Yobu
17 “Ekirimu kyaghe kyabiribunika, ebiro byaghe byabirilima;
Ekimbaseke kinanyilindire.
2 Abakasekereraya bananitimbireko,
N’ameso waghe akakasawa eritungerera* emikolere yabo y’eriyisamambula.
3 Kisi ulighe omutsimbo waghe, kandi ubikegho.
Ni ghundi ndi oyo wasyamba ebyala n’erinihanganira?
4 Kusangwa wabiribisa obuyiteghererya hali oko mitima yabo;
Kyo kikaleka ighutapipabo.
5 Anganaligha erighabira abira biwe oko bindu biwe,
Aliwe ameso w’abana biwe inianalibene.
6 Abiriniyira mo kindu ky’erisekereribwa* omo kati-kati k’abandu,
Neryo nabiribya oyo bakatwirako amatandi omo busu.
7 Obulighe bukaleka ameso waghe iniatasyalangira ndeke,
N’ebitsuko byaghe byosi ni kitsutsu kisa.
8 Abandu abatunganene bakakukubala balangira eki,
N’omundu oyuteko olubanza akubaha,
Akayibulamo omutima busana n’omundu oyutyubaha oMungu.*
9 Oyutunganene akamakirira enzira yiwe,
N’omundu w’ebyala ebyerire akayira amaka manene.
10 Nikwa inywe bosi, mwanganasa n’eritasyatsuka eribugha,
Kusangwa sinetabana omundu wosi-wosi w’amenge omo kati-kati kenyu.
11 Ebiro byaghe byahwere;
Eriteghekania lyaghe, ebyo omutima waghe akayitsutsa, byabiribunzungulwa.
12 Bakabera eribindingula ekiro mo musibo,
Bati, ‘Ekyakakala kyanganabya ikiri hakuhi kusangwa hali omwirimya.’
13 Namalinda, Eyisinda* iyikendibya bwikalo bwaghe.
Ngendisesa engyingo yaghe omo mwirimya.
14 Ngendisyabirikira ekyuna* niti, ‘Uli baba waghe!’
N’oko mihuka niti, ‘Mama waghe na mwali wetu!’
15 Neryo, amaha waghe ali hayi?
Oyo wanganilangirira amaha nindi?