Mu chirimika cha chiŵi cha karonga Dariusi, mu mwezi wa chinkhonde ndi chimoza pa zuŵa la chimoza la mwezi, mazu gha Ambuya ghanguza kwaku Hagayi mchimi kwaku Zerubabele mwana waku Shealtiele, nduna yikuru ya charu cha Yuda; ndi kwaku Yoswa mwana waku Yehozadaka, mzukuru mura, kuti,
Yivwa sono, iwe Yoswa mzukuru mura, iwe ndi ŵanyako wo ŵaja pasi panthazi pako, chifukwa mbanthu ŵa marumbu; ndizenge nayo mteŵeti wangu, ndiyo Mphanda.
Ndipo ndinguti ku mungelo wa Ambuya yo wangukamba nane. “Ivi ndi vine?” Wangundamuka, “Yagha ndi masengwe gho ghaparghang'a Yuda. Yisraele, ndi Yerusalemu.”
Ndiwo ŵakaŵanga ŵakuteŵeta mu malo ghangu ghakupaturika, ŵakalereskanga pa malikomo gha kasopi, ndi kutakataka mu kasopi; ŵakabayanga mpasku wakocha ndi sembe yapa ŵanthu, ndipo ŵakamanga pa maso pa ŵanthu kuŵateŵete.
Ndi viyo Chiuta wanguti wakaparghang'anga ŵanthu ŵake; kweni Mosese, mteŵeti wake wakusankhika, wanguma pakati paku Chiuta ndi ŵanthu, kuwezga ukari wake ku kuŵananga.
Pa nyengo yiya Ambuya angupatuwa fuku laku Levi kupinga bokosi la phanganu la Ambuya kuma pa nthazi pa Ambuya kumuteŵete, ndi kutumbika zina lake mpaka zuŵa lino.
Ndikaŵikangapo umawongo pakati pako ndi munthukazi, ndi pakati pa mphapu yako ndi mphapu yake; iyo watemenge mutu wako, ndipo iwe utemenge chitende chake.”