1 Uku ni ko Uhoraho avuze:
"Nimuce iziroranye,
kandi mukore ibibereye,
kuko agakiza kanje kari hafi cane,
kandi ukugororoka kwanje kukaba kugira guhishurwe vuba.
2 Hahiriwe uwukora ivyo,
uwo muntu abifashe nkama,
yubahiriza Isabato ntayihumanye,
akarinda amaboko yiwe ntakore ikibi na kimwe."
3 Umunyamahanga yifatanije n’Uhoraho, ashobora kuvuga ati:
"Uhoraho azonca mu bantu biwe."
Kandi n’inkone ishobora kuvuga iti:
"Jeho ndi igiti cumye."
4 Uku ni ko Uhoraho avuze:
"Inkone zubahiriza Isabato,
zigahitamwo gukora ibimpimbara,
zikazigama isezerano,
5 nzoziha igihome c’icibutso mu nzu yanje,
icibutso hamwe n’izina
risumba iry’abahungu n’abakobwa;
nzoziha izina rizohoraho,
rizokwamaho ibihe bidashira.
6 Abanyamahanga bifatanya n’Uhoraho
kugira ngo bamukorere,
bakunde izina ry’Uhoraho
babe abakozi biwe,
hamwe n’abo bose bubahiriza Isabato ntibayihumanye,
bakagumya isezerano ryanje,
7 nzobazana ku musozi wanje wera,
ndabahere umunezero mu nzu yanje yo gusengeramwo.
Amashikanwa y’ibiturirwa bikamota neza hamwe n’ibimazi vyabo
bizokwakirwa ku gicaniro canje;
kuko Ingoro yanje izokwitwa
inzu isengerwamwo n’amahanga yose."
8 Uhoraho Nyeninganji,
we yegeranije Abisirayeli abakuye mu kinyago, avuze ati:
"Nzokwegeranya n’abandi,
ndabashire hamwe n’abamaze kwegeranywa."
9 Nimuze, yemwe nyamaswa zo mu gahinga mwese,
nimuze mutabagure namwe bikoko vyo mw’ishamba!
10 Abateramyi ba Isirayeli ni impumyi,
bose ni imburabwenge;
ni imbwa z’ibiragi,
zidashobora gukuga;
bararyama bakarota,
bakunda gusinzira!
11 Ni imbwa zitigera zihaga,
zitigera zironka ibikwiye.
Ni abungere batagira ubwenge,
bazimirira mu nzira zabo,
umwe wese akironderera inyungu ziwe.
12 Umwe wese aravuga ati: "Nimuze, hinge nzane umuvinyu!
Reka tunywe iziboreza kugeza tuborewe!
Kandi ejo bizoba bimeze nk’uno musi,
canke mbere binarushirize kuba vyiza."