¹ Ubusesemo bwakwa Habakuku kasesema amwene, ''Yahweh, nkorira ukufika kunshita yarepa kutira mungafwe, no kungufwa iyoo? ² Nkobirikisha nganshi pamurandu wa kimfurunganya! Rero tamukomumpususha. ³ Bushe kinshi mwandekeresesha ukutira ndetamba ku mikitire iyabipa? Ublonaushi pamo ne fimfurunganya firi pa ntanshi yangi: kuri ifikansa no ruburi naro rurefurirakofye. ⁴ Pa murandu wa ifi fintu amafunde nayasurwa, no muringanya tauretwaririra inshita yonse. Pantu bankita tubi bashingurwike abarungami; eikyo mu muringanya mwiswire akapaturura. ⁵ Rojresheni mu nko shonse no kushobona; sakamaneni no kusunguka! Pantu nebo mukine kinefye ndi no kubomba umurimo mu nshiku shenu isho mushakasumine nga bamishimikira. ⁶ Pantu boneni, ndi pakwimya abena Karedeni-uruko urwa karuka kabiri urwaangukiririrwa-urubutukira ku kupoka ubufumu bwa pano kyaro pa kukwata ubwikashi ubushiri bwa ruko. ⁷ Bena bakureta zimisoka kabiri bakutinisha; ubupingushi bwaba no bukankara bwabomufifumafye ku bene. ⁸ Bakabarwe babo barubiroukukira ne mbwiri kabiri bakari ukukira imimburu ya kyunguro. Eikyo aba pari bakabarwe babo baya ababusaka, na baume ba pari bakabarwe babo bafuma ku nkyende sha kutari-bapupuka nga bakapumpe abarepampira ukurya. ⁹ Bonse besa ku kukukita ifyongo; ukutinya kwabo ku bakuntanshi ngo mwera wa mu matororo kabiri baronganika ba nkore ngo mukyanga. ¹⁰ Eikyo barapuma imfumu, na bakateka bababika mu mupumo kuri bo. Baraseka nabo bashintiriramo, pantu baturirikisha umushiri pa muru wa kyaro no kupoka ninshi na baupoka. ¹¹ Eikyo umwera uri no kupita; uri no kupita kwati kya kunuma-abaume ba mirandu, bonse baboneka ababuramba kanshi turubi." ¹² "Bushe tamwafumine kuri Yaweh Resa wangi, uwa mushiro mju nshita ya kunuma? Tatwakafwe iyo. Yaweh niwebo wabasarire mu bupingushi, niwebo, kiribwe niwebo, kiribwe, niwebo wabapera uburamba burakutukanda. ¹³ Amenso yonse yaba aya buta ayashinga rero sha pa fyabipa, taufwaya no kubona ukurekitika ifintu ifisharungama ukwabura ubupingushi. Bushe kinshi kanshi wingaroreseshafye ukwabura ukupingura bose abakukana? Bushe kinshi waikarira tondoro iryo ababifi barerofya bonse abantu ababa no burungami ukubakira? ¹⁴ Mwakita abantu nge sabi rya muri ba bemba, kwati narimo fishishi ifishakwata no wakufitungurura. ¹⁵ Arebareta pamo kwati nakarimo risabi bareroba ku marobani; barebakurira mu makonde; arebakurira pamo mu makonde; eikyo nabasangarara no kutemwa apakaramba. ¹⁶ Nakukirisha e murandu wine bakunkwira ku masumbu yabo no kokya urubani u masumbu yabo pantu barikarira mu masumbu yabo yarabapera ifisuma no kufwaramo ifyakufwara, ne fyakurya fyakwe e bukindami bwa nkumbu. ¹⁷ Bushe ari no kukonkanyapo ukuraikata no kugumya mwisumbu no kutwaririra ukwi[paya abantu ba nko ukwabura no ruse?"