Atate Aonetsa Yeremiya Madengu Awiri a Nkhuyu
Madengu awiri a nkhuyu ali patsogolo pa kachisi. Nkhuyu zabwino ndi akapolo amene anatengedwa kale ku Babulo — amene Atate wathu adzawabzalanso ndi kuwapatsa mtima womudziwa. Zoipa ndi Zedekiya ndi otsala ku Yerusalemu amene ankaganiza kuti apulumuka.
24 1Atate wathu anandionetsa madengu awiri a nkhuyu, oikidwa patsogolo pa kachisi wa Atate wathu—Nebukadinezara mfumu ya Babulo atamtengera ku ukapolo Yekoniya mwana wa Yehoyakimu, mfumu ya Yuda, pamodzi ndi akuluakulu a Yuda, amisiri ndi osula zitsulo, kuchoka ku Yerusalemu kupita ku Babulo. 2Dengu limodzi linali ndi nkhuyu zabwino kwambiri, zoyambirira kupsa; dengu linalo linali ndi nkhuyu zoipa kwambiri, zosatheka kudya.
3Ndipo Atate wathu anandifunsa, nati, “Ukuona chiyani, Yeremiya?” “Nkhuyu,” ndinatero ine, “zabwino ndi zabwino kwambiri, zoipa ndi zoipa kwambiri, zosatheka kudya.”
4Ndipo mau a Atate wathu anafika kwa ine, nati:
5“Atate wathu wa Israeli akuti: Monga nkhuyu zabwino izi, momwemonso ndidzawaona ngati abwino akapolo a Yuda, amene ndinawatumiza kuchoka kuno kupita ku dziko la Ababulo.
6“Ndidzawayang'ana ndi maso anga kuti ndiwachitire zabwino, ndipo ndidzawabweza ku dziko lino; ndidzawamanga, osawagumula, ndidzawadzala, osawazula. 7Ndidzawapatsa mtima wondidziwa Ine monga Atate; adzakhala ana anga, ndipo Ine ndidzakhala Atate wawo, pakuti adzabwerera kwa Ine ndi mtima wawo wonse.’”
8“Koma monga nkhuyu zoipa, zovunda kwambiri zosatheka kudya—akutero Atate wathu—momwemonso ndidzawachita Zedekiya mfumu ya Yuda, pamodzi ndi akuluakulu ake, ndi otsala a Yerusalemu, amene atsala m'dziko lino kapena amene ali ku Iguputo.
9“Ndidzawasandutsa chinthu chochititsa mantha, tsoka, manyazi, chinthu chonyozedwa, choseketsa, ndi chotembereredwa kwa maufumu onse a dziko lapansi, kulikonse kumene ndidzawapirikitsira. 10Ndidzatumiza lupanga, njala, ndi mliri pa iwo, kufikira atatheratu kuchoka m'dziko limene ndinalipereka kwa iwo ndi makolo awo.”
