18 Chifukwa cho vwani, mwa mitundumwe, ndipo ziŵani, mwa mpingu, cho chikaŵanga kwaku iwo.
Ndipo sono, mwa ŵakuja mu Yerusalemu mwe, ndi ŵanthu ŵaku Yuda, mweruzge, nditukupemphani, pakati pangu ndi munda wangu wamphereska.
“Avwani mazu gha Ambuya, mwa ŵamitundu, ndipo mughataule mu malikumba gha kutali: Munene, ‘Yo wanguparghang'a Yisraele wakawunganiskanga ndipo wakamusunganga uli ndimo muliska wasungiya mskambu wake.’
Sono ine ndinguti, “Ambuya Chiuta, kwakuneneska mwaŵapusika limu ŵanthu yaŵa ndi Yerusalemu, pakukamba kuti, ‘Kukamuŵiyaninga umampha’; penipo lipanga lafika pa umoyo wawo iwo.”
Chenjezga mitundu kuti watuza; memeza mu Yerusalemu. “Akuŵazinga ŵatuliya ku charu cha kutali; ŵakambuliya pa mizi yaku Yuda.
Ndingumika ŵalonda paku imwe, ndi kuti, ‘Phwereni ku kuliya kwa mbata.’ Kweni iwo ŵanguti, ‘Kuti tikaphwerenga cha!’
Yivwa, wa charu chapasi we; ndikazanga ndi chiheni pa ŵanthu yaŵa, chipasi cha vipangu vyawo! Chifukwa walivi kuphwere mazu ghangu: ndipo nge ndi dangu langu ŵalikana.
A! Mwa ŵanthu ŵangu, kumbukani cho Balaki, karonga wa Moabu wangughanaghana; ndi cho Balamu mwana waku Beori wangumwamuka; ndi cho chinguŵako kutuwa ku Shitimi ku Gilgala, mwakuti muziŵe milimu ya utaski wa Ambuya.”