Imigani ya Salomo
Ikusanyirizo ry'imigani y'ubwenge yo mu buzima bwa buri munsi—ku byerekeye imvugo, umurimo, amafaranga, ubucuti, no kubaha Uhoraho ari byo ntangiriro y'ubwenge bwose. Ni amabwiriza y'ingirakamaro umubyeyi aha umwana we.
1 1Imigani ya Salomo, mwene Dawidi, umwami wa Isiraheli:
2Kugira ngo umuntu amenye ubwenge n'amabwiriza, asobanukirwe amagambo y'ubushishozi, 3yakire amabwiriza y'imigenzereze iboneye, ubutungane, ubutabera n'ubwo guca urwa kibera, 4ngo abanyabwengebuke bagire amakenga, abato bagire ubumenyi n'ubushishozi, 5abanyabwenge na bo bumve maze bongere kwiga, n'ufite ubushishozi abone inama, 6ngo asobanukirwe umugani n'umwiyerekano, amagambo y'abanyabwenge n'ibisākuzo byabo.
7Kubaha Data wa twese ni byo ntangiriro y'ubumenyi; abapfapfa basuzuguje ubwenge n'amabwiriza.
Ijwi rya Se abwira Umwana we
8Mwana wanjye, umva amabwiriza ya so, kandi ntureke inyigisho za nyoko, 9kuko ari ikamba ryiza ku mutwe wawe n'imitāko ku ijosi ryawe.
10Mwana wanjye, abanyabyaha nibagushuka, ntukabyemere. 11Nibakubwira bati: “Ngwino tugende hamwe, duhishire amaraso, tugote umwere nta mpamvu; 12nk'uko imva imira, tubamire bakiriho, bose uko bameze, nk'abamanukira mu rwobo; 13tuzabona amoko yose y'ibintu by'agaciro, tuzuzuze amazu yacu iminyago; 14tera urufunzo rwawe muri twe; twese tuzasangira umufuka umwe,” 15mwana wanjye, ntukagendane na bo mu nzira; urinde ukuguru kwawe mu mayira yabo, 16kuko ibirenge byabo biruka bijya ku bibi, bakihutira kumena amaraso. 17Kuko umutego urambūwe imbere y'amaso y'inyoni iyo ari yo yose nta cyo ufata; 18ariko aba bagota amaraso yabo bwite; bagota ubugingo bwabo. 19Uko ni ko imigenzereze y'umuntu wese urarikira inyungu; iyo nyungu inyaga ubugingo bw'abayitunze.
Ubwenge buvugira mu mihanda
20Ubwenge burangurura ijwi mu muhanda; mu mbuga bushyira ijwi hejuru. 21Ku isonga ry'imihanda yuzuye urusaku burarangurura; ku irembo ry'umujyi buravuga buti:
22“Mwa banyabwengebuke mwe, muzamara igihe kingana iki mukunda ubwengebuke? Abakobanyi bazamara igihe kingana iki banezezwa no gukoba, n'abapfapfa bakanga ubumenyi? 23Nimwumvira imiburo yanjye, jye Bwenge, nzabasukaho Mwuka wanjye; nzabamenyesha amagambo yanjye. a a v23 Ubwenge buvuga hano Pawulo abugaragaza ko ari Kristo — ubwenge bwa Data wa twese (1 Abakorinto 1:24, 1:30; Abakolosayi 1:15-17). Umwana wari kumwe na Se mbere y'irema, ahamagara abahindukira bose bakamwumva. 24Kuko nahamagaye mukanga, ndarambura ukuboko nta we wita ku byo mvuga, 25mwirengagiza inama zanjye zose, mukanga imiburo yanjye yose, 26nanjye nzaseka iyo mugize ibyago; nzakoba iyo ibiteye ubwoba bibatunguye, 27iyo ibiteye ubwoba bibatunguye nk'inkubi y'umuyaga, n'ibyago byanyu bizaza nka serwakira, iyo amakuba n'umubabaro bibagwiririye.
28Icyo gihe bazampamagara ariko sinzabasubiza; bazanshakana umwete ariko ntibazambona, 29kuko bangaga ubumenyi, ntibashaka kubaha Data wa twese, 30banze inama zanjye, basuzuguje imiburo yanjye yose. 31Nuko bazarya imbuto z'imigenzereze yabo, bakihaza imigambi yabo. 32Kuko kuyoba kw'abanyabwengebuke kuzabamara, kandi kwishimira kw'ibicucu kuzabirimbura; 33ariko unyumvira azatura mu mutekano, akaba mu mahoro, adatinya ibyago.”