¹ Ukushikimikwa kwa pari Ninive. ibuku rya ki monwa kya kwa Nahumu, umwina Elokoshi. ² Yahweh ni Resa wa bukwa kabiri uwa kirandushi; Yahweh wa kirandushi kabiri airuramo ikipyu; Yahweh abika ikirandushi pa barwani bakwe, kabiri atwaririsha ukifukushi pa barwani bakwe. ³ Yahweh arakokora ukufurwa kabiri mu kuru ku maka; Yahweh apanga inshira yakwe muri nkankungwe eryo na mu kipuupu, eryo na mumakumbi erukungu rwa makasa yakwe. ⁴ Arakaripira bemba no kumurenga ukuma; arakamya ne mironga yonse. Bashani arinaka, pamo pene na Kamere; na maruba ya Rebanoneni yanaka. ⁵ Impiri sha tenta ku kinso kyakwe, no tupiri twa sungurika; isonde rya tobaika ku kinso kya kwe, mukine isonde ryonse eryo na bantu bonse abakaramo. ⁶ Ni nani unga tama ku bukari bwakwe? Nani unga kana ku kifukushi kya kufurwa kwakwe? Ubukari bwakwe bupongoroka kwati muriro, ne fimabwe fyatobaika kuri ye. ⁷ Yahweh musuma, ni nkosho mu bushiku bwaku manama; kabiri eshiba onse utwara bankore kuri ye. ⁸ Rero akita imperekesho ku barwani bakwe ne kipupu kya ryeshi; akabapepekera ku mfimfi. ⁹ Bushe finshi abantu bobe bako panga pari Yahweh? Akakita imperekesho kuri kyena; ikimfurunganya takya keme na kabiri iyo. ¹⁰ Ngefyo imyunga iya kobenkana kabiri nge kya kunwa kya va kya korwa bakapya kwati fisoso ifyauma. ¹¹ Ukufuma muri webo, Ninive, nafuma umo uukapanga amapange yabi pari Yahwe uupanda amano ya bubifi. ¹² Iki ekyo Yahweh asosa atira, ''Nangu kyakuti barikosa sana no kufura nganshi, nifyo fine bakaputurwa, na bantu babo ba kaya. Rero webo, Yuda: Ukatira nari ku kyushishe, nsha ka kukyushepo na kabiri. ¹³ Nomba nkoputura ikori rya bantu ukufuma kuri webo; nkaputaura iminyororo yobe.'' ¹⁴ Yahweh na pera ifunde pari webo, we Ninive: ''Takwakabe na kabiri aba kupyana ishina ryobe. Nkaputura ikimpashanya kya baswa ne kya engururwa ukufuma mu mayanda ya mirungu yobe. Nka kupekanishisha inshinshi yobe, pantu wari sushiwa.'' ¹⁵ Boneni, pamuru wa mpiri epari amaksa ya muntu ukoreta imbira nsuma, uko birikisha umutende! Sefya imitebeto yobe, we Yuda, no kufikirisha imirapo yobe, pantu umubifi takatare engirapo muri webo na kabiri iyo; ariputwirweko umupwirapo.