri;
kandi izahindura Nineve ubutayu, kandi yumutse nk'ubutayu.
Intama zose zizaryama hagati ye, inyamaswa zose zo mu Uhoraho
mahanga: byombi bya cormorant n'umuvumo bizarara hejuru
umurongo wacyo; Ijwi ryabo rizaririmbira mu madirishya; ubutayu
ube mu muryango, kuko azafungura umurimo w'amasederi.
Uyu niwo mujyi wishimye utuye uburangare, wamubwiye muri we
umutima, Ndiho, kandi ntanumwe uri iruhande rwanjye: nigute ahinduka a
ubutayu, ahantu inyamaswa zo kuryama! umuntu wese urengana
Azavuza induru, azunguza ukuboko.