Pakuti, ehe, ndikadananga makhamu ghose gha maufumu ghaku nkhonde, atiti Ambuya; ŵakazanga, ndipo we yose wazamuŵika chitengo chake pakuserere pa malikomo gha Yerusalemu kunyekezga ku malinga ghake kwakuzunguliya kose ndi pa mizi yose yaku Yuda.
Mu mwezi wa chumi, chirimika cha chinkhonde ndi vinayi chaku Zedekiya karonga waku Yuda, Nebukadanezara karonga wa Babiloni ndi wumba wake wose wa nkhondo ŵanguza kurwana ndi Yerusalemu ndipo ŵanguwuzinga;
“Ehe, ndikatolenga paku iwe mtundu wakutuliya kutali wa nyumba yaku Yisraele, atiti Ambuya. “Uwu ndi mtundu wakukhwima, ndi mtundu wamwaka, mtundu weniwo mazu ghake imwe mulivi kughaziŵa, chingana nkhuti mungawamo cha cho warongoro.
Ŵapinga uta ndi mkondo, mbakari ndipo ŵalivi lisungu, mdinu wawo ukozgana ndi nyanja yakuuruma; ŵakwera pa ŵakavalo, ŵatijivwarika uli ndi munthu wakuya ku nkhonde, kurwana ndi iwe, wa msumba wa Zioni!”
Avwani, kuliya kwa ŵanthu ŵangu, kutuliya mu utali ndi mu usani wa charu: “Kumbi Ambuya mulivi mu Zioni? Kumbi karonga wake kuti we mwake cha?” “Chifukwa nchine ŵandisosomole ku kukwiya ndi ŵangoza ŵawo ŵakusemeka, ndipo ndi ŵangoza ŵawo ŵachilendo?”
Mu janja lake la marghe mutuwa mphenduzga yapa Yerusalemu, kujura mlomo ndi kuliya, kusoska mazu ndi kubangula, kumika vyakugumuliya pa malikomo, kuviwunjika vimbumira, kuzenga vitanthali vya nkhondo.