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1“Eno n’enkomerero y’emisambwa egy’e Babiloni!
Ebifaananie eby’emisambwa Beli ni Nebo egyasinzibwanga eira,
buti babitwise ku ndogoyi na ku nte.
Ebifaananie ebyo byafuuka migugu ku migongo gy’ensolo okudhiruyiriza.
2Emisambwa egyo amaani gagiwoire, ghazira ye gisobola kuyamba
waire gyene okwewonia.
Bagigema bugeme baagitwala mu bunhage.
Eno n’enkomerero y’emisambwa egy’e Babiloni!
3Mumpulirise imwe ab’endhu ya Yakobo,
imwe mwenamwena Abaisiraeli abaawonagho.
Bukyanga muzaalibwa, ninze mbalabirira okuviira irala mu nda dha bainhaimwe.
4Ni bwe mulikula ni mukairigha ni mumera n’envu,
era ndidha kubalabiriranga.
Ninze eyabatonda,
era ndidha kubakuumanga mbayambe mbalokole.
5Naani ye mulingezaaku ni mumwagayaza ninze,
oba naani ye mulingeragerania naye ni tufaanana naye?
6Abantu baja baafukumula mu nsawo dhaibwe zaabu,
baapima ni feeza ku minzaani.
Olwo baasasula omugheesi era baalagira ebintu ebyo abigheeseemu
ekifaananie eky’omusambwa,
era baamala baakikubira amakiryaivu baakisinza.
7Bakibbeedera ku mabega baakitwala,
baakita mu kifo kyakyo,
kyaba agho nga tikisobola kwesegenhiaku waire okuvaaghooku.
Bwe ghabaagho aidha okukisaba tikisobola kumwiramu,
waire okumuwonia mu bizibu bye.
8Imwe abakozi b’ebibi,
mwidhukire ekintu ekyo era mukirowoozeeku.
9Mwidhukire ebyaligho mu biseera eby’eira,
mumanhe nga ninze Katonda zenka, ezirayo wundi;
era ezirayo ali ng’oti ninze.
10Nalangirira okuviira irala mu mainhama ebyo ebyali eby’okwidha
ku nkomerero;
okuviira irala mu biseera eby’eira naayoleka ebyo ebyali n’okubaagho.
Naakoba nti, ‘Ndituukiriza bye ntegeike,
era naakola byonabyona bye nhenda.’
11Ndyeta omuntu yaidha okuva e buvandhuba.
Aliidha ng’oti n’enhonhi eyiiga,
yaaja yaakola kye ntegeike.
Ntyo bwe nkobye era tiriroba kukituukiriza.
12Imwe abantu ab’empwitu mumpulirise,
imwe abali eghala einho n’okulokolebwa:
13Obulokozi bwange mbuseesiisa kumpi,
tibukaali ghala naire.
Tija kulwagho kulokola bantu bange.
Ndinunula Yerusalemu
olwa Isiraeli okumpeesanga ekitiisa.”