Baba Atawira Phembo ya Zedhekiya
Mambo Zedekiya asatuma atumwi na ciyembekezo ca cozizwisa kulimbana na Babilonya. Ntawiro ndi wakupambana na cozizwisa — Baba wathu anadzamenyana na mzinda wace ene. Njira ziwiri zisaikhwa pamaso pa mbumba: kufa m'kati mwa mpanda, peno kudzipereka mbakhala na moyo. Nyumba ya mambo isafunika kutonga mwakulungama.
21 1Fala idabwera kuna Yeremiya kubulukira kuna Baba wathu, pidatuma mambo Zedhekiya kuna iye Pashuri mwana wa Malakiya na Zefaniya nyantsembe, mwana wa Maaseya: 2“Phembani Baba wathu thangwi ya ife, thangwi Nebhukadhinezari mambo wa Bhabhilonya asatimenya nkhondo. Panango Baba wathu anaticitira mwakubverana na pirengo pyace pyonsene, toera nyamalwa atibuluke.”
3Na tenepo Yeremiya aapanga tenepa: “Pangani Zedhekiya penepi:
4Baba wa Izarayeli alonga tenepa: “Ine ndiri cifupi kucicisa pida pyankhondo piri m'manja mwanu, pinaphatisa basa imwe kumenyana na mambo wa Bhabhilonya na anyaBhabhilonya anakuzungulirani kunja kwa linga, mbandiagumanyiza pakati pa nzinda uyu. 5Ine ndekha ndinamenyana na imwe na djanja yakutambalaliswa na nkono wamphambvu, mwa ukali, mwa nyongo, na mwa kuipirwa kukulu. 6Ine ndinamenya anyakukhala m'nzinda uyu, anthu pabodzi na pinyama; iwo anafa na mliri ukulu. 7Buluka penepo, alonga Baba wathu, Ine ndinapereka Zedhekiya mambo wa Yuda, atumiki ace, na anthu ali m'nzinda uyu adapulumuka ku mliri, ku supada, na ku njala, m'manja mwa Nebhukadhinezari mambo wa Bhabhilonya, anyamalwa awo anasaka umaso wawo. Iye anaamenya na supada—nkhabe kuaonera ntsisi, nkhabe kualeka, nkhabe kuabvera ntsisi.”
8Pangani anthu awa pinalonga Baba wathu: Ine ndikuikhirani patsogolo panu njira ya umaso na njira ya kufa. 9Ule anakhala m'nzinda uyu anafa na supada, na njala, na mliri; mbwenye ule anaperekeka kuna anyaBhabhilonya anazungulira nzinda, iye anakhala na umaso, mbakoya umaso wace ninga cakuthodzwa. 10Ine ndaikha nkhope yanga kutsutsana na nzinda uyu toera kucita kuipa, tayu pyadidi, alonga Baba wathu. Unaperekwa kuna mambo wa Bhabhilonya, ule anaupisa na moto.
Fala ya Baba kuna Nyumba ya Dhavidhi
11Longani kuna nyumba yaumambo ya Yuda: Bverani fala ya Baba wathu.
12Nyumba ya Dhavidhi, Baba wathu alonga tenepa: Tongani mwakulungama macibese onsene, sudzulani ule adaphangwa kubulukira m'manja mwa nyakumuthabusa, ca nkhabe tenepo ukali wanga unayaka ninga moto, mbuyaka mwakukhonda munthu wakuuthimisa, thangwi ya macitiro anu akuipa. 13Onani, Ine ndiri kutsutsana na imwe, imwe munakhala padzulu pa nthambo, imwe mwala wa paphangira, alonga Baba wathu—imwe mulonga tenepa: “Mbani anakwanisa kutcita kudzatimenya ife? Mbani anakwanisa kupita m'mbuto zathu zakukhala?” a a v13 Yerusalemi ukhali padzulu pa phiri yakulapha, padzulu pa nthambo zidauzungulira, pyenepi pikhapasa anthu ace cinyindiro cauthambi kuti nzinda nkhabe kwanisika kumenywa. 14Ine ndinakutcunyusani mwakubverana na macitiro anu, alonga Baba wathu. Ine ndinagasa moto n'thengo mwace, mbaudya pyonsene pya kunkhundu kwace.”
