Imigani ya Salomo
Urukusanyo rw'amajambo y'ubwenge yo mu buzima bwa misi yose. Avuga ku mvugo, ku bikorwa, ku mahera, ku bucuti, no ku kwubaha Uhoraho, ari ho ubwenge bwose butangurira. Ni inyigisho z'ingirakamaro zitanzwe na se ku muhungu wiwe.
1 1Imigani ya Salomo, mwene Dawidi, umwami wa Isiraeli:
2Kugira umenye ubukerebutsi n’inyigisho, gutahura amajambo y’ubwenge, 3kwakira inyigisho yo kwiyifata mu buryo bukerebutsi, mu kugororoka, mu butungane no mu bworoherane, 4guha ubwenge abatagira ubwenge, kumenya n’ukubona kw’abakiri bato, 5abanyabwenge na bo bumve maze biyongere mu bumenyi, uwutahura na we aronke ubuyobozi, 6gutahura umugani n’urugero, amajambo y’abanyabwenge n’ibitito vyabo.
7Gutinya Data wa twese ni intango y’ubumenyi;
Ijwi rya se ku mwana wiwe
8Mwananje, umva inyigisho ya so, kandi ntuhebe inyigisho ya nyoko, 9kuko biba igitsibo c’ubwiza ku mutwe wawe no utuntu dusharije ku ijosi ryawe.
10Mwananje, nimba abanyavyaha bakworoherereje, ntuvyemere. 11Nimba bavuga bati: “Ingo tujane, nitunyegere amaraso, nitugere umutego uwutagira icaha ata mvuno; 12nkuko ikuzimu, nitubamire bazima, bakwiye, nk’abamanuka mu rwobo; 13tuzoronka ibintu vy’agaciro vy’ubwoko bwose, tuzokwuzuza amazu yacu iminyago; 14nutere umugabane wawe muri twebwe; twese tuzosangira isaho imwe,” 15mwananje, ntugendane na bo mu nzira; zibira ikirenge cawe amayira yabo, 16kuko ibirenge vyabo biruka ku bubi, kandi bihuta kumena amaraso. 17Kuko urusenga rwanitswe imbere y’amaso y’inyoni iyo ari yo yose nta co rufata; 18mugabo abo banyegera amaraso yabo nyene; bagera umutego ubuzima bwabo nyene. 19Uko ni ko inzira zimeze z’umuntu wese agira umwina w’indyane; bikura ubuzima bw’abo babifise.
Ubukerebutsi mu mabarabara
20Ubukerebutsi burasemerera mw’ibarabara; mu mahuriro abusadura ijwi ryabwo. 21Ku ntango y’amabarabara ariko aravuga araserura; ku marembo y’igisagara buravuga buti:
22“Gushika ryari, mwa batagira ubwenge mwe, muzokunda kuba abatagira ubwenge? Gushika ryari abakinisha bazokwinezererwa ugukinisha kwabo n’ibijuju bikazonka ubumenyi? 23Nimwitaba ukunyora kwanje, jewe, Bukerebutsi, nzobasuka mpwemu wanje; nzobamenyesha amajambo yanje. a a v23 Ubukerebutsi buvuga ngaha ni Kristo nk’uko Paulo abwerekana — ubukerebutsi bwa Data wa twese (1 Abakorinto 1:24, 1:30; Abakolosayi 1:15-17). Umwana yari kumwe na Se imbere y’irema arahamagara abazohindukira bakumviriza. 24Kubera ko nahamagaye mukanka, ndambura ukuboko kwanje ata n’umwe yitaho, 25mwirengagiza impanuro zanje zose mukanka ugunyora kwanje kwose, 26nanje nzotwenga ivyago vyanyu; nzokinisha igihe ubwoba buzobafata, 27igihe ubwoba buzobafata nk’igihuhusi n’ivyago vyanyu bizoza nk’umuyaga w’inkubi, igihe amagorwa n’intuntu bizobashikira.
28Maze bazonhamagara, ariko sinzokwitaba; bazonyihweza ariko ntibazombona, 29kuko banka ubumenyi ntibatora gutinya Data wa twese, 30banka impanuro zanje bakengera ugunyora kwanje kwose. 31Ni co gituma bazorya ivyamwa vy’inzira yabo bwite maze bahage imigambi yabo bwite. 32Kuko ugukwegakwega kw’abatagira ubwenge kuzobica, kandi ukwiyizigira kw’ibijuju kuzobahonya; 33mugabo uwunyumviriza wese azoba mu mutekano agire amahoro, atagira ubwoba bw’ivyago.”