ndipo ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵakazanga ŵakatinge: “Zaninga, tikweriyenge ku phiri la Ambuya, ku nyumba yaku Chiuta waku Yakobe, alinga watisambizge nthowa zake, ndi kuti ifwe tendenge mu tunthowa twake.” Pakuti dangu likatuwanga mu Zioni, ndi mazu gha Ambuya, ghakatuwanga mu Yerusalemu.
Pakuti ndikadiranga maji pa charu cha chiparamba, ndi tumisinji pa charu chiyumu; ndikapunguliyanga Mzimu wangu, pa mphapu zinu, ndi chitumbiku changu pa, wakupakika ŵinu.
ndi mitundu yinandi yikazanga ndi kunena kuti: “Tiyeni tikwere ku phiri la Ambuya, ku nyumba yaku Chiuta waku Yakobe; mwakuti watisambizge nthowa zake ndi kuti tendenge mwaku zo.” Chifukwa ku Zioni kukatuwiyanga dangu, ndi mazu gha Ambuya ghakatuwiyanga ku Yerusalemu.
Kweni iwe, Betelehemu Efrata, wamweniwe we mumana kuŵa mukati mu mafumu ghaku Yuda, mwaku iwe mukawiyanga kutuwa kwaku ine wakuusa, mu Yisraele, mweniyo chandilu chake nchakali ukongwa, chituwa ku mazuŵa ghamwaka.
Pemphani ku Ambuya vuwa mu nyengo ya vuwa yakumariya, ku Ambuya wo akulenga mitambo ya vuwa, wo apaska vuwa, ku ŵanthu wose, kwaku yose vyakume mu munda wake.
Mphanyi kusambizga kwangu kungunthona uli ndi vuwa, fundu yangu mphanyi yingusongonoka uli ndi dungwi; uli ndi vuwa ya wenguwengu pa uteka wakutefwatefwa, ndipo uli nkumeme pa vyakume.
Ndipo te nalo nenedu lo la umchimi lakukhozgeka: kwaku lenilo mutenere kuphwere, uli nkhu lumbuni lakuŵaliya mu malo ghamunkhorwi, mpaka lichenge zuŵa, ndi thondu lituwenge mu mitima yinu.
“Ine nda Yesu ndatuma kwinu mungelo wangu kumsimikizgiyani vinthu ivi mu mipingu. Ine ndine nkhorozu ndi mbumba yaku Davidi, ndi thondu lakuŵara la mlenji.”