Zefaniya 1:1-18
1 Dore ubutumwa Yehova yahaye Zefaniya* umuhungu wa Kushi, umuhungu wa Gedaliya, umuhungu wa Amariya, umuhungu wa Hezekiya, ku butegetsi bw’Umwami Yosiya,+ umuhungu wa Amoni,+ umwami w’u Buyuda:
2 Yehova aravuze ati: “Nta kabuza ibintu byose nzabirimbura burundu.”+
3 Yehova aravuze ati: “Nzarimbura abantu bose hamwe n’inyamaswa.
Nzarimbura inyoni zo mu kirere n’amafi yo mu nyanja,+Ndimbure abantu babi hamwe n’ibintu byose bituma abantu bakora ibyaha.*+
Nzarimbura abantu mbakure ku isi.”
4 “Nzahana abantu b’u BuyudaN’abaturage bose b’i Yerusalemu,Kandi aha hantu nzahakura ibintu byose byibutsa abantu Bayali.+
Nanone nzakuraho ibintu byose bituma abantu bibuka imana zo mu bindi bihugu kandi ndimbure n’abatambyi bazo.+
5 Nzarimbura abasenga izuba, ukwezi n’inyenyeri bari ku bisenge byabo by’amazu,+Ndimbure n’abapfukama bagakoza imitwe ku butaka, bakarahira ko batazahemukira Yehova,+Ariko barangiza bakarahira ko batazahemukira n’ikigirwamana cyitwa Malikamu.+
6 Nzarimbura abasubira inyuma bakareka gukurikira Yehova,+Hamwe n’abatarashatse Yehova, bakanga kumugisha inama.”+
7 Nimucecekere imbere y’Umwami w’Ikirenga Yehova, kubera ko umunsi wa Yehova uri hafi kuza.+
Yehova yateguye igitambo kandi yejeje abo yatumiye.
8 “Kuri uwo munsi nzatambaho igitambo, njyewe Yehova nzahana abategetsi n’abana b’umwami,+Hamwe n’abantu bose bambara imyenda y’abanyamahanga.
9 Kuri uwo munsi nzahana umuntu wese uzaba wegereye podiyumu,*N’abantu bose bakora ibikorwa by’urugomo n’uburiganya kugira ngo bateze imbere ba shebuja.
10 Kuri uwo munsi,” ni ko Yehova avuze,“Ku Irembo ry’Amafi hazumvikana induru,+Mu Gice Gishya cy’umujyi, humvikane abantu barira cyane+Kandi urusaku ruzumvikana ku dusozi.
11 Mwebwe abatuye i Makiteshi,* nimurire cyaneKuko abari abacuruzi bose bishwe.
Abacuruzaga ifeza bose barimbuwe.
12 Icyo gihe nzasaka nitonze muri Yerusalemu nifashishije amatara,Kandi nzahana abantu bose bumva ko bihagije* bibwira mu mitima yabo bati:
‘Yehova nta cyo azakora cyaba icyiza cyangwa ikibi.’+
13 Ubutunzi bwabo buzasahurwa, kandi amazu yabo azasenywa.+
Bazubaka amazu ariko ntibazayabamo.
Bazatera imizabibu ariko ntibazanywa divayi yayo.+
14 Umunsi ukomeye wa Yehova uregereje.+
Uregereje kandi urihuta cyane.+
Urusaku rw’umunsi wa Yehova ruteye ubwoba.+
Kuri uwo munsi umurwanyi w’intwari azataka.+
15 Uwo munsi ni umunsi w’uburakari,+Umunsi w’agahinda no guhangayika cyane,+Umunsi w’imvura nyinshi no kurimbura,Umunsi wijimye urimo umwijima mwinshi cyane,+Kandi ni umunsi w’ibicu n’umwijima uteye ubwoba.+
16 Ni umunsi abantu bazavuza ihembe n’impanda,*+Kugira ngo batere imijyi igoswe n’inkuta n’iminara miremire.+
17 Nzateza abantu agahinda kenshi,Bagende batabona,+Kuko bacumuye kuri Yehova.+
Amaraso yabo azasukwa nk’umukungugu,Kandi inyama* zabo zijugunywe nk’uko bajugunya amase.+
18 Ifeza yabo na zahabu yabo ntibizashobora kubakiza ku munsi w’uburakari bwa Yehova.+
Isi yose izatwikwa n’uburakari bwe bumeze nk’umuriro,+Kuko azarimbura abatuye ku isi bose mu buryo buteye ubwoba.”+
Ibisobanuro ahagana hasi
^ Bisobanura ngo: “Yehova yahishe (yabitse) abyitondeye.”
^ Uko bigaragara, byerekeza ku bintu cyangwa ku bikorwa byose bifitanye isano n’ibigirwamana.
^ Birashoboka ko ari kuri podiyumu iriho intebe y’umwami.
^ Uko bigaragara, ni agace k’i Yerusalemu kari hafi y’Irembo ry’Amafi.
^ Mu rurimi iki gitabo cyanditswemo ni “abantu bameze nk’itende riri hasi muri divayi.”
^ Ni igikoresho cy’umuziki. Reba Ibisobanuro by’amagambo.
^ Mu rurimi iki gitabo cyanditswemo ni “amara.”
