12 ndipu ndingupereka chikalata chakuguliya kwaku Baruki+ mwana waku Neriya,+ mwana waku Mahaseya pa masu paku Hanamelu mwana wa ada ara,* pa masu pa akaboni wo angusayina chikalata cho, ndipuso pa masu pa Ayuda wosi wo ŵenga mu Balaza la Alonda.+

2 “Ivi ndivu Yehova, Chiuta waku Isirayeli wakamba vakukwaskana ndi yiwi, Baruki, 3 ‘Yiwi wakamba kuti: “Soka kwaku ini, pakuti Yehova wasazgiyaku chitima ku urwirwi wangu! Ndavuka ndi kutamantha, ndipu nditingasaniya cha malu ngakupumuliyapu.”’

4 “Umukambiyi kuti, ‘Ivi ndivu Yehova wakamba: “Awona! Ndiwisiyengi pasi vo ndikuzenga, ndipu ndichesuwengi vo ndikupanda. Ndichitengi venivi mucharu chosi.+ 5 Kweni yiwi utijipenje* vinthu vikulu. Leka kupenja vinthu venivi.”’

“‘Pakuti nde pafupi kuwisiya soka ŵanthu wosi,’+ Yehova ndiyu wakamba, ‘ndipu kwekosi ko ulutengi, ndazakukupaska umoyu waku nge vinthu vakuphangika ku nkhondu.’”*+