Mafupa Otulutsidwa M'manda
Anthu amagwa ndi kudzukanso; anthu awa agwa ndipo akhalabe pansi. Mbalame zosamuka zimadziwa nyengo yawo kuposa mmene Yuda akudziwira njira za Atate wake. Yeremiya, wodwala ndi chisoni, akufunsa ngati palibe mankhwala ku Gileadi — ndipo mutuwu sukumuyankha.
8 1“Pa nthawi imeneyo,’ atero Atate wathu, ‘adzachotsa mafupa a mafumu a Yuda, a akuluakulu ake, a ansembe, a aneneri, ndi a anthu a Yerusalemu, m'manda mwawo. 2Adzawayanika pamaso pa dzuwa, mwezi, ndi gulu lonse la kumwamba limene anakonda, nalitumikira, nalitsata, nalifunsira, nalilambira—osasonkhanitsidwa, osaikidwa m'manda, ngati ndowe pamwamba pa nthaka. 3Ndipo otsala onse a banja loyipa ili, kulikonse kumene ndawapirikitsira, adzasankha imfa kuposa moyo,’ atero Atate wa makamu a kumwamba.
Anthu Amene Sadzabwerera
4“Uwauze kuti, ‘Atate wathu akuti: Anthu akagwa, kodi sadzukanso? Munthu akapatuka, kodi sabwereranso? 5N'chifukwa chiyani tsono anthu awa, Yerusalemu, apatuka pobwerera m'mbuyo mosatha? Agwiritsitsa chinyengo; akana kubwerera.’ 6Ndamvetsera mwachidwi, koma sayankhula zoyenera. Palibe amene atembenuka kuleka zoyipa zake, nafunsa kuti, ‘Kodi ndachita chiyani?’ Aliyense amathamangira njira yake, ngati kavalo wothamangira kunkhondo. 7Ngakhale kakowa wa mlengalenga amadziwa nyengo zake zokhazikitsidwa, ndipo njiwa, mbalame yothamanga, ndi khwangwa zimasunga nthawi ya kubwera kwawo. Koma anthu anga sadziwa njira zolungama za Atate wawo. 8Kodi munganene bwanji kuti, ‘Ndife anzeru, ndipo lamulo la Atate wathu lili nafe,’ pamene kwenikweni cholembera chabodza cha alembi chalisandutsa kukhala bodza? 9Anzeru adzachititsidwa manyazi; adzagwidwa ndi mantha nakodwa mu msampha. Taonani, akana mau anga, nanga nzeru yotani imene yatsala mwa iwo? 10Chifukwa chake akazi awo ndidzawapereka kwa ena, ndi minda yawo kwa eni ake atsopano. Pakuti kuyambira wamng'ono mpaka wamkulu, aliyense ali ndi dyera la phindu losalungama; kuyambira mneneri mpaka wansembe, aliyense amachita chinyengo.’ 11Amapoza chilonda cha mwana wamkazi wa anthu anga mozera, nanena kuti, ‘Mtendere, mtendere,’ pamene palibe mtendere. 12Kodi anachita manyazi ndi zonyansa zimene anazichita? Ayi, sanachita manyazi n'pang'ono pomwe; ngakhale kugwetsa nkhope ndi manyazi sanadziwa. Choncho adzagwa pakati pa anthu ogwa; pamene ndidzawalanga, adzagwetsedwa pansi,’ akutero Atate wathu. 13‘Ndithudi ndidzawasonkhanitsa,’ atero Atate wathu. ‘Sipadzakhala mphesa pa mpesa, ngakhale nkhuyu pa mtengo wa mkuyu, ndipo masamba adzafota; zimene ndinawapatsa zidzawachokera.’
14“N'chifukwa chiyani tikhala pano? Tsonkhanani pamodzi! Tithawire ku mizinda yotetezedwa ndi malinga, ndi kukafera komweko, pakuti Atate wathu watitsimikizira kuti tiwonongeke, natipatsa madzi a ndulu kuti timwe, chifukwa tamuchimwira Iye.”
15Tinayembekezera mtendere, koma palibe chabwino chimene chadza; tinayembekezera nthawi ya machiritso, koma m'malo mwake kuli mantha aakulu. 16Kufwinya kwa mphuno kwa akavalo a mdani kukumveka kuchokera ku Dani; pa phokoso la kulira kwa akavalo awo amphongo, dziko lonse likunjenjemera. Akubwera nadya dziko ndi zonse zili m'menemo, mzinda ndi onse okhalamo.
17“Pakuti taonani, ndikutumiza njoka zaukali pakati panu, mamba amene sangalodzedwe, ndipo adzakulumani,” atero Atate wathu.
Yeremiya Alira Chifukwa cha Anthu Ake
18Chimwemwe changa chatha, chisoni chandigwira; mtima wanga ukudwala m'kati mwanga. 19Tamverani—kulira kwa mwana wamkazi wa anthu anga kuchokera ku dziko lakutali: “Kodi Atate wathu sali mu Ziyoni? Kodi Mfumu yake palibenso mwa iye?” “N'chifukwa chiyani andikwiyitsa ndi mafano awo osema, ndi mafano achilendo opanda phindu? 20Nthawi yokolola yatha, chilimwe chatha, ndipo ife sitinapulumutsidwe.” 21Chifukwa cha chilonda cha mwana wamkazi wa anthu anga, ndathyoledwa mtima; ndikulira maliro, ndipo mantha aakulu andigwira. 22Kodi mu Giliyadi mulibe mankhwala opoza? Kodi kulibe sing'anga kumeneko? N'chifukwa chiyani tsono machiritso a mwana wamkazi wa anthu anga sanafike?
