Yeremiya
14 Awa ndi mafala adalonga Yahova kuna Yeremiya thangwi yakukhonda kubvumba kwa madzi:+
2 Nzinda wa Yuda uli wakutsukwala,+ pontho misuwo yace yamala kugudjulwa.
Iyo iri yakutsukwala, yagwa pantsi;
Pontho kulira kusabveka kubulukira mu Yerusalemu.
3 Ambuyawo atuma anyabasa toera kuenda katunga madzi.
Iwo asaenda mʼmicera mbwenye nee asagumanamo madzi.
Iwo asabwerera na pyombo pyakusowa madzi.
Thangwi yakutsukwala, pontho thangwi yakukhala na manyadzo,
Iwo asaphimbira misolo yawo.
4 Nakuti mataka amala kupanduka,
Thangwi yakukhonda kubvumba kwa madzi mu dziko ineyi,+
Anyakulima ali akufewa manungo, pontho aphimbira misolo yawo.
5 Ngakhale mbawala ntsanga isasiya mwanace adamala kwene kubalwa,
Thangwi yakusoweka kwa thongwe.*
6 Maburu a ntsanga asalimira mʼmapiri akusowa tsanga.
Iwo asapuma mwakunentseka ninga anambwa a ntsanga;
Maso awo nkhabe kuona mwadidi thangwi yakusowa cakudya.+
7 Maseze madawo athu asapereka umboni thangwi ya ife,
Yahova, citani pinthu thangwi ya dzina yanu.+
Thangwi ife tacita pinthu pizinji pyakuipa,+
Pontho, takudawirani.
8 Imwe cidikhiro ca Izraeli, Mpulumusi wawo+ mʼmidzidzi ya nyatwa,
Thangwi yanji musacita pinthu mu dziko iyi ninga ndimwe munthu wa dziko inango,
Ninga munthu anacita ulendo wakuti asalimira basi ene toera kugona namasiku?
9 Thangwi yanji musacita pinthu ninga ndimwe munthu wakudzudzumika,
Ninga nyankhondo wakuti nkhabe kwanisa kupulumusa munthu?
Lekani kutisiya.
10 Ipi ndi pidalonga Yahova thangwi ya mbumba iyi: “Iwo asakomerwa na kundzendza-ndzendza;+ iwo nkhabe kukhazikika.+ Na thangwi ineyi, Yahova nkhabe kukomerwa na iwo.+ Cincino iye anakumbuka madodo awo mbaatcunyusa thangwi ya madawo awo.”+
11 Natenepa Yahova andipanga: “Leka kucita phembero thangwi ya mbumba iyi toera pinthu piafambire mwadidi.+ 12 Iwo angacita jejuu, ine nee ndisabvesera maphembero awo akudembetera,+ angapereka ntsembe zakupiswa na ntsembe za pyakudya, ine nee ndisakomerwa nazo,+ ine ndinaapha onsene na supada, na njala, pontho na utenda.”+
13 Natenepa ine ndalonga: “Mama ine Mbuya Wankulu Yahova! Aprofeta ali kupanga mbumba kuti: ‘Imwe nee munadzaphiwa na supada, nee munadzathabuka na njala, mbwenye ine ndinadzakupasani ntendere wandimomwene mu dziko ino.’”+
14 Buluka penepo, Yahova anditawira: “Aprofeta ali kulonga maprofesiya authambi mu dzina yanga.+ Ine nee ndaatuma, nee ndaapanga, pontho nee ndalonga nawo.+ Iwo ali kulonga masomphenya authambi, kulotera pinthu pyakusowa basa, na uthambi wa mʼmitima yawo.+ 15 Natenepa, ipi ndi pinalonga Yahova thangwi ya aprofeta analonga maprofesiya mu dzina yanga akuti nee atumwa na ine, ale analonga kuti mu dziko ino nee munadzaoneka nkhondo nee njala: ‘Aprofeta anewa anadzaphiwa na supada, pontho na njala.+ 16 Pontho manungo akufa a anthu anapanga iwo maprofesiya anadzaponywa mʼmiseu ya mu Yerusalemu. Thangwi ya njala na nkhondo, nee anadzaoneka munthu toera kuikha iwo,+ akazawo, anawo amuna peno anawo akazi thangwi ndinaabweresera nyatwa zidathema iwo kuona.’+
17 “Usafunika kuapanga mafala awa:
‘Maso anga mbapitirize kubuluka misozi masiku na masikati,+
Thangwi mbumba yanga yakundwa, yanyedzwa,+
Mbiphekeswa kakamwe.
18 Ndingaenda ntsanga,
Ndisaona anthu adaphiwa na supada!+
Ndingapita mu nzinda,
Ndisaona anthu akuti ali na mautenda thangwi ya njala!+
Aprofeta na anyantsembe asandzendza-ndzendza mu dziko inakhonda iwo kudziwa.’”+
19 Kodi imwe mwakhonderatu dzindza ya Yuda, peno mwanyanyasirwa na Sioni?+
Thangwi yanji mwatiphekesa munjira yakuti nee tinakwanisabve kukondzwa?+
Ife tikhadikhira ntendere, mbwenye nkhabe cinthu cadidi cidacitika,
Tikhadikhira ndzidzi wakuwangiswa, mbwenye basi ene tisaona pinthu pyakugopswa!+
20 Yahova, ife tadzindikira pinthu pyakuipa pidacita ife,
Na madodo a ambuyathu,
Thangwi takudawirani.+
21 Thangwi ya dzina yanu, lekani kutikhonda;+
Lekani kupwaza mpando wanu wa mbiri.
Kumbukani cibverano cidacita imwe na ife, pontho lekani kucifudza.+
22 Kodi madzimunthu akusowa basa a madzindza anakwanisa kubvumbisa madzi,
Kodi kudzulu kokhene kunakwanisa kubvumbisa madzi mazinji?
Yahova Mulungu wathu, basi ene ndimwe anakwanisa kucita pyenepi.+
Ife tisadikhira imwe,
Thangwi ndimwe basi anacita pinthu pyenepi pyonsene.