Zefenia
1 Kinenwa kya Yehova kyaile kudi Zefenia* mwanā Kushi mwanā Ngedadia mwanā Amadia mwanā Hezekia mu mafuku a Yoshia+ mwanā Amona+ mulopwe wa Yuda amba:
2 “Nkakubija fututu kintu kyonso pa nshi,” i Yehova unena.+
3 “Nkakubija muntu ne nyema mwine.
Nkakubija byoni bya mūlu ne mwita wa mu dijiba,+
Ne bikukaja*+ pamo ne babi bene;
Kadi nkatalula bantu pa nshi,” i Yehova unena.
4 “Nkōlola kuboko kwami pa Yuda
Ne pa bekadi bonso ba Yelusalema,
Kadi nkajimankanya mu kino kifuko byonso bishele bya* Bāla,+
Dijina dya babitobo ba baleza beni pamo ne babitobo,+
5 Ne boba bevukwila pa misaka ku kibumbo kya mūlu,+
Ne boba bevukwila ne kutyipa kulamata kudi Yehova+
Koku kadi batyipa kulamata kudi Malakame;+
6 Ne boba baleka kulonda Yehova+
Ne boba kebakimbangapo Yehova nansha kumwipangula.”+
7 Talalai ku meso a Mfumu Mwinē Lupusa Lonso Yehova, mwanda difuku dya Yehova dibafwena.+
Yehova wateakanya kitapwa; wapandula boba baityile.
8 Mu difuku dya kitapwa kya Yehova, nketa bamfumu beshintulwile,
Ne bana ba mulopwe,+ ne boba bonso bavwele bivwalwa byeni.
9 Mu dyodya difuku nketa yewa ense ukanda ku lukala* eshintulwile,
Boba bayuja lūma ne bongojani mu njibo ya mfumwabo.
10 Mu dyodya difuku,” i Yehova unena,
“Kukekala lunwa lwa madilo ku Kibelo kya Mwita wa Lui,+
Ne kuyoyokota ku Mukenza wa Bubidi wa kibundi,+
Ne mushindo mukatampe ku mikuna.
11 A bekadi ba Maketeshe* yoyokotai,
Mwanda bansunga bonso abafundulwa’ko;*
Boba bonso bapima ndalama abaonakanibwa.
12 Mu kine kitatyi’kya nkakimba Yelusalema na bimuni,
Kadi nketa boba babwenye byonso* beshintulwile, boba banena mu mityima yabo amba,
‘Yehova kakalongapo kiyampe, kadi kakalongapo kibi.’+
13 Bupeta bwabo bukatūtwa, mobo abo nao akasalwa.
14 Difuku dikatampe dya Yehova dibafwena!+
Dibafwena kadi difwenanga lubilo!*+
Lunwa lwa difuku dya Yehova i lubilubi.+
Muntu wa bulwi udilanga’mo.+