1 Ku vyerekeye Mowabu:

Uku ni ko Uhoraho Mushoboravyose, Imana ya Isirayeli, avuze:

I Nebo haragowe, kuko hazosangangurwa.

I Kiriyatayimu hazoteterwa hafatwe;

umunara waho uzoteterwa usangangurwe.

2 I Mowabu ntihazosubira guhimbazwa;

i Heshiboni ni ho abantu bazogirira inama yo kuhasenyura:

Nimuze dukureho rirya hanga.

Na wewe nyene, yewe Madimeni, uzozibwa akanwa;

inkota izogukurikirana.

3 Umve amaborogo aturutse i Horonayimu,

amaborogo atewe n’icago gihambaye n’agatikizo.

4 I Mowabu hazovunagurwa;

abana baho bazoboroga.

5 Baduze umusozi baja i Luhiti,

bagiye barira cane ingenda;

ku nzira imanuka ija i Horonayimu

amaborogo y’umubabaro kubera gusamburwa kwaho arumvikana.

6 Hunga! Nyaga amagara;

mumere nk’indogoba y’inyeshamba mu bugaragwa.

7 Ko mwizigiye ibikorwa vy’amaboko yanyu n’ubutunzi bwanyu,

na mwebwe nyene muzofatwa mujanwe muri inyagano,

kandi n’imana yanyu Kemoshi izojanwa ari inyagano,

hamwe n’abaherezi bayo n’abatware bayo.

8 Uwutikiza azoza atumbereye ibisagara vyose,

kandi nta gisagara na kimwe kizokira.

Ibiyaya bizosigara ari amatongo

n’intara z’imirambi zizosamburwa,

kuko Uhoraho yabivuze.

9 Shira umunyu kuri Mowabu,

kuko hazosigara ari amatongo;

ibisagara vyaho bizohinduka imisaka,

ata muntu n’umwe wo kubibamwo.

10 Aravumwe umuntu anebwa mu gikorwa c’Uhoraho!

Aravumwe umuntu arinda inkota yiwe ngo ntivishe amaraso!

11 "I Mowabu hamye hatekanye kuva mu buto,

nk’umuvinyu wiretse ku mvuzo zawo,

utacuranuwe ngo uve mu mubindi uje mu wundi,

ntihigeze hajanwa ari inyagano.

Ni co catumye hadahindura uburyohe,

n’akamoto kaho ntikahindutse.

12 Ariko imisi iraje,

ni ko Uhoraho avuze,

aho nzorungika abagabo bazi gucuranura,

kandi bazohacuranura;

bazosiga imibindi yaho igaragara

kandi bazomenagura imikuza yaho.

13 Nuko i Mowabu hazoteterwa ku bwa Kemoshi,

nk’uko ab’inzu ya Isirayeli bateterewe

igihe bizigira i Beteli.

14 Ni gute mushobora kuvuga muti: Turi abagwanyi,

abahizi mu ntambara?

15 I Mowabu hazosamburwa n’ibisagara vyaho bizoterwa;

abasore baho bezabeza bazomanukanwa gusogotwa inkota,

ni ko Umwami, izina ryiwe ni Uhoraho Mushoboravyose, avuze.

16 Ugusangangurwa kwa Mowabu kuri hafi;

ivyago vyaho biraje vyihuta.

17 Nimuhagandarire, mwebwe mwese muhakikije,

mwebwe mwese muzi icubahiro caho;

muvuge muti: ‘Ese ingene inkoni yo kuganza gukomeye ivunaguwe,

ese ingene inkoni y’ubwiza ivunaguwe!’

18 Ururuka muve mu bwiza bwanyu

mwicare mu mukungugu,

yemwe ababa ku mukobwa w’i Diboni,

kuko uwuriko arasangangura Mowabu

azoduga abashikire

maze azohindura imisaka ibisagara vyanyu bizitijwe inzitiro.

19 Hagarara ku nzira maze mwirabire,

mwebwe ababa i Aroweri.

Mubaze umugabo ariko arahunga n’umugore ariko aranyaga amagara yiwe,

mubabaze muti: Ni ibiki vyabaye?

20 I Mowabu harateterejwe, kuko hahinduwe amatongo.

Boroga ushire induru ku munwa!

Bimenyeshe uri kuri Arunoni

ko i Mowabu hasanganguwe.

21 Amateka aciriwe uturambi,

Holoni, Yahiza na Mefayati,

22 Diboni, Nebo na Beti-Dibulatayimu,

23 Kiriyatayimu, Beti-Gamuli na Beti-Meyoni,

24 Keriyoti na Bozira,

ku bisagara vyose vy’i Mowabu, ivya hafi n’ivya kure.

25 Ihembe rya Mowabu rirakondotse;

ukuboko kwaho kuravunitse,

ni ko Uhoraho avuze.

26 Nimuhaboreze,

kuko hagararije Uhoraho.

Mowabu nihitembagaze mu vyo hadashwe;

maze hahinduke akamenyo.

27 Mbega ntiwashinyaguriye Isirayeli?

Mbega bari bafashwe bariko bariba,

ko wabazunguriza umutwe ubatwenga

igihe cose wabavuga?

28 Nimuhebe ibisagara vyanyu maze muje kuba mu bitandara,

mwebwe ababa i Mowabu.

Mumere nk’inuma yiyubakira icari

ku munwa w’igihomoka.

29 Twarumvise ubwibone bwa Mowabu,

ubwibone bwiwe burenze urugero,

ukwishira hejuru, ubwibone, ukwirata

n’ukwidundarika kwo mu mutima wiwe.

30 Ndazi ukwishira hejuru kwiwe ariko ni ukw’ubusa, ni ko Uhoraho avuze,

kandi ukwirata kwiwe nta co kumaze.

31 Ni co gituma mborogera Mowabu,

kubera Abanyamowabu bose ndaboroga,

ndagandaye kubera abantu b’i Kiru-Hareseti.

32 Ndakuririra nk’uko Yazeri arira,

yemwe mizabibu y’i Sibuma.

Amashami yawe yari asagaraye gushika ku kiyaga,

yashika ku kiyaga c’i Yazeri.

Uwutikiza yaguye

ku mizabibu yawe yimbuwe.

33 Umunezero n’agahimbare biraheze

mu mirima no mu gihugu c’i Mowabu.

Mpagaritse ugutemba kw’umuvinyu mu bwato bugana;

nta wukigana aririmbana umunezero.

Naho hari akamo,

si akamo k’umunezero.

34 Ijwi ryo kuboroga kwabo riduga

riva i Heshiboni gushika i Eliyalehi n’i Yahazi,

kuva i Zowari gushika i Horonayimu n’i Egulati-Shelishiya,

kuko mbere n’amazi ya Nimurimu arakamye.

35 Nzoshira iherezo kuri Mowabu

no ku batanga ibimazi ku mpinga z’imisozi

bagaturirira ibimota neza imana zabo, ni ko Uhoraho avuze.

36 Nuko umutima wanje ucura intimba ku bwa Mowabu kurya kw’ijwi ry’umwironge;

ucura intimba nk’umwironge kubera abantu b’i Kiru-Hareseti.

Ubutunzi bwegeranijwe buraheze.

37 Umutwe wose umowe inkomvorera

kandi ubwanwa bwose buramowe;

amaboko yose arikebaguye

kandi urukenyerero rwose rwambaye igunira.

38 Hejuru ku mazu y’i Mowabu

no mu bibanza bahuriramwo

nta kindi kihari atari kugandara gusa,

kuko menaguye Mowabu

nk’umubindi abantu bose bazinutswe, ni ko Uhoraho avuze.

39 Ese ukuntu amenaguwe! Ese ukuntu baboroga!

Ese ukuntu i Mowabu bahunze kandi bateterewe!

Mowabu hahindutse ikimaramare,

agaterantimba ku bantu bose bahakikije.

40 Uku ni ko Uhoraho avuze:

Raba! Inkona iriko irarara,

ishanje amababa yayo hejuru ya Mowabu.

41 Keriyoti hazofatwa

n’iminara izofatwa.

Kuri uwo musi imitima y’abahizi b’i Mowabu

izomera nk’umutima w’umugore ari ku gise.

42 Mowabu hazosamburwa nk’ihanga

kuko bagararije Uhoraho.

43 Ibiteye ubwoba n’imanga n’umutego birabarindiriye,

yemwe bantu b’i Mowabu,

ni ko Uhoraho avuze.

44 Uwuzohunga ibiteye ubwoba

azogwa mu manga,

uwuzokwurira ngo ave mu manga azofatwa n’umutego;

kuko nzoshitsa kuri Mowabu

umwaka wo guhanwa kwaho,

ni ko Uhoraho avuze.

45 Mu gitutu ca Heshiboni

abahunze ni ho bahagaze batagira gitabara,

kuko umuriro uvuye i Heshiboni,

urubeya ruvuye muri Sihoni;

ruturira ab’i Mowabu ku ruhanga,

n’ubuhanga bw’abantu birata bayogora.

46 Uragowe, ewe Mowabu!

Abantu ba Kemoshi bararanduwe;

abana bawe bajanywe ari inyagano

n’abakobwa bawe bajanywe mu kinyago.

47 Ariko nzosubira kwubaka Mowabu

mu misi izoza,"

ni ko Uhoraho avuze.

Aho ni ho amateka ya Mowabu ahereye.