Data Ava ku Bahemu
Abatambyi, umwami n'ihanga byose birahamagarwa. Ibikorwa byabo ntibizabemerera gusubira, kandi iyo bagiye bashaka bafite imikumbi n'amashyo Data wa twese aba yarabavuyemo. Yiyita ubuvundo kuri Yuda n'intare kuri Efurayimu, hanyuma akagenda kugeza ubwo amakuba abasunika ngo bagaruke.
5 1Nimwumve ibi, mwa batambyi mwe! Nimutege amatwi, mwa b'inzu ya Isiraheli mwe! Nimwumve, mwa b'inzu y'umwami mwe! Kuko urubanza rubagenewe, kuko mwabaye umutego i Misipa n'urushundura rwambuwe kuri Taboru.
2“Abigomeke binjiye cyane mu bwicanyi, nyamara jye nzabahana bose. 3Nzi Efurayimu, kandi Isiraheli ntiyihishe imbere yanjye; none, Efurayimu, wigize indaya, kandi Isiraheli yahumanye.
4“Ibikorwa byabo ntibizabemerera gusubira kwa Se wabo, kuko umwuka w'ubusambanyi uri muri bo, kandi ntibazi Data wa twese. 5Ubwibone bwa Isiraheli buramuhamya we; Isiraheli na Efurayimu bahungabana mu byaha byabo; Yuda na we ahungabana hamwe na bo. 6Bajyanye n'imikumbi yabo n'amashyo yabo bazagenda bashaka Data wa twese, ariko ntibazamubona; yarabavuyemo. 7Bahemukiye Data wa twese, kuko babyaye abana b'ikinyandaro. None imboneko y'ukwezi izabamara hamwe n'imirima yabo.
8“Nimuvuze ihembe i Gibeya, muvuze impanda i Rama. Nimuvuze induru y'intambara i Betaveni; witegereze inyuma yawe, Benyamini! 9Efurayimu azahinduka umuyonga ku munsi w'igihano; mu miryango ya Isiraheli ndamenyesha ibyo bizaba koko. 10Abatware ba Yuda bameze nk'abimura imbago; jye nzabasukaho uburakari bwanjye nk'amazi. 11Efurayimu arakandamijwe, amenetse mu rubanza, kuko yiyemeje gukurikira ibigirwamana bitagira umumaro. 12Nuko jye ndi nk'inyenzi kuri Efurayimu, kandi nk'ikibora kuri b'inzu ya Yuda.
13“Efurayimu yabonye uburwayi bwe, Yuda yabonye igisebe cye gifunguye; nuko Efurayimu yiruka ajya muri Ashūru, asaba umwami wayo ukomeye. Ariko uwo mwami ntashobora kugukiza, cyangwa ngo akize igikomere cyawe kibyimba. 14Kuko nzaba nk'intare kuri Efurayimu, kandi nk'icyana cy'intare kuri b'inzu ya Yuda. Jyewe ubwanjye nzatanyagura ngende; nzabajyana, kandi nta uzabakiza. 15Nzasubira ahanjye, kugeza ubwo bazemera icyaha cyabo bagashaka mu maso hanjye; mu kaga kabo bazanshakana umwete.”