Yesaya
13 Uwu mbuthenga wacheruzgu wakukwaskana ndi Babiloni,+ wo Yesaya+ mwana waku Amozi wanguwona mu chiwona:
2 “Soskani chiziŵisu*+ paphiri la majalawi pe.
Adaneni, akonozgeni ndi* janja linu,
Kuti azisere pamakhomu nga ŵanthu akuzirwa.
3 Ndapereka dangu ku ŵanthu wo ndasankha.*+
Ndadana asilikali ŵangu kuti alongo ukali wangu,
Asilikali ŵangu wo anotha kweniso azaya.
4 Avwani! Chigulu cha ŵanthu mumapiri;
Chichita chiwawa nge ŵanthu anandi!+
Avwani! Chiwawa cha maufumu,
Chiwawa cha mitundu ya ŵanthu yo yawungana pamoza!
Yehova wa mizinda wawunganisa asilikali kuti achiti nkhondu.+
5 Yiwu atuwa kucharu chakutali,+
Kuvigoti va kuchanya,
Yehova watuza ndi vidya va ukali waki,
Kuti wazinangi charu chosi chapasi.+
6 Liyani, pakuti zuŵa laku Yehova le pafupi!
Lizengi nge pharanyiku lakutuliya kwa Wanthazizosi.+
7 Ndichu chifukwa chaki manja ngosi ngalombotokengi,
Ndipu mtima wa munthu weyosi usongonokengi chifukwa cha mantha.+
8 Ŵanthu atimbanyizgika.+
Yiwu akulunthuka ndi urwirwi,
Nge munthukazi yo nthumbu yayuka.
Yiwu alereskana mwakuzizwa,
Alereskana ndi visku vo vatchesama chifukwa cha kusuzgika maŵanaŵanu.
9 Awonani! Zuŵa laku Yehova lituza,
Zuŵa lankhaza, la kukwiya ndipuso la ukali wakukole,
Lituza kuti lichitiski charu kuja chinthu chakuchitiska mantha,+
Kweniso kuti limali ŵanthu akubuda mucharu cho.
10 Pakuti nyenyezi zakuchanya kweniso magulu ngaki nga nyenyezi*+
Vazamupereka cha ukweru wawu;
Lumwi lazamuchita mdima asani lituwa,
Ndipu mwezi wazamupereka cha ukweru waki.
11 Ndazamukumba mulandu wosi wo aja pacharu chapasi chifukwa cha uheni wawu,+
Ndipuso aheni chifukwa cha kunanga kwawu.
Ndazamumalisa kujiŵikamu kwa ŵanthu akujikuzga,
Ndipu ndazamuyuyuwa kujikuzga kwa alongozgi ankhaza.+
12 Ndazamuchitiska kuti munthu wazisoŵengi kuluska golidi wakuyengetulika umampha ukongwa,+
Ndipuso ndazamuchitiska kuti ŵanthu azisoŵengi kuluska golidi wa ku Ofiri.+
13 Ndichu chifukwa chaki ndazamuchitiska kuti machanya ngazimbwambwanthiyi,
Ndipuso kuti charu chapasi chizisukunyiki ndi kutuwamu mumalu mwaki+
Chifukwa cha ukali waku Yehova wa mizinda mu zuŵa la ukali waki wakukole.
14 Nge mbaŵa yo atiyiŵinga kweniso nge mskambu wambula munthu wakuwuwunganisa,
Weyosi wazamuwere ku ŵanthu ŵaki;
Weyosi wazamuthaŵiya kucharu chaki.+
15 Weyosi yo wazamusanirika wazamugwazika,
Ndipu weyosi yo wazamukoleka wazamubayika ndi lipanga.+
16 Ŵana ŵawu azamumbofyoleka pasi ndi kuvikitika yiwu achiwona,+
Vinthu va munyumba zawu vazamutoleka,
Ndipu ŵanthu anyaki azamukolere awolu ŵawu.
17 Ndiŵayuskiyengi Amedi kuti aziŵayukiyi,+
Yiwu alivi nayu ntchitu siliva
Ndipuso akondwa cha ndi golidi.
18 Mauta ngawu ngazamubaya anyamata;+
Yiwu azakuchichitiya chitima cha chipasu cha nthumbu
Pamwenga kuchitiya lisungu ŵana.
19 Ndipu Babiloni, yo we ndi unkhankhu ukulu ukongwa pa maufumu,*+
Yo nkhutowa kweniso kujikuzga kwa Akadiya,+
Wazamuja nge matawuni nga Sodomu ndi Gomora, pa nyengu yo Chiuta wangungabwanganduwa.+
20 Mu Babiloni mwazamuja so ŵanthu cha,
Ndipu iyu wazamuja malu ngakujamu ŵanthu cha mu migonezi yosi.+
Muarabu wazamujinthamu cha hema laki,
Ndipu aliska azamupumuzgamu cha miskambu yawu.
21 Vamoyu va muchipalamba vazamugonanga mwenimo;
Nyumba zawu zazamuzaza ndi amantchichi.
22 Vamoyu vakukambula vazamuliyanga mutinyumba taki takuthopoka,
Ndipu akambwi azamuliyanga munyumba zaki zachifumu zakutowa.
Nyengu yaki ye pafupi, ndipu mazuŵa ngaki ngasazgikiyengeku cha.”+