1 Abanto nigo bagoteebania: “Inchuo, tomoiranere Omonene! Ekiagera nere ototaboranire, naende nere oratogwenie; nere otoakire chingoma, nere oratoboe chingoma chiaito.
2 Nyuma y’amatuko abere natokore tobe abayia. Ase rituko ria gatato natotenenie, na intwe ntogenderere koba moyo ase obosio bwaye.
3 Intwe tiga tomomanye Omonene, ee, tiga tokore omokia tomomanye. Okooroka kwaye nigo korabe ogw’ekeene buna ogosoka kw’erioba; natochere buna embura, ee, buna embura ekwamia endagera na konyiyia riroba.
4 “Inwe Abaefraimu, ngento ki ndabakorere? Inwe Abayuda, ngento ki ndabakorere? Obwanchani bwaino nigo bonga buna ritaturi, na buna riime ria mambia rigosira bwango.
5 Ase engencho eyio nabaakire goetera ase ababani baane, nabaitire namang’ana akorwa ase omonwa one; ebiina biane nkobanachera nigo bikooroka buna omobaso.
6 Inche Omonene nigo nkogokigwa nobwanchani kobua kogokigwa nebing’wanso; nigo nkogokigwa ng’a imomanye inche Nyasae kobua kogokigwa nebing’wanso bi’ogosambwa.
7 “Abanto aba basaririe okobwatana kwane kw’ogotianania, buna Adamu agosaretie. Ase amang’ana ayio babeire abatari abegenwa ase ’nde.
8 Omochie o Gileadi nigo oichire nabaanto abakori amabe, chimbaratero chiabo nigo chiichire amanyinga.
9 Abakuani nigo banga buna ekeombe ki’abauri keboerete abanto, nigo bagoitera abanto ase enchera ekogenda Sekemu. Ee, nigo bagokora ayare amabe mono.
10 Narorire ase Abaisraeli egento ekebe gi’okogechia; agwo nao Abaefraimu bagokorera obonyaka, ee, Abaisraeli besoirie ase ogotacheneka.
11 “Nainwe Abayuda boigo, mwarikeirwe engaki ye rigesa ri’ogokora kwaino, ekero ndasibore abooswa b’abaanto baane.