20 Kweni penipo mtima wake ungujitukumuwa, ndi mzimu wake ungunonopeskeka wanguchita vyose kwakujikuzga, ndipo wangusiskika pa chitengo chake, cha ufumu.
Kweni Hezekiya kuti wangu ŵawezge kwakulingana ndi umampha wo ungumchitikiya cha, chifukwa mtima wake ungujikwezga. Pa chifukwa ichi kangumziya kandundu, ndi paku Yuda ndi Yerusalemu.
Ndipo so wangugarukiya karonga Nebukadanezara yo wangumlapiska ndi Chiuta, wangunonopa khosi lake ndi kunonopeska mtima wake kureka kukwere kwa Ambuya Chiuta waku Yisraele.
Sikani, muje mu fuvu, mwaŵanthu ŵaku Babiloni; jani pasi pambura chitengo cha ufumu, imwe mwa ŵaKaldiya! Pakuti mukadanikanga so cha kuti mwe ŵakuzika ndi ŵakoloŵa.
“Sikiya pasi kutuwa ku unkhankhu wako, uje pasi pa kufunda, iwe wakuja mu Diboni! Pakuti wakubwanganduwa Moabu waza paku iwe; wabwanganduwa malinga ghako.
“Viyo atiti Ambuya: Wo ŵazomerezgana ndi Egipiti ŵakawanga, ndipo kujikuzga kwake kwa nthazi kukasiskikiyanga pasi; kutuwa ku Migdolo mpaka ku Siyene ŵakawanga ndi lipanga mukati mwake, atiti Ambuya Chiuta.
“Viyo atiti Ambuya Chiuta: Chifukwa chakuti ungukwera ukongwa ndi kujarika songo yake mukati mu mitambo, ndikuti mtima wake ungujikuzga chifukwa cha utali wake,
“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.
Sono ine, Nebukadanezara ndikankhuska, ndi kukuzga, ndi kutumbika Karonga wakuchanya, chifukwa nchitu zake zose zakurunjika; ndipo wo ŵatenda kwakujikuzga waziŵa kuŵayuyuwa.
Viyo chaphongo cho chingujikuzga ukongwa; kweni chinguti chaŵa ndi nthazi, sengwe lake likuru lingufyoka ndipo mu malo ghake mungume masengwe ghanayi ghakuwoneka umampha ghakurazga ku mphepo zinayi za kuchanya.
Ndikuneniyani, wangusikiya uyu wakurunjiskika ku nyumba yake, kwakuruska yuwa; pakuti yose wakujikuzga wayuyulikenge; kweni wakujiyuyuwa wakuzgikenge.”