Ivyo dusoma mu gitabu ca Mwene Siraki (48, 1-14)
Umuhanuzi Eliya yarengutse ameze nk’umuriro,
ijambo ryiwe ryaka nk’urumuri.
Ni we yateye amapfa mu gihugu c’Israyeli,
ubwira afitiye Imana bwamutumye amara benshi.
Kw’ijambo ry’Umukama, ni we yugaye ijuru,
aba ari we amanura umuriro gatatu kose.
Ukuntu uninahaye, Eliya, kubera ibitangaro wagize!
Uwokwirata ngo angana nawe yova hehe?
Waravyuye umuntu umwe umukura mu rupfu
no mu kuzimu nyene, kw’ijambo ry’Umukama.
Waratumye abami bashiburirwa hanze baratakara,
utembagariza hasi abantu baninibanini.
Warumvise ku gasozi ka Sinayi impanuro z’Umukama,
wumva ku gasozi ka Horebi amajambo yiwe y’ukwihora.
Warimitse abami ngo bashinge ingingo z’ubutungane,
watira abahanuzi ngo basubire mu birenge vyawe.
Warajanywe n’igihuhusi c’umuyaga w’umuriro,
utwarwa n’urureruzo rukwegwa n’amafarasi y’umuriro.
Ni wewe wavuzwe muri za mpanuro zagenewe igihe c’imperuka,
ngo utururuze ishavu ryimirije kuza,
ngo ugarurire imishaha y’abavyeyi ku bana babo,
ngo utabarize imiryango ya Yakobo.
Hahiriwe abazoterwa iteka ryo kukubona,
be n’abazopfana urukundo rw’Imana,
kuko na twebwe nyene, tuzoshikira ubuzima bwuzuye.
Igihe Eliya yatwarwa n’igihuhusi c’umuyaga,
ni ho Elize yaragwa ubuhanuzi bwiwe bwose.
Akiri hano kw’isi, nta mukuru n’umwe yashoboye kumutirimutsa,
nta n’umwe yashoboye kumuganza.
Nta jambo na rimwe ryashoboye kumugonda,
no mu rupfu nyene yagumye ahanura.
Mu buzima bwiwe yahora akora ibitangaro,
amaze gupfa naho yarakoze ibitangaza.