Sono ŵamaronda ŵa Midiani ŵangudumuwapo; ndipo ŵangumuskoska Yosefe ndi ŵangumutuzgiya kubwalo kwa zenje lo, ndi ŵangumuguliska ku ŵaYishumaele pa mashekelo gha siliva machumi ghaŵi; ndipo ŵanguruta nayo Yosefe ku Egipiti.
Mukanene kuti, ‘Viyo ndimu wanene karonga, “Uyu munthu mumuŵike mu nyumba ya magoŵa, ndipo mumurghiske kurgha kumanavi ndi maji ghamanavi, mpaka po ine ndaza mu chimangu.” ’ ”
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 ŵaraŵara ndi ŵanthu wose ŵanguti ku ŵazukuru ndi ŵamchimi, “Uyu munthu kuti watenere chilangu cha nyifwa cha, pakuti warongorore mu zina la Ambuya Chiuta wide kwakuifwe.”
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,
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.
Sono Ebedimeleke mu Etiopia yo wanguti kwaku Yeremiya, “Uŵike malizwazwa ndi saru sakuguga so mu nkhwapa mwako ndi vingwe vyo.” Yeremiya wanguchita viyo.
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.