Isaya
13 Bino byo byambo byaambile Isaya+ mwana wa kwa Amozi byo amwene mu kimwesho pa mambo a bintu bikamwekela Babilona+ amba:
2 “Imika kiyukilo*+ pa mutumba pabula bichi ne nsono.
Wibabijike ne kwibalabula,
Pa kuba’mba beye batwele mu bibelo bya babinemanga.
3 Amiwa napana mukambizho ku bantu bo natongola.*+
Nakambizha nzhita yami kuba’mba imweshe bukaji bwami,
Yonka yo netotelamo.
4 Umvwai! Jibumba jiji mu mitumba;
Jibena kumvwanyika nobe kyungwe kya bantu bavula!
Umvwai! Kiwowo kya bamfumu,
Ba mu bisaka bya bantu byo bakonkanya pamo!+
Yehoba wa mabumba ubena kupwizha pamo nzhita ya kuya ku nkondo.+
5 Babena kufuma ku kyalo kiji kwalepa,+
Konka kwapela jiulu,
Yehoba ne byela bya nkondo bya bukaji bwanji,
Kuba’mba bonaune bya pano pa ntanda ponse.+
6 Wowakanai, mambo juba ja Yehoba jafwenya kala pepi!
Jo juba aye wa Bulume Bonse jo akonawinamo bintu.+
7 O ene mambo maboko onse o akakookelatu zubulu,
Ne michima ya bantu bonse ikakakilwa na moyo.+
8 Bantu kikebapezha maana.+
Misongo ne bisanso bikebafikila,
Nobe mwanamukazhi uji pepi kupaapa.
Baketalanga mulwabo saka bakankamana,
Ne bilungi byabo saka byauba bulanda.
9 Umvwai! Juba ja Yehoba jibena kwiya,
Jashinta kabiji jibena kwiya na bulume ne na bukaji bukatampe,
Pa kuba’mba jilengele bantu baji mu kyalo kukankamanatu,+
Ne konauna bandengamambo bajimo.
10 Mambo tubangabanga twa mwiulu ne mwala wanshansha*+
Kechi bikapana kyeya ne;
Juba jikafiita inge jasela,
Ne ñondo naye kechi ukapana kyeya ne.
11 Nkatotolwesha bantu ba pano pa ntanda na mambo a byubilo byabo byatama,+
Ne babi na mambo a bubi bwabo.
Nkapwisha kwitota kwa boba beubila bintu bene,
Kabiji nkapelula bantu belundumika.+
12 Nkalengela muntu ufwa kukatazha kumutaana kukila byo bataana ngolode ye basungulula,+
Ne bantu kukatazha kwibataana kukila byo bataana ngolode ya ku Ofila.+
13 O ene mambo o nkatenkenya meulu,
Ne ntanda nkeisunkenya po iji+
Pa juba Yehoba wa mabumba jo akamwesheshamo bukaji bwanji bukatampe.
14 Byonka byuba lupaala ye bakeba kwipaya ne jitanga jabula kafunga,
Muntu yense ukabwela ku balongo banji;
Muntu yense ukanyemena ku kyalo kyanji.+
15 Muntu yense ye bakataana bakamupulankanya,
Kabiji yense ye bakakwata, bakamutapa na mpoko.+
16 Baana babo bakebonaunatu shata, abo saka batalako,+
Bakebasendela bintu bya mu mazubo abo,
Ne bakazhi babo bakalaala nabo kya kwibakanjikizha.
17 Onkao mambo, nkebaletela bena Meda kuba’mba bakebalukuke,+
Bonka bamona siliva amba watu
Kabiji bonka babula kusangalela mu ngolode.
18 Bansongwalume bakafwa ku mata abo a mukanda;+
Kechi bakobila lusa baana babo
Nangwa kumvwina lusa baana ne.
19 Kabiji Babilona, bufumu bukatampe* kukila bukwabo bonse,+
Muzhi wa buya ye betotelamo bena Kalodeya,+
Ukekalatu nobe mizhi ya Sodoma ne Gomola kimye Lesa kyo eyonawine.+
20 Mu Babilona kechi mukekala bantu jibiji ne,
Kabiji kechi ikekala mpunzha mukekalanga bisemi byonse bikeya kulutwe ne.+
Kafwako mwina Alabya ukapopelamo tente wanji,
Kabiji bakafunga kechi bakajiishishangamo mikooko yabo ne.
21 Bilengwa bya mu kiselebwa bikalaalanga monka;
Mu mazubo abo mukayulatu tupwansengo.
22 Banyama babwaluka bakabwalukilanga mu byamba byanji,
Ne balubwala bakekalanga mu mapunzha anji awama a mu jilapa.
Kimye kya muzhi wa Babilona kyafwenya pepi, kabiji moba anji kechi akakulayila ne.”+