1 Owe mo wajaliya wija msumba wo unguzaza ndi ŵanthu! Owe mo wasandukiya choko, wo wenga wa pachanya mukati mu mitundu! Wo wenga mwana wa karonga pakati pa mizi, wasanduka mupempha.
Solomoni wanguwusa pa maufumu ghose kwamba ku Efrate kwachifika ku charu cha ku ŵaFilisti ndi ku mphaka ya Egipiti, ŵanguza ndi mithulu, ŵangutataliya Solomoni mazuŵa ghose gha umoyo wake.
Ndipo Farao-Neko wangumumanga pa Ribla mu charu chaku Hamati mwakuti wareke kuwusa mu Yerusalemu, ndipo wangupereka msonkho mu charu cho wa matalente machumi pe chumi ghasiliva ndi talente limoaza la golide.
Ndipo Yehoyakimu wangupereka siliva ndi golide kwaku Farao kweni wangusonkheska charu kupaska ndrama kwakuyana ndi langulu laku Farao. Wangulonda siliva ndi golide malinga ndi wanangwa wa munthu we yose mo wangujiteme wangupereka kwaku Farao-Neko.
Mwenga so ŵakaronga ŵakuru mu Yerusalemu wo ŵausanga vyaru vya kusirgha kwa msinji; ndipo msonkho ndi mthulu, ndi msonkho wa miseu vyaperekekanga kwawo.
Ndipo vipasi vyake vyakuzala viruta ku ŵakaronga wo mukumika paku ifwe chifukwa cha vilakwa vidu; ŵendi mazaza so pa maliŵavu ghidu ndi pa ng'ombe zidu mo ŵakhumbiya, ndipo temu suzgu yikuru.”
Sono ukakambanga mu mtima wako: ‘Njani yo wandipapiya yaŵa ndenga wakutenje ndi chumba, wakudikika ndi kundituzgako, kweni njani yo waza ndi yaŵa? Ehe, ndingusiyika ndija nanga yaŵa ŵaza zuŵanji?’ ”
Ama kunozga pa mapiri marundi ghaku yo watuza ndi uthenga wamampha, yo wataula chimangu, yo watuza ndi uthenga wamampha wa vyakunozga, yo wataula utaski, yo watitikwaku Zioni, “Chiuta wako wawusa.”
“Ungopanga cha, pakuti kuti ukalengeskekanga cha; ungaghanaghananga cha, pakuti kuti ukatolekiyanga chilengesku cha; pakuti ukaruwanga chilengesku cha unyamata wako, kusekeka kwa uvyokoro wako kuti ukakumbukanga so cha.
Chifukwacho ukari wangu ndi kukwiya kwangu vingudika ndi vingukole mu msumba yaku Yuda ndi mu miseu ya Yerusalemu; ndipo vinguŵa phasulu ndi mapopa, nge ndimo kuliri msana wale.
Ambuya mu ukari wawo ŵapong'a ŵanthu ŵaku Zioni mu mdima! Apong'a, kutuwa kuchanyakuza pa charu chapasi, kunozga kwaku Yisraele; akumbuka cha chitengo cha phazi lawo mu zuŵa la ukari wawo.
Ŵaraŵara ŵamu msumba waku Zioni, ŵateka pasi chisisi; ŵajidiriya fuvu pa mitu yawo ndi ŵavwara chigudulu; ŵamwali ŵaku Yerusalemu ŵakotamiya pasi mitu yawo.
“Mwana wa munthu, Turo pakukamba gha Yerusalemu wanguti, ‘Aha! Likomo la ŵanthu lafyoka, lajurika le mwazi kwaku ine; sono ndikagutiskikanga pakuti wapasuka,’
Uwu ndi msumba wakujikuzga wo wafwasanga, wo unguti mu mtima wake, “Ine ndiliko, ndipo kulivi munyake pade paku ine.” Nako nkhupasuka uku wapasuka, mphanji ya vikoko! Yose yo wadumuwapo wajuma ndi kupukung'a mutu wake.