Amakuba ya Mowabu

1 Ubu ni ubutumwa bwagenewe Mowabu.

Ari na Kiri, ya mijyi yo muri Mowabu yaratsembwe,

yatsembwe mu ijoro rimwe.

2 Abaturage b’i Diboni bagiye mu ngoro yabo,

bagiye kuririra ahasengerwa,

ab’i Mowabu baraborogera i Nebo n’i Medeba,

bimoje umusatsi n’ubwanwa.

3 Mu mayira abantu bambaye imyambaro igaragaza akababaro,

baraborogera hejuru y’amazu no mu bibuga,

abantu bose bitura hasi barira.

4 Ab’i Heshiboni n’i Eleyale barataka,

imiborogo yabo irumvikana kugera i Yahasi,

ingabo za Mowabu na zo zirataka,

zakutse umutima.

5 Ndaririra Mowabu,

dore abantu bayo bahungiye i Sowari n’i Egilati-Shelishiya,

barazamuka barira bagana i Luhiti,

mu nzira igana i Horonayimu bashavujwe n’ayo makuba.

6 Amazi y’i Nimurimu yarakamye,

ibyatsi byarumye ntakikihamera,

nta kimera kikiharangwa.

7 Umutungo bari basigaranye,

bawambukanye hakurya mu biti byo ku nkombe y’umugezi.

8 Imiborogo ni yose mu mpande zose z’igihugu cya Mowabu,

amaganya yabo arumvikana i Egilayimu n’i Bēri-Elimu.

9 Amazi y’i Diboni yuzuyemo amaraso,

nyamara Uhoraho aravuze ati:

“Ab’i Diboni nzabongerera ibyago,

abacitse ku icumu b’i Mowabu bazaribwa n’intare.”