< Oufunuo 18 >
1 Bada eyevintu evi ehalolile ontumi owamwabho ahwiha pansi afume amwanya. Omwene ali na madalaka amagosi, na pansi palabhilwe nowuzuvyo wakwe.
2 Alilile husauti engosi, wayanga, “Ongwiye, ogwiye, lilaiboma igosi Babeli! Ulisehemu yagakhala amapepo, ne sehemu pekhala kila empepo enchafu ne sehemu yakhala nchafu ne nyonyi yevisya.
3 Hwa huje amataifa gonti gamwelile amakholwe egensongwe eyemalaya wakwe gashele gahuletela egadhabu. Hwa mwene bhensi. Bhabhombile omalaya nawo. Bhabhabhombile ebiashala hunsi bhali matajili hunguvu yemaisha yakwe eyekhatwe.”
4 Nantele ehonvwa esauti eyamwabho afume amwanya eyanga, “Epihwa mwene bhantu bhane, aje msahenze mgabha pandwemo hudhambe zyakwe aje msahenze mweje amakhomo gakwe gogonti.
5 Edhambe zyakwe zilondene pamwanya nashi emwanya no Ngolobhe ayizushe embombo yakwe embibhi.
6 Lipi nanshi sabhalipile abhanje, namlipe mala habhele nanshi salengenye hushikombe shashisangenye, sanganyizi mala habhele kwajili yakwe.
7 Nanshi shahwizuvya omwene yoyo, akheye hushitagwe, pelaji amayemba gaminji ne nsebho. Afwataje ayanga hu mwoyo gwakwe, 'Eheye nanshi oshe wa mwene, sagaofwele; wala sembalole enzondo.'
8 Hwesho mhati eisiku limo ehomo zyakwe zyaihuletela: efwo, nenzondo, nenzala. Abhalongolezeweno mwoto, afwatanaje Ogosi Ongolobhe we nguvu, yalonga hwa mwene.”
9 Amwene ebhensi bhabhabhombile omalaya na zyalangane pandwemo nomwene bhailila na ahuzondele nabhailola ilyosi nalongolele wakwe.
10 Bhayemelela patali no mwene, eshayete naabhawe hwakwe bhayanga, “Palwabho, palwabho hwiboma igosi, Babeli, iboma elye nguvu! Hwisala limo alongwe hwaho hwenzele.”
11 Afanyabiashara ebhensi lilaji nazonde hujili yakwe, afwatanaje nomo hata omo yakala evintu vyakwe nantele -
12 evintu vye dhahabu, ehela, amawe egethamani, elulu, ekitani enyinza, ezambalau, ehalili, enshamwamu, ehaina zyonti ezye makwi ezyenunsi ogwinza, shila shombo, eshempeta, eyetembo shila shombo shashilenganyiziwe, namakwiege thamani eshaba, ijela, iwe,
13 emdasini, evilongo, ouvumba, emanemane, evilozu, amafuta, owusu, ogwinza, engano, eng'ombe ne gole, efalasi na magali, na sontezo, ne mpepo ezya bhantu.
14 Endondo zyozilishe hunguvu zyaho zisogoye afumehuliwe entego zyaho zyonti namapambo gasogoye, segaibhoyela nantele.
15 Afanyabiashala ebhevintu evi bhashele bhapete otajili hunsongwo zyakwe bhayemelela hutali afume hwa mwene husababu yewoga wabhabho zyakwe, balila ne sauti eyenzondo.
16 Bhayanga, “Palwabho, palwabho ibomalila igosi wawukwete, omwenda ogwnza, ozambalau, noshamwamu, pambe hudhahabu, nevintu eve thamani ne lulu!”
17 Mhati yisala limo otajili wonti owu wahepile shila yagomba emeli shila yayinjie, na bhonti ebhemenze na bhonti bhabhabhomba embombo mnsombe, bhebhemeleye patali.
18 Bhalilile nabhololile ilyosi lyalihulongolezya omwene. Bhayanga, “Liboma anshilyalilengana niboma eli igosi?”
19 Bhaponyizye amankondi mmatwegabho, nabhalilile, gabhafuma amansozi na zonde, “Palwabho, palwabho iboma igosi paponti bhabhali nemele zyabho mnsombe bhali bhatajili afumilane ne mali zyakwe. Mhati mwisala limo ugogwilwe.”
20 “Songwi pamwanya yakwe, pibhengo, amwe webhelweteho, mwasontetezo, namwakuwa, kwaana Ongolobhe aletile endongo yenyu pamwanya pakwe!”
21 Ontumi owe nguvu abhosezye iwe nanshi iwe igosi elyasyele aliponyizye mnsombi, wayanga, “Hwidala eli, Babeli, lila iboma igosi, gubhaponywe pansi eshehu katili nantele hulimwe.
22 Esauti eyenonji, ebheng'oma, bhabha hwanga efilimbi, hata tsalamu wawonti saga ayibhoheha hulimwe. Hata sauti eshe nonji sehaionvwewa hulimwe.
23 Omwanga owetala sewailabha mhati yakwe. Esauti ya bwana harusi nobibi harusi sezya yonvwehwa nantele, maana afwanya biashala bhao bhali bhagosi bhensi ne bhe mataifa, bhakhopelewe hwitonga lyaho.
24 Mhati yakwe idanda elyakuwa na abhe lweteho lyabhoneshe, ni danda lya bhonti bhabhafwiye pamwanya ya pansi.”
