Uŵanene ichi, viyo atiti Ambuya Chiuta: Mo ndiliri wamoyo, kwakuneneska wo ŵe mu malo gha mapopa ŵakabayikanga ndi lipanga: ndipo yo we mudondo ndikamuperekanga ku vikoko kuti vimuparuwe, ndipo woŵe mulinga lakukho ndimuzimphanji ŵakafwanga ndi chideru.
“ ‘ “Kweni asani mtundu we wose, pamwenga ufumu, ukarekanga kutataliya Nebukadanezara, karonga wa Babiloni, ndi kureka kuŵika khosi lake mu gori la karonga wa Babiloni; ine ndikawulanganga mtundu wo ndi lipanga, ndi chilala, ndi chideru, mpaka penipo ndawumara ndi janja lake, atiti Ambuya.
Ndipo mu malo ghenigha ndikamariskanga vinjeru vyaku Yuda ndi Yerusalemu, ndikabayiskanga ŵanthu ŵawo ndi lipanga paurongo pa ŵakupindikana ŵawo, ndi janja laku wo ŵapenja kuŵabaya. Ndikapaskanga viŵanda vyawo ku viyuni vya mude ndi ku nyama za charu chapasi kuti zirghenge.
Ŵakafwanga ndi zinthenda za kubaya. Kuti ŵakaŵatenjenga cha nanga nkhu ŵaŵika nako cha; ŵakaŵanga nge ndi vundira pa charu. Ŵakamaranga ku lipanga, ndi kuchilala, ndipo vitende vyawo vikaŵanga kurgha kwa viyuni vya mude ndi vikoko vya charu chapasi.
Ndipo ŵachikufumba, kuti, ‘Tikayanga pani?’ iwe utinge kwaku wo, ‘Viyo atiti Ambuya: “Wo ŵatemeke ku chideru nkhu chideru; wo ŵatemeke ku lipanga nkhu lipanga; wo ŵatemeke ku chilala nkhu chilala; ndipo wo ŵatemeke ku umkoli nkhu umkoli.” ’
Yo wakajanga mu msumba wakafwanga ndi lipanga, ndi chilala, ndi chideru; kweni yo wakatuwanga ndi kwachithere ku ŵaKaldiya, wo ŵakuzingani wakajanga wamoyo, wakaŵanga ndi umoyo wake nge ndi mphoto ya nkhondo.
Ŵanthu wose wo ŵarazga visku vyawo kuya ku Egipiti kwachija kwenikuwa, ŵakafwanga ndi lipanga, ndi chilala, ndi chideru ndipo kuti ŵakaŵanga ndi ŵakujapo cha pamwenga ŵakupozomoka ku chiheni chenicho ndikazanga nacho pakuwo.
Ndipo kwanda sono Ambuya akakosonga Yisraele, ulaka ndimo dete lisukuniskikiya mu maji ndi kuzuwa Yisraele kumutuzga mu charu chamampha ichi chenicho angupaska ku auskeu, ndi kuŵaparghaniya kusirgha kwa Efrate, chifukwa ŵapanga Asherimu wawo, kusosomole Ambuya ku ukari.
Ndikaŵandondoloskanga ndi lipanga, chilala ndi chideru, ndipo ndikaŵawoneskanga nge nchakunyozeka mu maso mwa maufumu ghose gha charu chapasi, kuwa chakutembeka, chakofya, chakuyeyeka, ndi chakusekeka mu mitundu yose mwaku yo ndikuŵadikiskiyamo,
Ehe, vidya vya ŵakuzinga vyafika ku msumba kuti ŵauthereske; ndipo chifukwa cha lipanga ndi chilala ndi chideru, msumba waperekeka ku ŵaKaldiya ŵeniwo ŵarwana ndi msumba wo. Chenicho imwe mungukamba chafiskika, ndipo ehe, mutichiwona.’
Viyo atiti Ambuya Chiuta: “Kuŵanga manja ghako, uku udyaka rundi lako, ndi kuti, Owe! Chifukwa cha uheni wa maunyakazi ghose gha nyumba yaku Yisraele; pakuti ŵakabayikanga ndi lipanga, ndi chilala, ndi chiwowota.