16 Ndipo asani nditijikwezge pachanya, imwe mutindiŵinga nge ndi nkharamu ndi kuchita vyakuziziswa kumikana nani;
ndiliriya chovyo mpaka mlenji; uli ndi nkharamu wafyo viwanga vyangu; kwamba ku musana kuya ku usiku mutinditole ku chigoti.
Wandiŵiya chikoko chakukhazga uli ndi nkharamu yakubisama;
Mweniyo wachita vinthu vikuru, ndi vyambura kulondoreka, vinthu vyakuziziswa vyambura kuŵerengeka.
Nkharamu yichibangula; ndiyani wareka kopa? Ambuya Chiuta wakamba; ndiyani wangareka kuchima?”
po sono Ambuya akatoliyanga paku imwe ndi mphapu yinu masuzgu ghazitu, masuzgu ghakuŵaŵa ndi ghakukiyakiya, ndi matenda gha chitima ndi ghakukiyakiya.
Kumbi chifukwa nchine mubisa chisku chinu ndi kundipima nge nde murwani winu?
Ukari wake, ndi wanditinkha, wandikukutiya minyu ghake, wamawongo wangu wathwanuliya maso ghake paku ine kumikana nani.
Chifukwa chenichi nkharamu yakutuwa ku dondo yazakuŵabaya, mphumphi yakutuwa ku bozwa yazakuŵamara. Nyalubwe wakhazga mu mizi yawo, we yose wakutuwa mwaku yo wakaparurikanga tumanatumana; chifukwa vyakulakwa vinandi; kuwere vuli kwawo nkhukuru.
Chifukwa ndiŵenge kwaku Efraimu nge ndi nkharamu, ndi nge ndi nkharamu yimana ku nyumba yaku Yuda. Ine, nadi ine, ndiparuwenge ndi kutuwapo, ndikonge ndipo palivi yo wangataska.