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14 Mambo Yehoba ukamubila lusa Yakoba,+ kabiji ukasala jibiji Isalela.+ Ukebekazha* mu kyalo kyabo,+ kabiji bantu bafuma mu kyalo kingi bakenunga kwi abo ne kukwatankana pamo na kisaka kya kwa Yakoba.+ 2 Ba mu mitundu ya bantu bakebasenda ne kwibabwezha kwabo, kabiji monka mu kyalo kya Yehoba bena Isalela bakatambula banabalume ne banabakazhi kwikala ba mingilo babo.+ Kabiji bakalengela boba bebakwachile buzha kwikala ke bazha babo kabiji bakatangijilanga boba bebakanjikizhanga kwingila.*
3 Pa joja juba Yehoba jo akemukokolosha ku misongo, ku bya kumanama byenu ne ku mingilo yakosa yo bemwingijishenga,+ 4 mukavuluka kino kishimpi* kyo bakambilanga mfumu wa Babilona amba:
“Awa wakanjikizhenga bakwabo kwingila* mingilo yakosa, wikileka!
Kabiji kwibamanyika kwapwa!+
5 Yehoba wachimauna kamama ka babi,
Ne ndondo ya bandamabyalo,+
6 Bayanjishenga mitundu ya bantu na kwibapuma kwa kubula kuleka,+
Kabiji bonka balaminenga bisaka bya bantu na bukaji ne kwibamanyika bingi.+
7 Pano ntanda yonse yaikala ku matwi nzoo.
Bantu basangalala.+
8 Ne bichi bya yunipa nabyo byasangalala na mambo a obewa,
Pamo na bichi bya sida bya ku Lebanoni.
Babena kwamba’mba, ‘Kufumatu kimye kyo waponene,
Kafwako muntu utema bichi wiya na kwitutema ne.’
9 Ne Kilende* panshi nakyo kyasangalala
Pa kukutambwila pa kuyako.
Na mambo a obewa, kibuusha boba bafwa,
Bantangi* bonse bakanama ba pano pa ntanda.
Kilengela bamfumu bonse ba mu bisaka bya bantu kwimana pa matanda abo.
10 Bonse babena kukwambila’mba,
‘Nanchi ne obewa wakooka nobe atweba nyi?
Abya waikala byonka byo tuji nyi?
Mapila aikala ke mwanya wobe,
Ne mizambo ye mwemba wobe.’
12 Obewa wapona kufuma mwiulu,
Obewa usama, ntanda wa ku makya!
Obewa bakuponesha panshi,
Yenka obewa washinjile bisaka bya bantu!+
13 Waambile mu muchima wobe amba, ‘Amiwa nkaya mwiulu.+
Peulu ya tubangabanga twa Lesa po po nkekajikapo jitanda jami,+
Kabiji nkekala pa mutumba wa kusambakenapo,
Ku mapunzha aji kwalepa a ku kabeta ka ku buyeke.+
14 Nkaya peulu pene kukila pa makumbi;
Nkealula ami mwine nobe Mwine Wakila.’
15 Pano bino, obewa bakakutwala mu Kilende,*
Panshi pene ya kimbo.
16 Aba bakakumona, bakakumya bingi;
Bakakutalatala ne kwamba’mba,
‘Nanchi uno kechi ye muntu wasunkenyenga ntanda,
Ne kuzakamisha bamfumu nenyi?+
17 Nanchi uno kechi ye yewa walengejile ntanda kwikala nobe kiselebwa
Ne konauna mizhi yajingamo,+
Kabiji wakaine kukasulula bakaili banji kubwela kwabo nenyi?’+
18 Bamfumu bakwabo bonse ba mu bisaka bya bantu,
Ko kuba’mba bamfumu bonse, bebazhiikile mu jishinda jawama,
Au mu kilende kyanji, au mu kilende* kyanji.
19 Pano bino, obewa bakutayatu panshi pabula kilende,
Nobe musele* wa kichi ye bataya,
Wazhiikamine mu mibiji ya bantu bo batapile na mpoko,
Bonka bo bataya mu kimbo muji mabwe,
Nobe mibiji ya bantu bafwa yo babena kunyantaula.
20 Kechi ukaya na bamfumu mu kilende ne,
Mambo obewa waonawine kyalo kyobe,
Waipayile bantu bobe.
Baana ba bantu babi kechi bakebatelapo jibiji ne.
21 Lengai kya kwipayilapo baana banji
Na mambo a bubi bwa bashakulu babo,
Pa kuba’mba bakabule kwikalako jibiji ne kutambula ntanda
Ne kukumbanya ntanda na mizhi yabo.”
22 Yehoba wa mabumba waamba’mba, “Nkebazhingijila.+
Kabiji mu muzhi wa Babilona, nkafumyamo jizhina, bantu bakashalamo, baana ne bantu bonse bakekalako kulutwe,”+ byo byaamba Yehoba.
23 Yehoba wa mabumba waamba’mba, “Nkalula uno muzhi ke mpunzha mwa kwikala banungu kabiji mukekalatu mateshi, kabiji nkamupyanga na kipyango kya lonaiko.”+
24 Yehoba wa mabumba wachipa amba:
“Byonka byo nalanguluka, byo byo nkoba,
Ne bintu byo nafuukula kuba, nkebyuba.
25 Amiwa nkonauna mwina Asilya mu kyalo kyami,
Kabiji nkamunyantawila pa mitumba yami.+
Kikonkoji kyanji bakekifumya pa bantu bami,
Kabiji bipe byanji bakebifumya pa bipuzhi byabo.”+
26 Bino byo byo bafuukula kwiboba bantu ba pano pa ntanda ponse,
Kabiji kuno ko kuboko ko batanyikila* pa bisaka byonse bya bantu.
27 Mambo Yehoba wa mabumba wafuukula kala,
Kabiji ñanyi wakonsha kwikikanya kubiwa?+
Aye watanyika kuboko kwanji,
Kabiji ñanyi wakonsha kwikubwezha?+
28 Abino byo byambo byaambiwe mu mwaka wafwijilemo Mfumu Ahaza,+ amba:
29 “Anweba bena Filishitiya bonse, kange musekele,
Na mambotu a kuba’mba ndondo ya yewa wimumanyikilenga beichimuna ne.
Mambo ku muzhazhi wa muloolo+ kukasapuka muloolo wa bulembe,+
Ne baana banji bakekala nobe miloolo ivubuka nobe lubebe lwa mujilo.
30 Mubeji wa muyanji byo akajanga
Ne yewa wakajilwa byo akalaalanga mu mutende,
Amiwa nkonauna muzhazhi wobe na kipowe kya nzala,
Kabiji aba bakashala mwi obewa, bakebepaya.+
31 Obewa kibelo, wowakana! Ne obewa muzhi, tama muteto!
Anweba bonse bena Filishitiya, mukoba moyo!
Mambo bwishi bubena kufutumuka kufuma ku kabeta ka ku buyeke,
Kabiji kafwako nangwa umo washala panyuma mu nzhita yanji ne.”
32 Pano bakakumbula byepi baluwe ba mu bisaka bya bantu?
Bakebakumbule’mba, Yehoba waala kala kitendekesho kya muzhi wa Ziona,+
Kabiji amba bayanji ba mu bantu banji bakanyemenamo na kufyama.