16 Kweni yo watuza kumikana nayo wachitenge mo wakhumbiya, kuŵengevi yumoza wakuma paurongo pake; wamenge mu charu cha unkhankhu, ndipo chose chiŵenge mu nthazi zake.
“ ‘Ndingughanaghana mo ndingakumikiyani mukati mu ŵana ŵangu, ndi kukupaskani charu chakukondweska, chiŵe chihara chakutowa kwakuruska cha mitundu yose. Ndipo ndingughanaghana kuti mukandidananga, Ada, ndi kuti mukarekanga cha kundilondo.
“Ndipo karonga wachitenge mo wakhumbiya; wajikwezgenge yija ndi kujikuzga pachanya pa ŵachiuta wose, ndi wakambenge vinthu vyakuziziswa kumikana ndi Chiuta wa ŵachiuta. Wasakatenge mpaka ukari ufiskike, pakuti cho chakhozgeka mpaka chifiskike.
Ŵaserenge mu charu chakutowa. Vikwi machumi ghanandi vyazamukuwa. Kweni Edomu, ndi Moabu, ndi chigaŵa chikuru cha ŵana ŵaku Amoni vitaskikenge kutuwa mu janja lake.
ndipo chifukwa chakuzirwa ko wangumupaska, ŵanthu wose, mitundu ya ŵanthu, ndi makambidu ŵangutenthema ndi kopa paurongo pake. Yo wangukhumba kubaya, wangubaya, ndipo yo wangukhumba kusunga, wangumsunga wamoyo. Yo wangukhumba kumsoska, wangumsoska; ndipo yo wangukhumba kusiska, wangumsiska.
Ndinguwona mberere yiphandiya kuchiri ku zambwe, ku nkhonde ndi ku malaŵi; kwengavi nyama yakuti yime paurongo pake, ndi kwengavi wakutaska mu janja lake; kweni yinguchita mo yingukhumbiya, ndi yingujikuzga yeneko.
Ndinguchiwona chichiza kufupi ndi mberere, chinguyikaripiya ndi kuyipweteka, ndi chinguyibonkhontho masengwe ghake ghaŵi, mberere yengavi nthazi kurwana ndi chaphongo, kweni chinguyiwiska pasi ndi kuyikandakanda, ndi pengavi wakutaska mberere ku nthazi yake.