Chizindikiro cha Atate wathu cha Chiwonongeko Chobwera
Lamba wa nsalu, wovalidwa, wokwiriridwa ndi kufukulidwa ali wowola, akuonetsa chimene kunyada kwa Yuda kudzakhala. Kenako mbiya iliyonse yodzazidwa ndi kuledzera. Yeremiya akuwachonderera kuti apereke ulemerero kwa Atate wathu mdima usanagwe, kenako akulira mseri pamene akana. Kambuku sangasinthe mawanga ake.
13 1Izi ndi zimene Atate wathu anandiuza kuti: “Pita, kadzigulire lamba wa nsalu ya thonje, uumange m'chiuno mwako, koma usaulole kuti ukhudze madzi.”
2Choncho ndinagula lamba, monga Atate wathu ananena, nawumanga m'chiuno mwanga.
3Ndipo mau a Atate wathu anadza kwa ine kachiwiri kuti:
4“Tenga lamba umene unagula, uja uli m'chiuno mwako, nyamuka, pita ku Yufurate, ndipo ukawubise m'ng'alu mwa thanthwe.”
5Choncho ndinapita, nawubisa m'mphepete mwa Yufurate, monga Atate wathu anandilamulira.
6Patapita masiku ambiri Atate wathu anandiuza kuti, “Nyamuka, pita ku Yufurate, ukatenge lamba umene ndinakuuza kuti ukawubise kumeneko.”
7Choncho ndinapita ku Yufurate, nawukumba lamba, nawuchotsa pamene ndinawubisa. Koma unali wowonongeka, wopanda ntchito.
8Ndipo mau a Atate wathu anadza kwa ine kuti:
9“Izi ndi zimene Atate wathu akunena: Momwemo Ine ndidzawononga kunyada kwa Yuda ndi kunyada kwakukulu kwa Yerusalemu. 10Anthu oyipa awa, okana kumva mau anga, otsatira mitima yawo yosamva, othamangira milungu ina kuti aitumikire ndi kuigwadira, adzakhala ngati lamba uwu—wopanda ntchito. 11Monga lamba umakakamira m'chiuno mwa munthu, momwemo Ine ndinachititsa Israeli yonse ndi Yuda yonse kuti akakamire kwa Ine, ati Atate wathu, kuti akhale anthu anga, mbiri, matamando, ndi ulemerero—koma sanamvere.
Mtsuko Uliwonse Wodzazidwa ndi Chiweruzo
12“Choncho uwauze kuti: Atate wa Israeli akunena kuti: Mtsuko uliwonse uyenera kudzazidwa ndi vinyo. Ndipo adzayankha kuti, ‘Kodi ife sitidziwa kuti mtsuko uliwonse uyenera kudzazidwa ndi vinyo?’ 13Ndipo uwauze kuti: Izi ndi zimene Atate wathu akunena: Ine ndatsala pang'ono kudzaza ndi kuledzera aliyense amene ali m'dziko lino—mafumu amene akhala pa mpando wachifumu wa Davide, ansembe, aneneri, ndi onse okhala mu Yerusalemu. 14Ndidzawagundanitsa wina ndi mnzake, makolo ndi ana omwe, ati Atate wathu. Palibe chisoni, palibe kuleka, palibe chifundo chimene chidzandiletsa kuwawononga.”
Imvani Mdima Usanafike
15Imvani ndi kumvetsetsa; musanyade, pakuti Atate wathu wayankhula. 16Lemekezani Atate wanu Iye asanabweretse mdima, mapazi anu asanapunthwe pa mapiri amene akuda; mudzayembekezera kuwala, koma Iye adzasandutsa kuwalako kukhala mdima wandiweyani, ndi kuupanga mdima wathunthu. 17Koma ngati simudzamvera, ndidzalira mseri chifukwa cha kunyada kwanu; maso anga adzalira kwambiri ndi kutsika misozi, chifukwa gulu la nkhosa la Atate wathu lagwidwa ukapolo. 18Uza mfumu ndi amayi a mfumu kuti: Dzichepetseni ndipo khalani pansi, pakuti chipewa chanu chaufumu chaulemerero chagwa pamutu panu. 19Mizinda ya ku Negevu yatsekedwa, popanda wina woti aitsekule. Yuda yonse yatengedwa ku ukapolo, yatengedwa kwathunthu. 20Kwezani maso anu ndipo onani iwo amene akubwera kuchokera kumpoto. Kuli kuti gulu la nkhosa limene munapatsidwa, gulu lanu lokongola? 21Kodi mudzanena chiyani Atate wathu akadzaika amene inu nokha munawaphunzitsa kukhala abwenzi anu, kuti akhale olamulira anu? Kodi zowawa sizidzakugwirani ngati mkazi pa nthawi yobereka? 22Ndipo ngati mudzifunsa nokha kuti, “N'chifukwa chiyani zinthu izi zachitika kwa ine?”—ndi chifukwa cha kukula kwa kulakwa kwanu kuti zovala zanu zavulidwa, ndipo mwachitidwa chipongwe. 23Kodi munthu wa ku Etiopia angathe kusintha khungu lake, kapena kambuku mawanga ake? Pamenepo inunso mukanatha kuchita zabwino—inu amene mwazoloweretsedwa kuchita zoyipa. a a v23 Kusi anali dziko la kum'mwera kwa Igupto m'mbali mwa Nailo wakumtunda, m'dera la Sudani ndi Etiopia a masiku ano.
24Ndidzakumwazani ngati mungu umene mphepo ya m'chipululu imauluzira. 25Ili ndi gawo lanu, chigawo chimene ndakuyezerani, ati Atate wathu, chifukwa mwandiiwala Ine ndi kudalira mabodza. 26“Choncho Ine ndekha ndidzakweza zovala zanu kuphimba nkhope yanu, ndipo manyazi anu adzaonekera. 27Chigololo chanu, kulira kwanu kwachilakolako, uhule wanu wopanda manyazi—pa mapiri ndi m'minda yotseguka ndaona zonyansa zanu. Tsoka kwa inu, Yerusalemu! Kodi mpaka liti pamene mudzayeretsedwa?”