Sefanya
1 Dîyi dia Yehowa divua dilue kudi Sefanya* muana wa Kusha, muana wa Gedaliya, muana wa Amalia, muana wa Hezikiya, mu matuku a Yoshiya+ muana wa Amona+ mukalenge wa Yuda didi ne:
2 “Nenkombe bintu bionso bidi pa mutu pa buloba kakuyi kushala kantu,” ke mudi Yehowa wamba.+
3 “Nenkombe muntu ne nyama.
Nenkombe nyunyi ya muulu ne mishipa ya mu mbuu,+
Ne bilenduishi*+ pamue ne benji ba malu mabi;
Ne nengumbushe bukua bantu pa mutu pa buloba,” ke mudi Yehowa wamba.
4 “Nengolole tshianza tshianyi bua kuluisha Yuda
Ne bua kuluisha bonso badi basombele mu Yelushalema,
Ne nenkupule bishadila bionso bia* Bâla mu muaba eu,+
Dîna dia bakuidi ba nzambi ya ku babende pamue ne bakuidi,+
5 Ne bantu badi binamina tshiluilu tshia mu diulu pa mutu pa misaka ya nzubu,+
Ne badi binama ne balaya lulamatu kudi Yehowa+
Padibu eku balaya lulamatu kudi Malakama;+
6 Ne bantu badi balekela kulonda Yehowa+
Ne badi kabayi bakeba Yehowa anyi bamukonka bualu.”+
7 Puwa kumpala kua Mukalenge Mutambe Bunene Yehowa, bualu dituku dia Yehowa didi pabuipi.+
Yehowa mmulongolole mulambu; mmujidile bantu badiye mubikile.
8 “Mu dituku dia mulambu wa Yehowa nendumbuluishe bakokeshi,
Bana ba mukalenge,+ ne bonso badi bavuala bilamba bia ku babende.
9 Nendumbuluishe muntu yonso udi ubanda pa tshibumba* dituku adi,
Bantu badi buwuja nzubu wa mfumuabu ne tshikisu ne dishima.
10 Dituku adi,” ke mudi Yehowa wamba,
“Nekuikale mutoyi wa lubila lukole ufumina ku Tshiibi tshia Mishipa,+
Kabobo ka muadi kafumina mu Tshitupa Tshibidi tshia tshimenga,+
Ne mutoyi mukole menemene ufumina ku mikuna.
11 Elayi kabobo ka muadi, nuenu badi basombele mu Maketesha,*
Bualu mbajimije* bangenda mushinga bonso;
Bonso badi bapima bujitu bua arjan mbabutudibue.
12 Tshikondo atshi, nenkebulule mu Yelushalema bimpe bimpe ne miendu,
Ne nendumbuluishe bantu badi kabayi batshiuka bualu,* badi bamba mu mioyo yabu ne:
‘Yehowa kakuenza bualu buimpe, ne yeye kakuenza bualu bubi.’+
13 Nebapawule biuma biabu ne nebabutule nzubu yabu.+
Nebase nzubu, kadi kabakusombelamu;
Ne nebadime madimi a tumuma tua mvinyo, kadi kabakunua mvinyo wa ku madimi au to.+
14 Dituku dinene dia Yehowa didi pabuipi!+
Didi pabuipi ne didi disemena ne lubilu lukole!*+
Tshiona tshia dituku dia Yehowa tshidi bululu.+
Kuoku aku muena mvita udi wela lubila.+