1 Imburi ku kiyaya co kwerekerwamwo:

Mbega Yerusalemu, ufashwe n’ibiki?

Ko abantu bawe bose baduze hejuru ku mazu?

2 Yewe wa gisagara cuzuyemwo urwamwo,

nawe wa gisagara cuzuye umuvurungano n’ubwibone!

Abantu bawe bapfuye, ntibishwe n’inkota

canke ngo bagwe ku rugamba.

3 Abatware bawe bose bahungiye rimwe,

bafashwe ata muheto urinze gukoreshwa.

Abafashwe bose batwawe icarimwe ngo babe imbohe,

naho bagerageje guhunga umwansi akiri kure.

4 Ni co catumye mvuga nti: "Nimumve i ruhande,

mundeke ndirane umubabaro.

Ntimugerageze kumpoza

kandi mbona ubwoko bwanje buriko burahona."

5 Umwami, Uhoraho Mushoboravyose, yarashizeho umusi w’imibabaro,

w’umuvurungano, ugusiribangwa n’ubwoba,

mu kiyaya c’ukwerekerwamwo,

umusi wo gusangangura inzitiro,

no kuborogera ku misozi.

6 Abanyelamu bambaye imyampi,

imikogote n’amafarasi yabo birateguye,

Kiru yasokoroye inkinzo.

7 Ibiyaya vyawe vyiza vyuzuye imikogote,

n’abagendera ku mafarasi bahagaze ku marembo y’igisagara.

8 Uhoraho yakuyeho ibikingira i Buyuda,

maze uwo musi murahindukira

mufata ibigwanisho mwashinguye,

mu nzu yitwa Inzu y’Ishamba.

9 Murabona ko impome z’Igisagara ca Dawidi

zasambutse ahatari hake,

maze muca muziganya amazi,

mwuzuza amazi itangi yo hepfo.

10 Mugenzura amazu y’i Yerusalemu,

amwe murayasambura kugira ngo muronke amabuye yo gusanura uruzitiro.

11 Hagati y’inzitiro z’igisagara mwubakaho itangi y’amazi

kugira ngo muziganye amazi yo mw’itangi ya kera.

Ariko ntimwigeze muhanga amaso Uwabiremye,

canke ngo mwiyumvire ku wabiteguye kuva kera.

12 Umwami, Uhoraho Mushoboravyose,

arabararitse kuri uwo musi,

ngo murire mwongere muboroge,

ngo mwimoshe inkomvorera mwongere mwambare impuzu z’ikigandaro.

13 Ariko raba, hari umunezero no kwiginana,

mubaga inka mukica intama,

mwirira inyama, mwinywera umuvinyu.

Mukavuga muti: "Reka twirire twongere twinywere,

kuko ejo tuzopfa."

14 Uhoraho Mushoboravyose yampishuriye ibi nanje ndiko ndumviriza: "No gushika ku musi muzopfirako, ico caha ntikizoharirwa," ni ko Umwami, Uhoraho Mushoboravyose, avuze.

15 Uku ni ko Umwami, Uhoraho Mushoboravyose, avuze:

Genda, ubwire urya muzezwabintu,

ari we Shebuna umurongozi w’ibikorwa vyo ku kirimba, umubaze uti:

16 Uriko ukora iki ngaha; ni nde yaguhaye uruhusha

rwo kwiyimbira imva ngaha,

ukayiyimbira ahakirurutse,

ukiyimbira aho uzohambwa mu gitandara?

17 "Wiyubare. Uhoraho azogufatana inkomezi nyinshi,

agushiburire kure, yewe wa munyenkomezi we.

18 Azokuzingazinga bwa mupira wo gukina,

aguterere mu gihugu cagutse.

Aho ni ho uzogwa,

hamwe n’imikogote yawe yatuma wishima,

uzoba agatetereza k’inzu ya shobuja.

19 Nzokwaka ubutware bwawe,

kandi nzogukura mu kibanza cawe nkumanure.

20 Kuri uwo musi, nzohamagaza umusavyi wanje Eliyakimu mwene Hilukiya agusubirire. 21 Nzomwambika ikanzu yawe, ndamukenyeze umukanda, maze ndamuhe ubutware bwawe. Azoba se w’ababa i Yerusalemu hamwe n’ab’inzu ya Yuda. 22 Nzoshira ku bitugu vyiwe urupfunguruzo rw’inzu ya Dawidi; yuguruye nta wuzokwugara, kandi niyugara nta wuzokwugurura. 23 Nzomushimangira nk’urumambo ahantu hakomeye; azozana icubahiro ku nzu ya se. 24 Icubahiro c’umuryango wiwe cose kizoba kuri we: kizoba ku ruvyaro rwiwe, no gushika ku wo hasi y’abandi bose."

25 Uhoraho Mushoboravyose avuze ati: "Kuri uwo musi, urumambo rwashimangiwe ahakomeye ruzokurwaho; ruzotemwa rugwe, umutwaro wari uruboheweko ukoroke." Ni ko Uhoraho yavuze.