Yeremiya 2

¹Yehova anandiwuza kuti,

²“Pita ukalengeze kwa anthu a ku Yerusalemu kuti Yehova akuti,

³Israeli anali wopatulika wa Yehova,

⁴Imvani mawu a Yehova, inu zidzukulu za Yakobo,

⁵Yehova akuti,

⁶Iwo sanafunse nʼkomwe kuti, ‘Kodi Yehova ali kuti,

⁷Ndinakufikitsani ku dziko lachonde

⁸Ansembe nawonso sanafunse kuti,

⁹“Chifukwa chake Ine ndidzakuyimbaninso mlandu,”

¹⁰Pitani kumadzulo ku chilumba cha Kitimu, ndipo mukaone,

¹¹Kodi ulipo mtundu wa anthu uliwonse umene unasinthapo milungu yake?

¹²Inu mayiko akumwamba, dabwani ndi zimenezi,

¹³“Popeza anthu anga achita machimo awiri:

¹⁴Israeli si wantchito kapena kapolo wobadwira mʼnyumba, ayi.

¹⁵Adani ake abangulira

¹⁶Ndiponso Aigupto a ku Mefisi ndi a ku Tapanesi

¹⁷Zimenezitu zakuchitikirani

¹⁸Tsopano mudzapindula chiyani mukapita ku Igupto,

¹⁹Kuyipa kwanuko kudzakulangani;

²⁰“Kuyambira kalekale inu munathyola goli lanu

²¹Ine ndinakudzala iwe ngati mtengo wampesa wosankhika;

²²Ngakhale utasamba ndi soda

²³“Iwe ukunena bwanji kuti, ‘Ine sindinadziyipitse;

²⁴wakhala ngati mbidzi yozolowera mʼchipululu,

²⁵Iwe usathamange, nsapato zingakuthere kuphazi

²⁶“Monga momwe mbala imachitira manyazi pamene yagwidwa,

²⁷Iwo amawuza mtengo kuti, ‘Iwe ndiwe abambo athu,’

²⁸Nanga ili kuti milungu yanu imene munadzipangira nokha?

²⁹“Kodi mukundizengeranji mlandu?

³⁰“Ine ndinalanga anthu ako popanda phindu;

³¹“Inu anthu a mʼbado uno, ganizirani bwino mawu a Yehova:

³²Kodi namwali amayiwala zokongoletsera zake,

³³Mumadziwa bwino njira zopezera zibwenzi!

³⁴Ngakhale pa zovala zako anthu amapezapo

³⁵inu mukunena kuti, ‘Ndife osalakwa,

³⁶Chifukwa chiyani

³⁷Mudzachokanso kumeneko