Pakuti ndalereska chisku changu pa msumba uwu kuwuchitiya uheni umampha cha, atiti Ambuya: ukapaskikanga mu janja la karonga wa Babiloni, ndipo wakawochanga ndi moto.’
“Mukakambe viyo kwaku Zedekiya, ‘Viyo atiti Ambuya, Chiuta waku Yisraele: Ehe, ndikawezgiyanga vuli vidya vya nkhondo vyo vye mu manja ghinu, vyenivyo imwe murwiya navyo pa karonga wa Babiloni ndi pa ŵaKaldiya wo ŵakuzingani kubwalo ku malinga; ndipo ndikaŵawunjikanga wose mukati mu msumba uwu.
Yo wakajanga mu msumba wakafwanga ndi lipanga, ndi chilala, ndi chideru; kweni yo wakatuwanga ndi kwachithere ku ŵaKaldiya, wo ŵakuzingani wakajanga wamoyo, wakaŵanga ndi umoyo wake nge ndi mphoto ya nkhondo.
Ambuya atiti gha pa karonga mweniyo waja pa chitengo chaku Davidi, ndi ghapa ŵanthu wose ŵeniwo ŵaja mu msumba uwu, ŵabali ŵinu wo ŵengavi kuruta namwe ku umkoli:
Kweni asani ukarekanga kuthera ku ŵaraŵara ŵa karonga wa Babiloni, po ndipo msumba uwu ukapaskikanga mu janja la ŵaKaldiya, ŵakawochanga ndi moto, iwe nawe kuti ukapozomokangako cha ku janja lawo.”