2 Pa nyengo yiya wumba wa ŵankhondo ŵa karonga ŵaku Babiloni unguzinga Yerusalemu, ndipo Yeremiya mchimi wangujarikiya mu bwalo la ukaidi lo lenga mu nyumba ya ufumu ya karonga waku Yuda,
Mu chirimika cha chinkhonde ndi vinayi cha muwusu wake pa zuŵa la chumi la mwezi, Nebukadanezara karonga waku Babiloni wanguza ndi nkhondo yake yose kuzachirwa ndi Yerusalemu, ndipo ŵanguwuzinga, ŵanguwuzingirizga ndi tumalinga.
Palali mwana waku Azai wangulongoso pakuthyana ndi chingodya ndi chisongo chakutuliya kubwalo ku nyumba ya pachanya ya karonga pa bwalo la ulonda. Wakundondoloska iyo wenga Pedaya mwana munthurumi waku Paroshi.
Sono Hanamele msiŵani wangu wanguza mu bwalo la ukaidi, kwakulingana ndi mazu gha Ambuya, ndipo wangukamba nane, ‘Gula munda wangu wo we pa Anatoti mu charu chaku Benjamini, pakuti nthazi yakuŵiya nawo ndi kuuwombo njako; ujiguliye kuŵa wako.’ Sono ndinguziŵa kuti yagha ndi mazu gha Ambuya.
Mazu ghanguza kwaku Yeremiya kutuwa ku Ambuya, penipo Nebukadanezara, karonga wa Babiloni ndi ŵankhondo ŵake wose, ndi maufumu ghose ghenigho wanguusa ndi ŵanthu wose ŵarwananga ndi Yerusalemu ndi misumba yake yose:
Ndipo ŵakaronga ŵangumukalipiya Yeremiya, ndi ŵangumpuma ndi ŵangumserezga mu ukaidi, mu nyumba yaku Jonafani mlembi, pakuti yingusanduskika kuŵa nyumba ya ukaidi.
Viyo karonga Zedekiya wangurangura, kuti ŵamuŵike Yeremiya mu bwalo la nyumba ya ukaidi; ndipo chimbanduka cha chingwa chiperekeke kwaku iyo zuŵa ndi zuŵa chakutuliya ka mseu wa ŵakubika, mpaka chingwa chose cha mu msumba chimari. Viyo Yeremiya wanguja mu bwalo la nyumba ya ukaidi.
Viyo ŵangumuto Yeremiya ŵangumupong'a mu chisima cha maji chaku Malikiya mwana wa karonga, cho chenga mu bwalo la ukaidi, ŵangumusiska Yeremiya ndi vingwe. Ndipo mwengavi maji mu chisima cho, kweni ulambwe pe, ndipo Yeremiya wanguphata mu ulambwe wo.