Yeremiya 4

¹“Ngati mukufuna kubwerera, inu Aisraeli,

²Muzilumbira mokhulupirika ndiponso mwa chilungamo

³Zimene Yehova akunena kwa anthu a ku Yuda ndi a ku Yerusalemu ndi izi:

⁴Dziperekeni nokha kwa Ine

⁵“Lengeza ku Yuda ndi kulalikira mu Yerusalemu kuti,

⁶Kwezani mbendera kuyangʼana ku Ziyoni!

⁷Monga mkango umatulukira mʼngaka yake

⁸Choncho valani ziguduli,

⁹“Pa tsiku limenelo, mfumu ndi nduna zake adzataya mtima,

¹⁰Ndipo ine ndinati, “Haa, Ambuye Yehova, ndithu munawanyenga anthu awa pamodzi ndi Yerusalemu pamene munanena kuti, ‘Mudzakhala pa mtendere,’ chonsecho lupanga lili pakhosi pathu.”

¹¹Nthawi imeneyo anthu awa ndi Yerusalemu adzawawuza kuti, “Mphepo yotentha yochokera ku magomo a mʼchipululu ikuwomba pa anthu anga, osati mphepo yopeta kapena yoyeretsa;

¹²koma mphepo yamphamvu kwambiri yochokera kwa Ine. Tsono ndi Ineyo amene ndikuwaweruza.”

¹³Taonani, adani akubwera ngati mitambo,

¹⁴Iwe Yerusalemu, tsuka mtima wako kuchotsa zoyipa kuti upulumuke.

¹⁵Pakuti amithenga akulalika mawu mʼdziko la Dani;

¹⁶Iwo akuti, “Fotokozani zimenezi kwa anthu a mitundu ina,

¹⁷Azinga Yerusalemu ngati anthu olondera munda,

¹⁸“Makhalidwe anu ndi zochita zanu

¹⁹Mayo, mayo,

²⁰Tsoka limatsata tsoka linzake;

²¹Kodi ndikhale ndikuona mbendera ya nkhondo,

²²Yehova akuti, “Anthu anga ndi zitsiru;

²³Ndinayangʼana dziko lapansi,

²⁴Ndinayangʼana mapiri,

²⁵Ndinayangʼana, ndipo sindinaone anthu;

²⁶Ndinayangʼana, dziko lachonde linali litasanduka chipululu;

²⁷Yehova akuti,

²⁸Chifukwa chake dziko lapansi lidzalira

²⁹Pakumva phokoso la okwera pa akavalo ndi la anthu oponya mivi,

³⁰Iwe Yerusalemu, ndiwe bwinja!

³¹Ndikumva kulira ngati kwa mayi pa nthawi yake yobereka,