Sono Chiuta waku Yisraele wanguvunduwa mzimu waku Puli karonga wa Asiriya, ndi mzimu waku Tilgati-Pilnezara karonga wa Asiriya, ndipo wanguyora wose, ŵine Rubene, Gadi, ndi nusu la fuku laku Manase, wanguza nawo ku Hala, Habori, Hara ndi ku msinji wa Gozani, mpaka zuŵa lino.
Ambuya ajura nyumba yawo yakujamo vidya vya nkhondo, ndipo atuzgamo, vidya vya ukari wawo, pakuti Ambuya Chiuta wa maŵanja wendi nchitu yakuchita mu charu cha ŵaKaldiya.
Chifukwa cho avwani fundu yo Ambuya arongoso kuchita pa Babiloni, ndi maghanaghanu ghawo pa charu cha Kaldiya; kwakuneneska twana twa ku mskambu wawo tukaguzikiyanga kutali; kwakuneneska khora lawo likanangikanga pa soka lawo.
Pakuti ehe, ndichiska ndi nditole pa Babiloni mpingu wa mitundu yikuru, kutuwa ku charu chaku nkhonde; ndipo ŵazamkujindandamika paku iyo, kutuwa po ŵakatolekanga. Mivwi yawo ye uli nchiŵinda chakuziŵiska cho kuti manja ghake ghawe waka cha.
Mikani mbendera kuratana ndi malinga gha Babiloni; mukhozge ulonda, mikani ŵalonda; rongosoni vivwamba; pakuti Ambuya arongoso ndipo afiska cho angukamba cha pa ŵakuja mu Babiloni.
Phuzu lo lachitika kwaku ine ndi ku ŵanyangu liŵe pa Babiloni,” ŵakuja mu Zioni ŵakambe viyo. “Ndopa zangu ziŵe pa ŵakuja mu Kaldiya,” ndimu wakambiye Yerusalemu.
Iyi yiŵenge nthenda ya chigodora yeniyo Ambuya akosonge nayo mitundu yose yo yikarwanga ndi Yerusalemu; nyama yawo yivundiyenge pawima ŵeche kuma, maso ghawo ghavundenge mu vikorongo vyawo, ndi malilimi ghawo ghavundenge mu milomo yawo.
Chifukwa ndiwunjikenge mitundu yose ya ŵanthu kurwana ndi Yerusalemu, ndipo msumba urondekenge ndi nyumba ziskoŵekenge, ndi ŵanthukazi ŵachichizgikenge; chigaŵa charwande cha msumba chiyorekenge kuruta ku uŵanda, kweni ŵanthu ŵakujako kuti ŵabayikenge cha mu msumba.