Indirimbo ya Salomo
7 “Ewe kuntu intambuko zawe ari nziza mu nkweto*+ zawe, mukobwa w’umutima ukunze+! Imyiheto y’amatako yawe ni nk’udusharizo+, igikorwa c’amaboko y’umuhinguzi w’utugenegene. 2 Inkikuro y’umukondo wawe ni ibakure ifukuye. Ntiyigere iburamwo umuvinyu uvanze+. Inda yawe ni umurundo w’ingano, ukikujwe n’amalisi+. 3 Amabere abiri yawe ni nk’imyagazi ibiri, amahasa y’ingeregerekazi+. 4 Izosi ryawe+ ni nk’umunara w’amasenge. Amaso yawe+ ni nk’ibidengeri i Heshiboni+, iruhande y’irembo rya Bati-rabimu. Izuru ryawe ni nk’umunara w’i Libani, uraba amagana i Damasiko. 5 Umutwe wawe kuri wewe ni nka Karumeli+, ibitsibo+ vyo ku mutwe wawe na vyo ni nk’ubwoya buzize ibara ry’umuyugubwe ugomba gutukura+. Umwami yagizwe imbohe n’iyo mishatsi irereta+. 6 Ewe kuntu uri mwiza, ewe kuntu uhimbaye, mukobwa mukundwa, hagati mu bisosa+! 7 Uwo mutumba wawe umenga ni ikigazi+, amabere yawe+ na yo, imisoko y’amatende. 8 Navuze nti: ‘Nzokwurira kuri nya kigazi, ngo mfate amashami yaco y’ivyamwa vy’amatende+.’ Kandi, ese amabere yawe yomera nk’imisoko y’umuzabibu, ugutamirana kw’izuru ryawe na kwo nk’amapome, 9 amagage yawe na yo nk’umuvinyu mwiza+ kuruta iyindi yose, ugenda urashororoka+ ku bw’umukunzi wanje, utemba gahorogahoro ku minwa y’abasinziriye.”
10 “Ndi uw’umukunzi wanje+, kandi ni jewe ahahamiye+. 11 Ingo, mukunzi wanje, dusohoke tuje mu gahinga+; twibere mu biterwa vy’ihina+. 12 Tuvyuke kare, tuje mu mirima y’imizabibu, turabe ko umuzabibu wanaze+, ko ishurwe ryasambuye+, ko ibiti vy’amakomamanga vyashuritse+. Aho ni ho nzokwerekera ibimenyetso vyanje vy’urukundo+. 13 Amadudayimu+ ubwayo yarekuye ugutamirana kwayo, kandi iruhande y’aminjiriro yacu hari ubwoko bwose bw’ivyamwa vyizavyiza+. Ibishasha n’ibishaje, ga mukunzi wanje, narabikubikiye muri ntibate.