16 Kweni Gedaliya mwana waku Ahikamu wanguti kwaku Yohanani mwana waku Kareya, “Kuti ukachitanga ichi cha, pakuti ukamba gha utesi paku Ishimaele.”
Ishimaele mwana waku Netaniya ndi ŵanthu chumi ŵa pamoza nayo ŵangusoka ndi ŵangumutema Gedaliya mwana waku Ahikamu, mwana waku Shafani ndi lipanga, ndi ŵangumubaya; mweniyo karonga wa Babiloni wangumika kuŵa mumirizi mu charu chiya.
Ndipo chifukwa chine tireka kukamba (nge ndimo titukikiya, ndi nge ndimo ŵanyake ŵatiti ifwe tikamba), tichitenge viheni, alinga vizenge vyamampha? Chisusa cha waviyo nchakurunjika.
kuti chitukumuka cha, kuti chichita nkhaza cha. Kuti chilembe vyaku chija cha, kuti nchachikaralizga cha, kuti chitundiriya pa uheni wo chikunthiyapo cha,