¹ Umwaka gwambere gwa Dariyo,mwene Ahasuwerusi,wo mu bwoko bw'Abamedi, wariwabaye umwami w'ubwami bw'Abakaludaya. ² Umwaka gwa mbere g'ubwami bwe, njewe Danyeli, mbona mu bitambo ko hagomba gushira imyaka mirogwirindwi kumatongo g'i Yerusalemu ukurikiye umubare gw'imyaka yo Uwiteka yari ya bwiye umuhanuzi yeremiya. ³ Nerekeza amasoganje kuri Nyagasani Imana, kugira ngo nkoreshe amasengesho,no kwambaza Imana no gufa ta amafungo nambaye ibiguniya no kwisiga ivi. ⁴ Nsenga Uwiteka Imana yanje, mwihanaho ndikwatura ngo: Nyagasani,Mana ikomeye kandi iteyubwoba, wowe urindaga isezerano ryawe kandi ugiriraga imbabazi abagukundaga bakanubaha amategeko gawe ! ⁵ Twakozeibyaha, twakoze nabi,twabaye babi n'abagome, twavuye mu mategeko gawe no muma bwiriza gawe. ⁶ Ntaho twumvise abakozi bawe b'abahanuzi, bagambye mw'izina ryawe babwira abami bacu, abashefu bacu, badata n'abantu bose b'igihugo. ⁷ Niwowe, Nyagasani,ufite gukiranuka, naho twewe nukubika imitwe muriguno musi, kubantu ba Yuda, kubaturage b'i Yerusalemu nokuri Israyeli yose, kubari hafi no kubari kure,mu bihugo byose ahowabirukaniye kubera ibyaha byo bakoze imbere yawe. ⁸ Nyagasani,twubitse umutwe kubwacu, kubw'abami bacu, kubwabashefu bacu, kubwabadata kuberako twagukoreye ibyaha. ⁹ Imbere yawe Nyagasani, Mana yacu, ufite impuhwe n'imbabazi,kuko twabaye abagome imbere yawe. ¹⁰ Ntaho twumvise ijwi ry'Uwiteka Imana yacu kubwogukurikiza amategeko ge go yari yashize imbere yacu kubwabahanuzi abakozi be. ¹¹ Israyeli yose yishe itegeko ryawe, irirengagiza kutumva ijwi ryawe. Nibwo rero imivumo n'bitutsi byadusesekayeho ibyanditswe mu mategeko ga Mose, umukozi w'Imana, kuberako twakoze icaha imbere y'Imana. ¹² Yasohoje amagambo go yatungambyeho no kubashefu bacu badutegekaga, yatuzaniye ibyago bikomeye, ntabyigeze kubaho musi y'ijuru nk'ibyaba i Yerusalemu. ¹³ Nkuko ibyobyanditswe mu mategeko ga Mose, ibyo byago byose byatujeho; ariko ntaho twatakambiye Uwiteka, Imana yacu, ntaho twaretse ibyaha, ntaho twumvise ukuri. ¹⁴ Uwiteka yarinze ibyo byago, arabiduterereza,kuko Uwiteka Imana yacu, akiranuka mubyo akora byose, ariko ntaho twumvise ijwi rye. ¹⁵ None rero, Nyagasani,Mana yacu, wowe wavanye ubwoko bwawe mugihugo C'Egiputa kubw'ukuboko kwawe gukomeye,kandi wihesheje izina nkuko bimeze gunomusi, twako ibyaha, twakoze nabi. ¹⁶ Nyagasani, kubw'imbabazizawe nyinci, uburakari bwawe n'umujinya gwawe bive kumugi gwawe Yerusalemu, kumusozi gwawe guboneye; kuko, kubera ibyaha byacu n'ibyaha byabadata, Yerusalemu n'abantu bayo babaye izisuzuguriro mu bantu bose badukikije. ¹⁷ Nuko nonehe, Mana yacu, wumwe isengesho no kwinginga kw'umukozi wawe, no kubw'urukundo rwawe Nyagasani, werekeze amaso gawe kunzu yawe yasenyutse ! ¹⁸ Mana yanje, utege ugutwi wumve ? Uhumure amaso urebe amatongo gacu, arebe umugi gw'izina ryawe ryambarizwagamo? kuko atarukubera gukiranuka kwacu gutumye tukugezaho kwinginga kwacu, ahubwo nukubera impuhwezawe nyinci. ¹⁹ Nyagasani,wumve! Nyagasani babarira ! Nyagasani utwiteho ! ukore, wegutinda, kubw'urukundo rwawe, wowe Mana yanje ! kuko izina ryawe rihimbazwa mu mugigwawe no mu bwoko bwawe. ²⁰ Ndongera ndagamba ndasenga, nihana icaha canje n'icaha c'ubwoko bwanje bw'Israyeli, kwinginga kwanje nkugeza k'Uwiteka, Imana yanje, kubw'umusozi guboneye gw'Imana yanje. ²¹ Nongeye kugamba musengesho ryanje, nibwo umugabo, Gaburiyeli, wonarinabonye mbere mu yerekwa azaahondi aguruka yihuta, mugihe c'igitambo c'umugoroba. ²² Aranyigisha,kandi aganira nanje. Arambwira ngo: Danyeli, buno nzunywe no gufungura ubwenge bwawe. ²³ Ubwo watangiraga gusenga; ijambo ryasohotse, none nzanywe no kurikumenyesha; kuko ukundwa ga cane.Wumve rero ijambo, kandi usobanukirwe iyerekwa ! ²⁴ Ibyumweru mirongongwirindwi byashiriweho ubwoko bwawe n'umugigwawe guboneye, kubwo kurangiza ibicumuro no gukuraho ibyaha gutambira ibyaha no kuzana gukiranuka kw'iteka, kurangira iyerekwa n'abahanuzi no gusigamavuta Itungane y'abatunganye. ²⁵ Ubimenye rero, kandi usobanukirwe ! Guturuka igihe co ijambo ryatangaje ko Yerusalemu izongerakubakwa kugeza k'uwasizwamavuta,ku Muyobozi, hariho ibyumweru birindwi n'ibyumweru mcrongwitandatu na bibiri, ahantu n'imyoba bizuzuzwa, ariko mu bihe bigoranye. ²⁶ Nyuma y'ibyumweru mirongwitandatu na bibiri, uwasizwamavuta azakurwaho, kandi ntawo kumusimbura. Abantu b'umushefu uzaza aza senya umugi n'inzu y'Imana, n'iherezorye rizaza nk'umwuzure; bitegetswe koiribuka rizagumaho kugeza kumwisho gw'ivita. ²⁷ Azagirana isezerano rikomeye hamwe na benci rizamara icumweru kimwe, kandi mucumweru hagati azahagarika ibitambo n'aturo; umurimbuzi azakora ibintu by'ibizira, kugeza ubwo kurimbuka n'ibyemejwe bisohorera ku murimbuzi.