Baba Apangiza Yeremiya Madengu Mawiri a Makuyu
Ntanga ziwiri za nkuyu ziri pamaso pa templo. Nkuyu zadidi ndi anthu a ku ukapolo adatengwa kale ku Babilonya — ale anafuna Baba wathu kubzala pontho na kuapasa ntima wakuti amudziwe. Zakuipa ndi Zedekiya na ale adasala ku Yerusalemu, adakumbuka kuti apulumuka.
24 1Baba wathu andipangiza madengu mawiri a makuyu, akhali akuikhwa patsogolo pa templo ya Baba wathu. Pyenepi pyacitika Nebhukadhinezari mambo wa Bhabhilonya pidamala iye kutenga Jekoniya mwana wa Yoyakimi, mambo wa Yuda, pabodzi na akulu a Yuda, anyamisiri a manja, na anyakusula utale, mbaabulusa ku Yerusalemu, mbaenda nawo ku ukapolo ku Bhabhilonya. 2Dengu ibodzi ikhali na makuyu adidi kakamwe, adapya pakutoma; dengu inango ikhali na makuyu akuipa kakamwe, akukhonda kudyeka.
3Na tenepo Baba wathu andibvundza kuti: “Usaona ciyani, Yeremiya?” “Makuyu,” ine ndatawira, “adidi ndi adidi kakamwe, akuipa ndi akuipa kakamwe, akukhonda kudyeka.”
4Na tenepo fala ya Baba wathu yabwera kuna ine, mbilonga kuti:
5“Baba wathu wa Izarayeli asalonga tenepa: Ninga makuyu awa adidi, ndimo ene ndinadzaaona ninga adidi anthu a Yuda adaenda ku ukapolo, ale ndidaatumiza kubuluka pano kuenda ku dziko ya Bhabhilonya.”
6“Ndinadzaikha maso anga pa iwo toera kuacitira pyadidi, mbandiabweresa ku dziko ino; ndinadzaamanga, mbandikhonda kuagwesa; ndinadzaabzwala, mbandikhonda kuadzula. 7Ndinadzaapasa ntima toera kundidziwa, kudziwa kuti Ine ndine Baba wawo; iwo anadzakhala ana anga, Ine Baba wawo, thangwi anadzabwerera kuna Ine na ntima wawo onsene.”
8“Mbwenye ninga makuyu akuipa, akuola kakamwe akukhonda kudyeka,” alonga Baba wathu, “ndimo ene ndinadzacita Zedhekiya mambo wa Yuda, akulu ace, na anthu adasala a Yerusalemu, adasala pano peno ku Edjipito.
9“Ndinadzaacita kukhala cinthu cakugopswa, cinthu cakuipa, na manyazi pa umambo onsene wa pa dziko yapantsi; anadzakhala cakusingwa, cakusekwa, na cakudikhwa, konsene kunandinaathamangisa iwo.” 10“Ndinadzatumiza supada, njala na utenda pakati pawo, mpaka iwo afudzike pa dziko idandipasa iwo na ambuya awo.”