Ubutumwa bwagenewe Abafilisiti
1 Ubu ni ubutumwa Uhoraho yabwiye Yeremiya, bwerekeye Abafilisiti mbere y’uko umwami wa Misiri atera i Gaza.
2 Ngibyo ibyo Uhoraho avuga ati:
“Dore umuvumba w’amazi aturutse mu majyaruguru,
arasūma nk’uruzi rwarenze inkombe.
Azasendera mu gihugu cyose no ku bikirimo byose,
azasendera mu mijyi no ku bayituye.
Abantu bazasakuza,
abaturage bazaboroga.
3 Hazumvikana imirindi y’amafarasi yiruka,
hazumvikana n’urusaku rw’amagare y’intambara,
ababyeyi bazacika intege batererane abana babo.”
4 Koko uwo munsi uzaba uwo kurimbura Abafilisiti bose,
uzatsemba abacitse ku icumu bashobora gutabara ab’i Tiri n’i Sidoni.
Uhoraho azatsemba Abafilisiti,
azatsemba abakomoka mu kirwa cya Shipure.
5 Abantu b’i Gaza bazimoza umusatsi nk’abari mu cyunamo,
aba Ashikeloni bazumirwa.
Bafilisiti bo mu kibaya mwacitse ku icumu, muzaboroga kugeza ryari?
6 Wa nkota y’Uhoraho we, uzatuza ryari?
Subira mu rwubati rwawe utuze.
7 Nyamara se yatuza ite yabitegetswe n’Uhoraho?
Yatuza ite yayitegetse gutsemba Ashikeloni n’inkombe z’inyanja?