12 “‘Kweni para vyaka 70 vyakwana,+ nizamufumba* themba la Babuloni na mtundu wura pa maubudi ghawo,’+ wakuti Yehova, ‘ndipo nizamuzgora charu cha Ŵakalidi kuŵa chakupasuka muyirayira.+

50 Mazgu agho Yehova wakayowoya kwizira mwa Yeremiya ntchimi pa nkhani ya Babuloni,+ charu cha Ŵakalidi, ghakuti:

 2 “Pharazgani na kuthuwuska pakati pa ŵamitundu,

Tumphuskani chimanyikwiro na kupharazga,

Mungabisanga chilichose chara,

Muti: ‘Babuloni wapokeka,+

Beli wakhozgeka soni.+

Merodaki wawofyeka,

Vikozgo vyake vyalengeskeka.

Ŵangoza ŵake ŵakuseluska ŵawofyeka.’

 3 Pakuti mtundu wiza pa iyo kufuma kumpoto.+

2 Ndipo wakachemerezga na mazgu ghankhongono, wakati: “Wawa! Babuloni Mukuru wawa,+ ndipo wazgoka malo ghakukhalamo viŵanda na malo ghakubisamamo mizimu* yose yaukazuzi na malo ghakubisamamo chiyuni chilichose chaukazuzi na chakutinkhika!+