Atate Aweruza Turo
Turo akupindula ndi kuwonongeka kwa Yerusalemu, akuyembekezera malonda ochuluka popeza chipata chathyoka. Atate athu akuti mitundu ya anthu idzabwera kudzamuukira ngati mafunde. Nebukadinezara adzagumula malinga ake, miyala yake idzatayidwa m'nyanja, ndipo malowo adzasiyidwa thanthwe lopanda kanthu loyanikapo makoka.
26 1M'chaka cha khumi ndi chimodzi, pa tsiku loyamba la mwezi, mau a Atate wathu anafika kwa ine, kuti:
2Mwana wa munthu, chifukwa Turo ananena za Yerusalemu kuti, “Ehe! Chipata cha mitundu ya anthu chathyoka, chatsegukira kwa ine. Iye wasanduka mabwinja; ine ndidzalemera.” 3Chomwecho Atate Wolamulira akuti: Taona, Ine ndikutsutsana ndi iwe, Turo. Ndidzabweretsa mitundu yambiri kudzalimbana ndi iwe, monga nyanja imabweretsa mafunde ake. 4Adzawononga malinga a Turo ndi kugwetsa nsanja zake; ndidzakhadzula dothi lake nalisiya thanthwe lowuma. 5Adzakhala malo oyanikira maukonde m'nyanja, pakuti Ine ndayankhula, ati Atate Wolamulira. Adzakhala chofunkha cha mitundu ya anthu, 6ndipo midzi yake ya pa mtunda idzaphedwa ndi lupanga. Pamenepo adzadziwa kuti Ine ndine Atate.
7Atate Wolamulira akuti: Taona, ndikubweretsa Nebukadinezara mfumu ya Babulo, mfumu ya mafumu, kudzalimbana ndi Turo kuchokera kumpoto, ndi akavalo, magareta, okwera pa akavalo, ndi gulu lalikulu la ankhondo ambiri. 8Adzapha midzi yako ya pa mtunda ndi lupanga, nadzakumangira linga lozinga, nadzakuunjikira mtumbira, nadzakukwezera zishango. 9Adzamenya malinga ako ndi zida zake zogumulira, nadzagwetsa nsanja zako ndi nkhwangwa zake. 10Akavalo ake adzakhala ochuluka kotero kuti fumbi lawo lidzakuphimba. Malinga ako adzagwedezeka ndi phokoso la okwera pa akavalo, ngolo, ndi magareta, pamene adzalowa pa zipata zako ngati anthu olowa mu mzinda umene malinga ake agumulidwa. 11Ziboda za akavalo ake zidzapondaponda misewu yako yonse. Adzapha anthu ako ndi lupanga, ndipo mizati yako yolimba idzagwera pansi. 12Adzafunkha chuma chako, nadzalanda katundu wako, nadzagumula malinga ako, nadzawononga nyumba zako zokongola, naponya miyala yako, matabwa ako, ndi zinyalala zako m'nyanja. 13Ndidzathetsa phokoso la nyimbo zako; kulira kwa azeze ako sikudzamvekanso. 14Ndidzakusandutsa thanthwe lowuma, malo oyanikira maukonde. Sudzamangidwanso, pakuti Ine, Atate, ndayankhula, ati Atate Wolamulira.
15Atate Wolamulira akuti kwa Turo: Kodi mayiko a m'mphepete mwa nyanja sadzagwedezeka ndi phokoso la kugwa kwako, pamene ovulazidwa adzabuula, pamene kuphana kudzadzaza mwa iwe? 16Pamenepo olamulira onse a nyanja adzatsika pa mipando yawo yachifumu, nadzavula mikanjo yawo, nadzachotsa zovala zawo zopesedwa. Atavala mantha, adzakhala pansi, akunthunthumira nthawi iliyonse, nadabwa kwambiri chifukwa cha iwe. 17Adzakuyimbira nyimbo yamaliro, kuti: “Wawonongeka bwanji, iwe mzinda wotchuka, iwe amene unali wodzala ndi anthu ochokera ku nyanja—wamphamvu pa nyanja, iwe ndi okhalamo ako, amene munaopseza onse okhala kumeneko!” a a v17 Turo unali mzinda wolemera wa pa chilumba umene mphamvu zake ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu ake zinamangidwa pa malonda a pa nyanja. 18Tsopano mayiko a m'mphepete mwa nyanja akunjenjemera pa tsiku la kugwa kwako; zilumba za m'nyanja zathedwa nzeru chifukwa cha kutha kwako.
19Atate Wolamulira akuti: Pamene ndidzakusandutsa mzinda wopasuka, ngati mizinda imene yasiyidwa kalekale, pamene ndidzakwezera nyanja yakuya pa iwe ndipo madzi aakulu adzakuphimba, 20pamenepo ndidzakutsitsa pamodzi ndi iwo amene amatsikira ku dzenje, kwa anthu a kalekale. Ndidzakukhazika m'dziko lakutsi, pakati pa mabwinja akale, pamodzi ndi iwo amene amatsikira ku dzenje, kuti usadzabwerenso kapena kupeza malo ako m'dziko la amoyo. 21Ndidzakufikitsa ku chimaliziro choopsa, ndipo sudzakhalaponso. Udzafunidwa koma sudzapezekanso, ati Atate Wolamulira.
