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!
Ndikalanganga charu chifukwa cha uheni wake, ŵaheni chifukwa cha utimbanizi wawo, ndikagoteskanga kujikuzga kwa ŵakujitukumuwa, ndikusiskiya pasi kujikuzga kwa ŵambura lisungu.
Sikani, muje mu fuvu, mwaŵanthu ŵaku Babiloni; jani pasi pambura chitengo cha ufumu, imwe mwa ŵaKaldiya! Pakuti mukadanikanga so cha kuti mwe ŵakuzika ndi ŵakoloŵa.
Ungukamba mu mtima wako, ‘Ndikakweriyanga kuchanya, pachanya pa nyenyezi zaku Chiuta ndikajarikanga chitengu changu pachanya; ndikajanga pa phiri la unganu kutali ku nkhonde,
Ambuya abwanganduwa kwambura lisungu mizi yose yaku Yakobe; mu ukari wawo abwanganduliya pasi malinga gha misumba, yaku Yuda; asiskiya pasi mu muyuyu ufumu ndi weruzgi wake.