Yeremiya
12 Yahova, imwe ndimwe wakulungama.+ Ndingadungunya kuna imwe,
Pontho ndingalonga na imwe thangwi ya kutonga kwanu, imwe musacita pinthu pyakulungama.
Mbwenye thangwi yanji anyakuipa pinthu pisaafambira mwadidi?+
Pontho thangwi yanji anyakusandukira nee asakhala akudzudzumika?
2 Imwe mwaatceka, iwo mbamera mitcitci.
Iwo akula, mbabala misapo.
Ndzidzi onsene milomo yawo isalonga pya imwe, mbwenye manyerezero awo* ali kutali kakamwe na imwe.+
3 Yahova, imwe musandidziwa mwadidi,+ imwe musandiona;
Imwe mwayangʼana mwadidi ntima wanga, mbamuona kuti uli wakuphatana na imwe.+
Apambuleni ninga mabira anafuna kuenda kaphiwa,
Aikheni pakhundu, mbadikhira ntsiku yakuphiwa kwawo.
4 Mpaka lini dziko ino inapitiriza kubunyala?
Tsanga mbimala kuuma mu mbuto zonsene?+
Pinyama na mbalame pyamala kufa,
Thangwi ya uipi wa anthu anakhala mu dziko ino.
Thangwi iwo asalonga: “Iye nkhabe dziwa pinafuna kuticitikira.”
5 Khala usaneta ungathamanga pabodzi na anthu andzako,
Unakwanisa tani kucita mapika na ale anathamanga na makavalo?+
Maseze usabva kuti uli wakutsidzikizika mu dziko yantendere,
Unacitanji ungadzakhala mʼmisitu ya nʼkhundu mwa nkulo wa Yordani?
6 Thangwi abale ako ene, akuti ndi anthu a panyumba ya pai wako,
Akusandukira.+
Iwo akulonga mwakuipa.
Leka kuanyindira,
Maseze alonge pinthu pyadidi.
7 “Ine ndasiya nyumba yanga;+ ndasiya unthaka wanga.+
Mbumba yanga yakufunika ndaipereka mʼmanja mwa anyamalwa awo.+
8 Kwa ine, mbumba yanga, yakuti ndi unthaka wanga yadzakhala ninga nkhalamu yakuti iri mu nsitu.
Iyo yandilirira.
Natenepa, ine ndisaiida.
9 Kwa ine, unthaka wanga ndi ninga capungu cakuyetimira;
Pyapungu pinango pisampomokera konsene kwene.+
Bwerani, gumanyikanani imwe pinyama pyonsene pya ntsanga,
Bwerani mudye.+
Mbacitisa kuti unthaka wanga wakufunika kakamwe ukhale thando yakusowa anthu.
11 Iwo aucitisa kukhala ninga thando.
Iwo wabunyala;
Iwo wamala kufudzwa pamaso panga.+
Dziko yonsene yamala kufudzwa,
Mbwenye nee mʼbodzi asatsalakana pyenepi.+
12 Anyakufudza abwera na njira zonsene zinagwanda na nʼthando,
Thangwi supada ya Yahova iri kufudza dziko ino kutomera kunkhomo kwa dziko mpaka kunkhomo inango.+
Nkhabepo munthu ali muntendere.
13 Iwo abzwala tirigu, mbwenye abvuna minga.+
Aphata basa mpaka kuneta kakamwe, mbwenye nkhabe cidawina iwo.
Iwo anadzapasika manyadzo na pidalima iwo,
Thangwi ya ukali wa Yahova.”
14 Ipi ndi pidalonga Yahova thangwi ya anthu akuipa anakhala cifupi na cisa canga, ale anasosa dziko idapereka ine kuna mbumba yanga ya Izraeli toera ikhale unthaka wawo:+ “Ine ndinadzaabulusa mu dziko yawo,+ pontho ndinabulusambo mbumba ya Yuda pakati pawo. 15 Mbwenye ndingamala kuabulusa, ine ndinadzaabvera pontho ntsisi, mbandibweza mʼbodzi na mʼbodzi ku unthaka wace na kucisa cace.”
16 “Mwandimomwene, iwo angapfundza makhaliro a mbumba yanga, mbadumbira mu dzina yanga, mbalonga kuti: ‘Ndiri kudumbira mu dzina ya Yahova Mulungu wa mʼmaso!’, ninga mudapfundzisa iwo mbumba yanga toera kudumbira mu dzina ya Bhaale, iwo anadzatawiriswa kukhala pakati pa mbumba yanga. 17 Mbwenye iwo angakhonda kubvera, ine ndinadzabulusa mbumba ineyi; ndinadzaibulusa, mbandiifudza,” alonga Yahova.+