38. Nowa ku ki wubak' iyo nkuge?

Agakiza · 10 verses

1.

Nowa ku ki wubak’ iyo nkuge?(Noah, why are you building that ark?)

Urakor’ iby’ umupfapfa rwose(You are doing a foolish thing)

Dor’ utuy’ imusozi,(Look, you live on a mountain,)

kandi nta maz’ ahari(and there is no water here)

Iby’ ukora biratuyobeye(What you are doing is beyond our understanding)

2.

Uwiteka ni we wabivuze,(The LORD is the one who said it,)

Yukw abagizi ba nabi bose(That all evildoers)

Abujuj’ is’ ibyaha(Who fill the earth with sins)

bazamarwa n’ amazi(will be destroyed by water)

Ayo maz’ azabar’ umwuzure(That water will be a flood)

3.

Bagir’ inama yo kubazanya(They deliberated together)

None Nowa yab’ avug’ ukuri(Whether Noah was telling the truth)

Bati: Habe na gato,(They said: Not at all,)

ntidukwiye kwemera,(we should not believe,)

Twi komeze mu byo kwinezeza(Let us continue in self-indulgence)

4.

Igihe na cyo gihita vuba(And time was passing quickly)

Nowa yubakan’ umwete rwose(Noah built with great diligence)

Bose bamurebaga(Everyone watched him)

ni ko bamusekaga(and mocked him)

Bati: Noneho Noa yasaze(They said: Now Noah has gone mad)

5.

Nowa yumvir’ Iman’ Ihoraho(Noah obeyed God the Eternal)

Yi njira muri ya nkuge vuba(Enter into that ark quickly)

Yinjirana n’ abandi(He entered with others)

bagiriw’ imbabazi(who were shown mercy)

Ubw’ Iman’ ibakingir’ urugi(When God closed the door for them)

6.

Nukw abantu baraseka cyane(Then the people laughed greatly)

Bakomanga ku rugi bavuga(They knocked on the door saying)

Bati: Nowa, sohoka(They said: Noah, come out)

Iyi mvur’ irahita(This rain will pass)

Wi tubeshya ng’ uri mu rugendo(You are deceiving yourself as if on a journey)

7.

Ijuru risa n’ iritobotse(The sky seemed to have burst open)

Ubwo ha gw’ imvur’ itey’ ubwoba(When there fell a terrifying rain)

Bati: Turarimbutse(They said: We are destroyed)

nk’ uko Nowa yavuze(as Noah said)

Dor’ urupfu ruratuzengutse(Look, death has surrounded us)

8.

Umv’ ukw Imana yabashubije:(Hear how God answered them:)

Nowa yajyag’ abigisha rwose(Noah used to teach you truly)

Mubi gir’ ibikino,(You were busy with entertainment,)

mwanga kwumvir’ intumwa(refusing to listen to the messenger)

Ni ryo teka muciriwe none(That is the judgment you are sentenced to now)

9.

Nukw amaz’ aterura ya nkuge(Then the water lifted that ark)

Ireremba kuri wa mwuzure(It floated upon that flood)

Abicaye mu nkuge(Those seated in the ark)

bafitemw amahoro,(had peace,)

Kugez’ ubwo bazasohokamo(Until when they would come out of it)

10.

None natwe dufit’ iyo nkuge:(Now we also have that ark:)

N’ agakiza twahawe na Yesu(It is the salvation given to us by Jesus)

Nib’ ushak’ amahoro,(If you want peace,)

ngwino wihitiremo,(come and hurry into it,)

Agakiz’ ureke kurimbuka(Salvation - do not perish)