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Habay’ umuntu twizeho; Izina rye ni Yosefu—kera.
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Yar'afit’ abavandimwe, Nyamara barahemutse—cyane.
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Bamujugunye mu bushya, Basig’ umwend' amaraso—menshi.
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Hanyuma, bamucuruza N'abantu b'lshimayeli—bamwe.
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Babeshya se, bavuga ko Yariwe n'inyamaswa mbi—si byo.
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Mw Egiputa, yarafunzwe; Iherez' arafungurwa—neza.
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Abon’ ukw arotorera Umwami waho, Farawo—koko.
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Bamufunguy' ahinduka Igisonga cya Farawo—cyiza.
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Hatey' inzara, bene se Bamanuka kwihahira—i we.
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Yanga kubirondorera,Ngo bemer' ibyo bakoze—bibi.
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Iherezo, barihana,Nukw arabababarira— rwose.
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Abakiran' imbabazi,No kwimuka, barimuka—bose.
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Baraza, bav' i Kanani, Bazana na se, Yakobo—ubwe.
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Uko ni ko Yosefu uwo Yakijije bene wabo—bose.
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Bisa n'ubuntu bwa Yesu Yagiriy' ababisha be—ni twe !