5 Mu landidze mu Yuda, mwilwadze mu Yerusalemi; nokuvola, Mu kupe visiliva mu kivala: mu kupe uluku, mu vole, Mu vugane halala, kwingire mu madala golugaga.
Tsinyinga tsyosi tsya ki vita hagati, ki la vugula mwinye; kigira ki la vita mugamba nomugamha, inyi nga yombasu na inyinga yobudiku; i la va litihidza lyere kumanya likuva.
Navutswa ga duka, lwa Nebukadirezaru mwami wa Babuloni, lwa yanegira nokwingira mu kivala yiki kwa vola, Hamba, ku tsie Yerusalemi kigira ubutii bwelihe lya Vakalidei na kigira ubutii bwelihe lya Vasiria, ni ndiyo ku menya Yerusalemi.
Mwiruke mu hone, mwinye avana va Benjamini, mu twule mu Yerusalemi, mu kupe kisiliva mu Tekoa, nokuginga ibendera ku Bethhakerem; kigira budamano bu ku henzera ku luvega lwa kasikasini, nelidividza linene.
Kigira ki kwikala makiriri? Mu vugane, na kwinye kwingire mu madala getsingaga, ku kiring'ane yo: kigira Yahova Nyasaye wetu u mali kukukiring'annya, nokukuha amadzi ge indulwe kunwe, kigira ku koleye Yahova ubwoni.
Ni bwaha wobugeeri, a duke kumanya yaga? Kandi ni bwaha womunwa gwa Yahova gwa mvoleye makuva, a duke kugalandidza? Kigira ki kivala yiki kyoneka nokuhya nomuliru kuli kyangalangwi, ki luhi ki duki kuvula kuva nomundu u vita hagati hakyo?
Mu kupe kisiliva mu Zioni, mu kupe uluku mu kigulu kitakatifu kyange; na avamenyi mu kivala vosi va degere: kigira lidiku lya Yahova lidzanga, kigira li veye himbi;
Na ga duka Joshua na avana va Israeli lwa va li va mali kuviita neliita linene, kuduka ni va mali kudividzwa, navatigala kuvo lwa va mali kwingira mmadala getsingaga,