11 Zedekiya+ wenga ndi vyaka 21 pa nyengu yo wangujaliya fumu, ndipu wangulamuliya kwa vyaka 11 ku Yerusalemu.+

13 Iyu wangugarukiya so Fumu Nebukadinezara+ yo yingumuchitiska kuti walapizgi mu zina laku Chiuta. Zedekiya wangulutirizga kuchita mtafu* kweniso kulamisa mtima ndipu wangukana kung’anamukiya kwaku Yehova Chiuta waku Isirayeli.

12 Kweniso Zedekiya fumu+ ya ku Yuda ndingumukambiya so mazu ngenanga kuti: “Sereza khosi laku mugoli la fumu ya ku Babiloni, uteŵete iyu ndi ŵanthu ŵaki, ndipu ulutirizgengi kuja ndi umoyu.+

17 Pavuli paki, Yeremiya wangukambiya Zedekiya kuti: “Yehova Chiuta wa mizinda, Chiuta waku Isirayeli wakamba kuti, ‘Asani mujiperekengi* kwa alongozgi akuzirwa a fumu ya ku Babiloni, mutaskengi umoyu winu ndipu tawuni iyi yiwotchekengi cha ndi motu, kweniso yimwi ndi a munyumba yinu mubayikengi cha.+

12 “Chondi kambiya nyumba yakugaruka kuti, ‘Kumbi muziŵa cha cho vinthu venivi ving’anamuwa?’ Kamba kuti, ‘Awonani! Fumu ya ku Babiloni yinguza ku Yerusalemu, yinguto fumu ya tawuni yo kweniso alongozgi ŵaki akuzirwa ndipu yinguluta nawu ku Babiloni.+ 13 Ndipuso fumu yo yinguto yumoza mwa mphapu*+ yachifumu ndipu yinguchita nayu phanganu ndi kumuchitiska kuti walapizgi.+ Pavuli paki, yinguto ŵanthu akutchuka a mucharu cho,+ 14 kuti ufumu wo usisiki, uleki kukwezeka, kuti ulutirizgi kuŵaku pijapija asani ungasunga phanganu laki.+ 15 Kweni pakumaliya paki, fumu yingumugarukiya+ mwa kutuma ŵanthu ŵaki kuluta ku Ijipiti kuti akato mahachi+ kweniso gulu likulu la asilikali.+ Kumbi vinthu vazakuyiyende umampha? Kumbi munthu yo wachita venivi wazamuthaŵa chilangu? Kumbi yingaswa phanganu ndi kupona?’+