1 “Vwani mazu yagha, imwe mwa ng'ombe zinthukazi za Bashani, zo zemu phiri la Samaria, zo zikandirizga ŵakavu, ndi kupweteka ŵaranda, zo sititi ku ŵarumi ŵawo, ‘Zani nacho, timwe!’
Asani uwona kunyekezgeka kwa ŵakusawuka ndi kurandizgika kwa cheruzgu ndi urunji mwa chiwawa pa chigaŵa chinyake cha charu ungazizwanga paku ichi cha; pakuti wamazaza yo walereskeka ndi wamazaza wakuruska iyo, ndipo so walipo wamazaza wakuruska iwo.
Soka ku chilemba cha ufumu cha ŵakulowe ŵaku Efraimu, ku luŵa lake lakusanduka la unkhankhu wake wakutowa, lo le pa mutu wa dambo lisambasi laku wo mbakuloŵe vinyo!
Owe kwaku wo ŵalungizgana nyumba ku nyumba, wo ŵasazga munda ku munda, mpaka penipo malo ghalivi kujapo, ndipo mwachitika kuja paku mwija mukati mu charu cho.
“Zaninga,” ŵatiti, “tiyeni timwe vinyo, tiyeni tigute ndi vyakuloŵereska; ndipo la mawa likawanga nge ndi msana wale, zuŵa likuru ndi lambura mapimika.”
“Kumbi kufunga ko ine ndisankha asi ndi uku: kufwatuwa vimangiru vya uheni, kufwatuwa mikoŵa ya gori, kupaska wanangwa ku ŵakuyuzgika, ndi kuswa gori le lose?
Mwaku iwe ŵanthu ŵaronda vimbundi vya kudiskiya ndopa, uronde chanduwu ndi chakusazgiyapo upindula vya ŵanasi ŵako mwa nkhaza; ndipo wandiruwa ine, atiti Ambuya Chiuta.
Chifukwa nchakuti mukandirizga ŵakavu, ndi kupoka mithulu yawo ya trigu, mwazenga nyumba za mya yakusema; kweni kuti mujengemo cha; mwalima minda ya mphereska yakukondweska; kweni kuti mukamwanga vinyo wake cha.
“Owe kwaku wo ŵaja ndi kufwasa mu Zioni, ndi kwaku wo ŵakudeka pa phiri la Samaria, ŵanthu ŵakuziŵika ŵa mitundu yakudanga, kwaku ŵeniwo nyumba yaku Yisraele yituza!
“Viyo ndinderenge kufupi kwaku imwe kuzacheruzga, ndiŵenge kaboni wamwamphu kususka ŵakuwukwa, ŵareŵi, ndi ŵakurimbira kwautesi; ndi wo ŵapusika wanchitu mu malipilo ghake, choko ndi mranda wambura awiske; ndi wo ŵadika mlendo, ndi kureka kundopa ine, atiti Ambuya ŵa maŵanja.
“Mungayuzganga mteŵeti wakurembereka mweniyo ndi mukavu ndi musauchi, manyi njumoza wa ŵabali ŵinu pamwenga yumoza wa ŵalendo ŵeniwo ŵemu charu chinu mukati mu mizi yinu.