1 Zaburi ya Asafu.
Mana, abanyamahanga baje mu mwandu wawe,
Bahumanije urusengero rwawe rwera,
Bashenye i Yerusalemu bahagize ibirundo.
2 Intumbi z’abagaragu bawe bazihaye ibisiga byo hejuru ngo bizirye,
Inyama z’abakunzi bawe bazihaye inyamaswa zo mu isi.
3 Amaraso yabo impande zose z’i Yerusalemu bayavushije nk’umena amazi,
Ntibabona gihamba.
4 Duhindutse igitutsi ku baturanyi bacu,
Ibitwenge no gukobwa by’abatugose.
5 Uwiteka, uzageza he kurakara iteka ryose?
Ishyari ryawe rizaka nk’umuriro?
6 Suka umujinya wawe ku mahanga atakuzi,
No ku bwami bwose butambaza izina ryawe.
7 Kuko bariye Abayakobo,
Barimbuye ubuturo bwabo.
8 Ntiwibuke gukiranirwa kwa ba sogokuruza ngo ukuduhore,
Imbabazi zawe zitebuke kudusanganira,
Kuko ducishijwe bugufi cyane.
9 Mana y’agakiza kacu udutabare,
Ku bw’icyubahiro cy’izina ryawe,
Udukize utwikire ibyaha byacu ku bw’izina ryawe.
10 Kuki abapagani babaza bati
“Imana yabo iri he?”
Guhōrera amaraso y’abagaragu bawe yavuye,
Kumenyekane mu bapagani imbere yacu.
11 Kuniha kw’imbohe kuze imbere yawe,
Nk’uko ukuboko kwawe gukomeye,
Kiza abategekewe gupfa.
12 Kandi witure abaturanyi bacu karindwi,
Ibitutsi bagututse Mwami.
13 Natwe abantu bawe, intama zo mu cyanya cyawe,
Tuzabigushimira iteka,
Tuzerekana ishimwe ryawe kugeza ibihe byose.