Nimukorane mbere y'inkubi y'umuyaga
Guhamagarirwa ni uguterana mbere y'uko iteka ribyara n'uburakari bwa Data wa twese bugera, kandi ibyiringiro byonyine bitangwa ni 'ahari'—shaka kwicisha bugufi, wenda uzahishwa. Hanyuma amahanga akikije akavugwa rimwe ku rindi, bikarangira na Ninive y'ibyibone, yiringira, isigara ari umusaka.
2 1Nimuterane, nimuterane mwe, wa ihanga ritagira isoni we, 2mbere y'uko iteka ribyara, umunsi ukanyura nk'umurama, mbere y'uko umujinya waka wa Data wa twese ubageraho, mbere y'uko umunsi w'uburakari bwa Data wa twese ubageraho. 3Nimushake Data wa twese, mwese aboroheje bo mu gihugu, mukora ubutungane bwe; nimushake ubutungane, nimushake kwicisha bugufi. Ahari muzahishwa ku munsi w'uburakari bwa Data wa twese. 4Kuko Gaza izatererwa, na Ashikeloni ibe umusaka; Ashidodi izirukanwa ku manywa y'ihangu, na Ekuroni irandurwe. 5Muzabona ishyano mwebwe batuye ku nkombe z'inyanja, mwa ihanga ry'Abakereti mwe! Ijambo rya Data wa twese riragurahangiye, Kanāni, gihugu cy'Abafilisiti: “Nzakurimbura kugeza igihe ntawe uzaba usigaye akiriho.” 6Inkombe z'inyanja zizahinduka urwuri, hagire ibyanya by'abashumba n'ibiraro by'imikumbi. 7Izo nkombe zizaba iz'abasigaye bo mu nzu ya Yuda; ni ho bazaragiriza, kandi bazaryama nimugoroba mu mazu ya Ashikeloni. Kuko Data wa twese azabitaho akabagarurira ibyabo. 8Numvise kwitukwa kwa Mowabu n'insuzugurwa z'Abamoni, uko batutse abantu banjye bakirarira ku gihugu cyabo.
9Nuko rero, ndahira ku ngingo zanjye, ni ko Data wa twese Nyiringabo avuga, Data wa twese w'Abisiraheli, ko Mowabu izahinduka nka Sodoma, Abamoni na bo nka Gomora—igihugu cy'ibihuru n'ibinombe by'umunyu, igihindure umusaka iteka ryose. Abasigaye bo mu bantu banjye bazabanyaga, abacitse ku icumu bo mu ihanga ryanjye bazabigarurira. 10“Iki ni cyo bazahembwa ku bw'ubwibone bwabo, kuko batutse bakirarira ku bantu ba Data wa twese Nyiringabo. 11Data wa twese azababera iteye ubwoba, kuko azicira inzara imana zose zo ku isi; kandi inkombe zose z'amahanga zizamupfukamira, buri wese ahereye aho ari.”
12Namwe Abanyakushi, muzicwa n'inkota yanjye.
13Nuko azarambura ukuboko kwe arwanya amajyaruguru, arimbure Ashūru, kandi Ninive ayihindura umusaka, yumye nk'ubutayu. 14Imikumbi izaryama hagati muri wo, inyamaswa z'ishyamba z'amoko yose; igihunyira n'urukwavu rw'amahwa bizacumbika ku mpinga z'inkingi zawo. Ijwi rizaririmba mu madirishya, ibisenyuka bibe ku muryango, kuko ibikorwa by'amasederi byahishuwe bikwaswe. 15Uyu ni wo mujyi wivuzaga neza wabaga mu mahoro, wibwiraga mu mutima wawo uti: “Ni jye, kandi nta wundi uriho uretse jye.” Mbega uko wahindutse umusaka, ubwihero bw'inyamaswa z'ishyamba! Buri wese uwunyura hafi arawisuzugurira akawuhinira.