¹ Ndapero yamuporofete Habakuk: ² Hompa, nawana vitundwa mo vyoye, natjira me. Hompa, vyutirapo viruwana vyoye pakatji kaghano maruvede; pakatji kaghano maruvede virenke vaviyive; vuruka kukara na nkenda mughugara ghoye. ³ Karunga yiya ghutunde muTemen, ntani vapongoki vatunde muruguvo rwa maghugara maghuvera. Sela liwiru kwalifika namfumwa yendi, na udjuni kwaghuyudire nalifumadeko lyendi. ⁴ Naghukenu yira washite, rwandjira mbiri dadire datundiro kulighoko lyendi; opo mpo ghavandikire nkondo dendi. ⁵ Lihamba lyashiponga ghalidongonoka kumeho yendi ntani mema ghamakuru-kuru ghamukwama. ⁶ Ashapuka nakumeta udjuni; Ghakenge nakutetuka mudimuhoko nampindi kuntji yandundu kwagarapire, madamenena ghatwikiri kukupeteka ghadame. Nashitambo shendi shakutwikira. ⁷ Nakenge kamba davaKushani mulikukwatakano, navdiki vakamba mushirongo sha Midiyani nakukankama. ⁸ Karunga agarapire kudimukuro? Ghugara ghoye kwarwanitirepo mukuro, ndi kwarwanitire po lifuta, opo mwarondire tukambe twenu na mumatemba ghalifundo? ⁸ Ghuye kwatungire livango lyakupongoka. Muure wayo kwakushetakanine naunene wa ngereka, mita dimurongo mbiri, ntani muure kwa kalire nka mita dimurongo mbiri. Ghuye avandayikeko na ngorodo yene-yene, yayo kwakoshire mafere matano nalimwe. ⁹ Mukosho wamboha edi varughanitire dimurongo ntano damuwaya-waya. Ghuye kwa vandayikire livango lyakuwiru nangorodo. ⁹ Mwarupwitire maghonga ghenu mwahana kughafika; mwatulire dimusho mungumba! Sela ghamuhangura udjuni na dimukuro. ¹⁰ Ndundu dakukengire ghadikankama kuugara. Mema ghagho ghamupite; lifuta lyakuntji ghaliyiyiri. Nakuyerura mankumpi ghalyo. ¹⁰ Ghuye arughana mafano maviri gha kerubimu ghakuvango lyakupongoka lyakuwiru; vakafumu vakurughana vitondo ava vi vandayiki nangorodo. ¹¹ Mavava ava Kerubim kwakalire namita dakutika kudimurongo mbiri muure kumwe; livava lya kerubimu umwe kwakalire mita ntano, nakukatika kulikuma lya ndjugho, ntani livava limwe kwakalire namita ntano, kukatika kulivava lyakerubimu unyalyo. ¹² Livava lyamukerubim umwe kwakalire nka mita ntano, nakutika kulikuma lyandjugho; nalivava lyamukerubim wakuhova. ¹¹ Liyuva na kakwedi kwayimanine shimpe kuwiru pakuroya vikutji vyenu nomo ngavituka na mukuroya ngumba daruvadi roye. ¹² Munayendi udjuni nauntje nanyengo. Naugara mukulyata dimuhoko. ¹³ Wayendire ghutundemo kuliyoghoko lyavantu voye, kuliyoghoko lyamuwaveki ghumwe. Watetulire mukurangeka vampititi vamapata vaghukaro dona mukuvarangeka muhere-here kutundilira kumpadi nange kuntingo. Sela ¹⁴ Munateghe vampititi vavakavita vendi navirwita vyendi kutunda po kasha vamuhomokere; lihuguvaro kwakalire lyakukwangulita vamanepo vahepwe vakaliro mulivango horamo. ¹⁵ Mwayendire kulifuta natukambe twenu, ntutu ghayimoneke mumema ghamawa. ¹⁵ Salomon nka kwa rughanine ngudi mbiri, kehe yino mita ntatu naharufa muure, kwaditulire kumeho ya ngereka; kumutwe wa kehe ngundi kwakalire na mita ntano muure. ¹⁶ Ghuye arughana malyenge a ngundi nakugha tura kuwiru yado; ghuye arughana nka lifere limwe pamagaranata nakudi wederere nado kumalyenge. ¹⁷ Ghuye atura ngundi odo kumeho yangereka, yimwe kulighoko lyarulyo, ntani yimwe kulighoko lyarumontjo; ngundi yakurulyo ayi ti lidina Jakimi, ntani ya kaliro kurumontjo ayi ti Bowasi. ¹⁶ Nayuvhu, munda yarutu rwande nakukankama, ngegho dande nakukankama kumushagharo. Lidjonauko linaya muvifupa vyande, na munda yanaumwande ghanikankama ndakanihokwere kutaterera liyuvho lyamaghudito muvantu vatughupiro unankondo twe. ¹⁷ Nampindi maghukuyu kapi ghatemwine dimucuko ntani kwato mandjembere ghayimino; vitondo vya ndjwe navyo kapi vyatikitiremo dimuyangu damumafuva kapi dakaliremo ndya; mpindi ngoli vindjwi vavitepwire, vidira na vimpendje, vavidipaghire kutwara mumarudi ghavyo, kwato ngombe dahupaliro muhambo davo, vino mbyo nganiruwana. ¹⁸ Shimpe, nganishamberera mwa Hompa. Nganihafa mukonda yaKarunga wamupopeli wande. ¹⁹ Munankondo wande Hompa Karunga ntani ghapamikire maghuru ghande yira mbinga davikorama. Ghantwara kumeho pamavango ghakuyeruka. -Kuvakondi vadimusika, na vikitara.