Atate Atumiza Mau Ake kwa Yuda
Yeremiya akunena m'bwalo la kachisi kuti nyumba iyi ikhoza kutha ngati Silo, ndipo ansembe ndi aneneri akumugwira akufuna kuti aphedwe. Iye sakufewetsa mawuwo — tembenukani, ndipo Atate wanu adzaleka. Akuluakulu ndi akulu akumupulumutsa, ngakhale Uriya anaphedwa chifukwa cha mawu omwewo.
26 1Pamene Yehoyakimu mwana wa Yosiya anayamba kulamulira Yuda, mau awa anadza kuchokera kwa Atate wathu:
2Atate wathu akuti: Imirira m'bwalo la nyumba yanga ndipo uuze mizinda yonse ya Yuda imene imadza kudzalambira kumeneko mau onse amene ndikulamula kuti uwanene; usabise kanthu. 3Mwina adzamvera, ndipo yense adzatembenuka kuchoka panjira yake yoipa; pamenepo ndidzasintha maganizo anga pa tsoka limene ndikufuna kuwachitira chifukwa cha ntchito zawo zoipa. 4Uwauze kuti: Atate wathu akuti: Ngati simudzandimvera, kuyenda m'chilamulo changa chimene ndakuikirani pamaso panu, 5ndi kumvera atumiki anga aneneri, amene ndimakutumizirani kawirikawiri—koma simunamvere, 6pamenepo ndidzasandutsa nyumba iyi ngati Silo, ndipo mzinda uwu ndidzawusandutsa temberero kwa mitundu yonse ya dziko lapansi. a a v6 Silo unali malo kumene kale kunali malo opatulika a Atate wathu mpaka pamene anawonongedwa nasiyidwa — chenjezo kuti Nyumba ya Mulungu ya ku Yerusalemu ikhoza kukumana ndi mathero omwewo.
7Ansembe, aneneri, ndi anthu onse anamva Yeremiya akunena mau awa m'nyumba ya Atate wathu. 8Pamene Yeremiya anamaliza kunena zonse zimene Atate wathu anamulamula kuti auze anthu onse, ansembe, aneneri, ndi anthu onse anamugwira, akufuula kuti, “Udzafa ndithu! 9Chifukwa chiyani ukulosera m'dzina la Atate wathu, kuti, ‘Nyumba iyi idzakhala ngati Silo, ndipo mzinda uwu udzakhala bwinja, wopanda wokhalamo’?” Ndipo anthu onse anasonkhana kuzungulira Yeremiya m'nyumba ya Atate wathu.
10Atamva zimenezi, akuluakulu a Yuda anachoka ku nyumba ya mfumu, nakwera kupita ku nyumba ya Atate wathu, nakhala pansi pa khomo la Chipata Chatsopano cha nyumba ya Atate wathu. 11Pamenepo ansembe ndi aneneri anauza akuluakulu ndi anthu onse kuti, “Munthu uyu ayenera kuphedwa; walosera zotsutsana ndi mzinda uwu, monga momwe mwamvera nokha.”
12Yeremiya anauza akuluakulu onse ndi anthu kuti, “Atate wathu anandituma kudzalosera zotsutsana ndi nyumba iyi ndi mzinda uwu zonse zimene mwamva. 13Chotero konzani njira zanu ndi ntchito zanu, mverani mau a Atate wanu, ndipo Atate wanu adzasintha maganizo pa tsoka limene wanena kutsutsana nanu. 14Koma ine ndili pano, m'manja mwanu. Ndichitireni chilichonse chimene chikuoneka chabwino ndi cholungama kwa inu. 15Koma dziwani ndithu: ngati mudzandipha, mudzadzetsa mwazi wosalakwa pa inu nokha, pa mzinda uwu, ndi pa okhalamo ake—pakuti Atate wathu anandituma ndithu kwa inu kudzanena mau onse awa inu mukumva.”
16Pamenepo akuluakulu ndi anthu onse anauza ansembe ndi aneneri kuti, “Munthu uyu sayenera kuweruzidwa kuti aphedwe, pakuti wayankhula kwa ife m'dzina la Atate wathu.”
17Akulu ena a m'dziko anaimirira, nati ku msonkhano wonse wa anthu,
18“Mika wa ku Moreseti analosera pamene Hezekiya ankalamulira Yuda, nauza anthu onse a Yuda kuti, ‘Atate wa magulu ankhondo akumwamba akuti: Ziyoni adzalimidwa ngati munda, Yerusalemu adzasanduka bwinja, ndipo phiri la Nyumba ya Mulungu lidzakhala chitunda cha nkhalango.’”
19Kodi Hezekiya mfumu ya Yuda ndi Yuda yense anamupha iye? Kodi sanaope Atate wathu nafunafuna chisomo chake, kotero kuti Atate wathu anasintha maganizo pa tsoka limene anali atawaopseza nalo? Ife tatsala pang'ono kudzidzetsera tsoka lalikulu pa ife tokha.
20Ndipo panali munthu wina amene analosera m'dzina la Atate wathu, Uriya mwana wa Semaya wa ku Kiriati-yearimu. Analosera zotsutsana ndi mzinda uwu ndi dziko ili ndi mau ofanana ndi a Yeremiya. 21Pamene mfumu Yehoyakimu, ankhondo ake onse, ndi akuluakulu onse anamva mau ake, mfumuyo inafuna kumupha. Uriya anamva, naopa, nathawa, nathawira ku Iguputo. 22Pamenepo mfumu Yehoyakimu inatuma anthu ku Iguputo—Elinatani mwana wa Akibori ndi ena pamodzi naye. 23Anabweretsa Uriya kuchokera ku Iguputo kwa mfumu Yehoyakimu, amene anamupha ndi lupanga, naponya mtembo wake m'manda a anthu wamba.
24Koma Ahikamu mwana wa Safani anathandiza Yeremiya, kotero kuti sanaperekedwe m'manja mwa anthu kuti aphedwe.