Yer 47

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?