3 “A! Mwa ŵanthu ŵangu ndachitanji kwaku imwe? Ndamusuzgani imwe ndikanthu uli? Mundamuke!
“Avwani, mwa ŵanthu ŵangu, ndipo ndikambenge, wa Yisraele, ndipanikizgiyenge paku iwe. Ine ndine Chiuta, Chiuta wako.
Imwe, imwe pe, ndanangiya, ndipo cho nchiheni mu maso ghinu ndachita, viyo, murunjika pa kunderuzga ndi ambura kalema mu cheruzgu chinu.
Owe ŵanthu ŵangu mphanyi ŵangundivwa, mphanyi Yisraele wangwenda mu nthowa zangu!
“Avwani, mwa ŵanthu ŵangu, ku kuchenjezga kwangu; Yisraele, mphanyi ungutegherezga kwangu!
Kumbi mphanyi ndinguchita chine chinyake ndi munda wangu wa mphereska, cho ndengavi kuchita mwakuwo? Penipo ndinguwulereze kuti ukapasanga vipasi, chifukwa chine ungupasa vikorakora?
Ndipo imwe mwa ŵale phwereni mazu gha Ambuya. Kumbi ine ndaŵa bozwa kwaku Yisraele, pamwenga charu cha mdima uzitu? Na chifukwa nchine ŵanthu ŵangu ŵatiti, ‘Te ŵanangwa tizengeko so cha kwinu’?
Ambuya atiti viyo, “Nchiheni uli cho auskemwe ŵangusaniya mwangu pakuti ŵanguya kutali ndi ine, ndipo ŵangundondoloska vinthu vyambura phindu ndipo ŵangusanduka ŵaŵakaŵaka?
A! Mwa ŵanthu ŵangu, kumbukani cho Balaki, karonga wa Moabu wangughanaghana; ndi cho Balamu mwana waku Beori wangumwamuka; ndi cho chinguŵako kutuwa ku Shitimi ku Gilgala, mwakuti muziŵe milimu ya utaski wa Ambuya.”
Kweni tiziŵa kuti vyenivyo vyose chikamba chilangulu cho, chikambiya wo ŵe pasi pa chilangulu; alinga kuti uchetamiskike mlomo wose, ndi kuti charu chose chitoleke ku cheruzgu chaku Chiuta.