1 Mau amene anadza kwa Yeremiya onena za Ayuda onse amene anakhala m'dziko la Aigupto, okhala pa Migidoli, ndi pa Tapanesi, ndi pa Nofi, ndi m'dziko la Patirosi, akuti,
2 Atero Yehova wa makamu, Mulungu wa Israyeli: Mwaona coipa conse cimene ndatengera pa Yerusalemu, ndi pa midzi yonse ya Yuda; ndipo, taonani, lero lomwe iri bwinja, palibe munthu wokhalamo;
3 cifukwa ca coipa cao anacicita kuutsa naco mkwiyo wanga; pakuti anapita kukafukizira, ndi kutumikira milungu yina, Imene sanaidziwa, ngakhale iwo, ngakhale inu, ngakhale makolo anu.
4 Koma ndinatuma kwa inu atumiki anga onse aneneri, ndinauka mamawa ndi kuwatuma, ndi kuti, Musacitetu conyansa ici ndidana naco.
5 Koma sanamvera, sanachera khutu lao kuti atembenuke asiye coipa cao, osafukizira milungu yina.
6 Cifukwa cace mkwiyo wanga ndi ukali wanga unathiridwa, nuyaka m'midzi ya Yuda ndi m'miseu ya Yerusalemu; ndipo yapasudwa nikhala bwinja, monga lero lomwe.
7 Ndipo tsopano atero Yehova, Mulungu wa makamu, Mulungu wa Israyeli: Cifukwa canji mucitira miyoyo yanu coipa ici, kudzisadzira nokha amuna ndi akazi, makanda ndi oyamwa, pakati pa Yuda, osakusiyirani mmodzi yense;