Bilidadi avuga ubwa kabiri
Biludadi ababazwa no kugereranywa n'ibitungwa, yishura n'ijambo ryateguwe ku vyerekeye iherezo ry'abanyakibi: itara rizimye, umutego ku gitsintsino, nta ruvyaro rusigaye ari ruzima. Ishusho yose iramanukira umuntu amaze guhamba abana biwe.
18 1Nuko Bilidadi w’i Shuwa arishura ati: 2“Uzorondera amajambo gushika ryari? Nugire ubwenge, maze tuyage. 3Ni kuki dufatwa nk’ibitungwa, tukabarwa nk’ibipfu mu maso yawe? 4Wewe wiyita ibice mu bushavu bwawe, mbega isi yokwo igombwa guta kubera wewe, canke urutare rwokwo rwimurwa aho ruri? 5Egome, umuco w’umunyakibi uzimywa, n’ururimi rw’umuriro wiwe rukazima. 6Umuco uracura umwijima mu rwimbo rwiwe, n’itara riri hejuru yiwe rikazima. 7Intambuko ziwe z’inkomezi ziragabanywa, kandi imigambi yiwe ubwiwe iramugwisha. 8Ibirenge vyiwe ubwavyo bimujana mu rusenga, akagenda yinjira mu bushoro bwarwo. 9Umutego uramufata ku gitsinsino; akamashu kakamwumatira. 10Urunyerere rwiwe rwanyegejwe mu butaka, n’umutego ukamutegera ku nzira yiwe. 11Ibimwoza biramutera ubwoba impande zose, bikamukurikira ku bitsinsino vyiwe. 12Inkomezi ziwe ziragira inzara, n’ivyago bikamutegereza kugwa kwiwe. 13Riramira uduce tw’uruhu rwiwe; imfura y’urupfu igafyonka ivyungo vyiwe. a a v13 "Imfura y’urupfu" ni imvugo y’amazina igereranya indwara yica kandi inyonsa umubiri — intwaro y’urupfu yica cane. 14Akurwa mu mahoro y’urwimbo rwiwe, agatwarwa ku mwami w’ibimwoza. 15Umuriro uraba mu rwimbo rwiwe, rutakiri urwiwe; amazuku yaka akatabagizwa hejuru y’urugo rwiwe. 16Imizi yiwe irakama hasi, n’amashami yiwe agahoma hejuru. 17Icibutso ciwe gihera ku isi, nta n’izina agira mu mihana. 18Akurwa mu muco agashorerwa mu mwijima, agacibwa mu isi. 19Nta ruvyaro canke uruvyaro asigira mu bantu biwe, nta n’umwe arokoka aho yahoze aba. 20Abo mu burengero bazohagarara bikwegera ibimwashikiye, n’abo mu buseruko bakazofatwa n’ubwoba bwinshi. 21Ni ukuri, uku ni ko biba ku nzu z’abanyakibi, aho haba uwutazi Imana.”