Pa nyengo yo ndipenjenge mu Yerusalemu ndi nyali; ndi ndirangenge ŵanthu wose wo ŵafwasa pa visika vyawo, wo mu mitima yawo ŵakamba kuti, ‘Ambuya achitenge chamampha cha, pamwenga kuchita chiheni!’
Kweni iwe, Betelehemu Efrata, wamweniwe we mumana kuŵa mukati mu mafumu ghaku Yuda, mwaku iwe mukawiyanga kutuwa kwaku ine wakuusa, mu Yisraele, mweniyo chandilu chake nchakali ukongwa, chituwa ku mazuŵa ghamwaka.
Moabu waja pa chimangu kutuliya ku uhurwa wake, nge ndi vinyo yo watengama pa visika vyake; walivi kukhutulikapo kutuwa ku chiyaŵi ichi kuya ku chiyaŵi chiya, walivi kurorekapo nanga nkhu umkoli; chifukwa cho kunowa kwake kweche mwake, ndipo chema chake kuti chasinthapo cha.