Ndipo wangukambura ndi mazu ghaunkhankhu watinge, “Wawa! Babiloni mukuru yo, wawa! Wasanduka uja wa ŵademone, ndi linga la mzimu wose wawiyu, ndi mphaku ya chiyuni chose chamwikhu ndi chakutinkhika!
Ndipo mungelo yumoza wanthazi wangusoska mwa wakukozgana ndi chimphe chikuru, ndipo wanguupong'a mu nyanja, wakuti, “Viyo, gadabu phuvwa! Ndimo wagadabukiyenge Babiloni, msumba wo ukuru, ndipo kuti wamsanirika kose so cha.
“Umike mbendera pa charu chapasi, mbanga mbata mukati mu mitundu; rongoso mitundu kwachichita nkhondo ndi iyo, umudaniye maufumu, Ararati, Mini, ndi Ashikenaza; umikepo nduna yikuru paku iyo, uze ndi ŵakavalo nge ndi zombe wa nja.
Ŵato uta ndi mkondo; mbakari, ndipo ŵalivi lisungu. Mdinu wawo we uli nkhuuruma kwa nyanja; ŵakwera pa ŵakavalo, ŵakuvwala nge ndi munthu wa kulimbana nawe, wamwana munthukazi we wa Babiloni!
“Danani wakupong'a uta kumikana ndi Babiloni, wose wo mbakutweŵa uta. Goŵani kwakumuzunguliya: kupozomoskapo nanga njumoza cha. Mumuwezge kwakulingana ndi nchitu zake, mu muchitiye iyo kwakulingana ndi vyose vyo wachita, pakuti ndi kujikuzga kwake watafuliya Ambuya, Wakupaturika Yo waku Yisraele.
Pakuti ehe, ndichiska ndi nditole pa Babiloni mpingu wa mitundu yikuru, kutuwa ku charu chaku nkhonde; ndipo ŵazamkujindandamika paku iyo, kutuwa po ŵakatolekanga. Mivwi yawo ye uli nchiŵinda chakuziŵiska cho kuti manja ghake ghawe waka cha.
Ivi vinthu viŵi vikazanga kwako mu kanyengo, pa zuŵa limoza pe; nyifwa za ŵana ndi uchoko vikazanga pako mwa nthazi zikuru, nanga ŵa vyanusi ŵako ŵangaŵa ŵanandi ndi nthazi yikuru ya mayera ghako.