Sikani, muje mu fuvu, mwaŵanthu ŵaku Babiloni; jani pasi pambura chitengo cha ufumu, imwe mwa ŵaKaldiya! Pakuti mukadanikanga so cha kuti mwe ŵakuzika ndi ŵakoloŵa.
Tuwanimo mu Babiloni, thaŵaniko ku Kaldiya, taulani ichi ndi kubongo kwa likondwa, uchimemeze, ichitume chirute ku chigoti cha charu chapasi; unene, “Ambuya apozomoska muŵanda wawo Yakobe!”
“Thaŵanimo mu Babiloni, munthu yose wataske umoyo wake! Rekani kudumulika mu kulanga kwake, pakuti iyi ndi nyengo ya thayu la Ambuya, thayu lo atimuchitiya.
Kunkhurukani pasi ndi kutamantha, mwa ŵanthu ŵaku Zioni, nge ndi munthukazi yo wabala; pakuti sono mukatuwanga mu msumba ndi kuja mu dondo; mukarutanga ku Babiloni. Kweniko mwamutaskika ndi kweniko Ambuya amkukuwomboni, mu janja la ŵarwani.
Ndipo wangurongoro ndi wumba kuti, “Tuwaniko nditumupemphani, kosikosi mu mahema gha ŵanthu ŵaheni yaŵa, ndipo mungakwaskanga so ke kose kaku wo cha, vinu imwe namwe mungamariya pamoza mu maulakwi ghawo.”