16 Ŵawere kwaku Bala; ŵakozgana ndi uta wakupusika, mafumu ghawo ghazamubayika ndi lipanga chifukwa cha nkhaza za lilimi lawo. Ichi ndicho chamukuŵa chilengesku chawo mu charu cha Egipiti.
Ndigona mukati mu zinkharamu zo zendi chirghoko chakuthwazuwa ŵana ŵa ŵanthu; minyu ghawo ndi mikondo ndi mivwi, malilime ghawo ndi malipanga ghakuthwa.
Sono iwo ŵanguti, “Tiyeni, timuchitiye vya chiŵembo Yeremiya, pakuti dangu kuti likamaranga cha ku mzukuru, chingana ndi fundu ku wazeru, chingana ndi mazu kutuwa ku mchimi. Tiyeni, timupume ndi lilime, ndipo tireke kuphwereko mazu ghake chingana ngamoza.”
Kweni po ŵanguti ŵasere mu ŵamitundu, ko kose ŵanguya, ŵangufipiska zina langu lituŵa, mwakuti ŵanthu pakuŵakamba ŵatinge, ‘Yaŵa mbanthu ŵa Ambuya, wo ŵakudikiskika mu charu chake.’
Wakakambanga mazu ghakumikana ndi Wapachanya Limu, ndi wakalopweskanga ŵatuŵa wa Wapachanya Limu ndipo waghanaghanenge kusintha zinyengo ndi marangu; ndipo vipaskikenge mu janja lake kwa nyengo ziŵi, ndi kamphindi ka nyengo.
Kumbi ndichitenji kwaku iwe, Efraimu? Kumbi ndichitenje kwaku iwe Yuda? Chanju chinu che nge ndi mtambo wa mlenji; ndi nge ndi dungwi lo likamuka ruŵi.
Kuti ŵamupaska sembe za vinyo cha kwa Ambuya; ndipo kuti ŵakumukondweska iyo cha ndi sembe zawo. Chiŵande chawo chikaŵanga nge nchiŵande cha ŵakutenje; wose wo ŵakachirghanga ŵakakazuzgikanga chifukwa chiŵande chawo chiŵenge cha nja yawo pe; kuti chikaserenga mu nyumba ya Ambuya cha.
Chifukwa ehe, ŵaruta ku Asiriya; Egipiti waŵawunjikenge, Mefisi waŵaŵikenge mu masano. Ukasi ukataŵanga pachanya pa vyakuzirwa vyawo vya siliva, minga yiŵenge mu mahema ghawo.
Ndipo zo zapa jarawe ndi wo penipo ŵavwa ŵaronde mazu ndi chimwemwe; ndipo ŵeniwo ŵalive nkhorozo, wo kwa kanyengo ŵavwana, ndi mu nyengo ya kesedu ŵadezukako.