3 Chifukwa sono ŵakatinge: “Tilive karonga, chifukwa tiŵawopa cha Ambuya, ndipo karonga watichitiyenge kanthu uli?”
Nthonga ya ufumu kuti yikatuwangako kwaku Yuda cha, chingana ndi nthonga ya mweruzgi kutuwa pakati pa malundi ghake, mpaka wazi mweneko waku yo: ndipo kwaku iyo kwamkuŵa muvwiyu wa ŵanthu.
Shalumu mwana waku Yabeshi wangwamba kuwusa mu chirimika cha machumi ghatatu pachanya vinkhonde ndi vinayi chaku Uziya karonga waku Yuda, ndipo wanguwusa mwezi umoza mu Samaria.
Nkhwamampha kudingang'a mwa Ambuya kwakuruska kugomezga mu mafumu.
ŵeniwo ŵatiti, “Ndi lilime lidu tiruskenge, milomo yidu njidu, ndiyani mbuyafwe?”
Ŵeniwo ŵatiti, “Murekeni watinthimike, murekeni wakankhamiske nchitu yake alinga kuti tiyiwone; yirekeni fundu ya Wakupaturika Yo waku Yisraele yindere pafupi, ndipo yirekeni yize, alinga kuti tiyiziŵe!”
Viyo ndimo kuchitikiyenge kwaku imwe, ŵanyumba yaku Yisraele, chifukwa cha uheni winu ukuru. Mu chimphunga karonga wa ŵaYisraele wazamudumulika.
Karonga wa Samaria wabwangandukenge, nge nching'ombe pa maji.
Ŵakawerenga ku charu cha Egipiti, ndipo Asiriya wakaŵanga karonga wawo, chifukwa ŵakana kuwere kwaku ine.
Karonga wako wepani kukutaska; mafumu ghako ghe pani kukuvikiriya gho unguti, “Ndipaskeni karonga ndi mafumu”?
Ndingukupaska ŵakaronga mu ukari wangu, ndipo ndaŵatuzgako mu kandundu kangu.
Chifukwa ŵana ŵaku Yisraele ŵakajanga mazuŵa ghanandi kwambura karonga pamwenga fumu, kwambura sembe pamwenga mzati, kwambura mphenduzga pamwenga ŵakaboni.
Sono uliliyanje ukongwa? Kumbi mulivi karonga mwaku iwe? Kumbi nchifukwa waupu wako wafwa po urwirwi wakuko nge ndi munthukazi yo wabala?
Wangukamba iwo, “Mtuzgepo! Mtuzgepo! Mpayike!” Pilato waŵanene, “Kumbi ndipayikenge karonga winu?” Wangwamuka ŵazukuru ŵara, “Tirive karonga kweni Kaisare ndivo.”
Kweni asani mweche kurutiliya mu viheni, mukaparghang'ikanga mose, imwe ndi karonga winu.”