1 Ndipo onani, Ambuye, Yehova wa makamu, wacotsa ku Yerusalemu ndi ku Yuda mcirikizo wocirikiza cakudya conse ndi madzi onse, zimene zinali mcirikizo;
2 munthu wamphamvu, ndi munthu wankhondo; woweruza, ndi mneneri, ndi waula, ndi nkhalamba;
3 kapitao wa makumi asanu, ndi munthu wolemekezeka, ndi mphungu, ndi mmisiri waluso, ndi wodziwa matsenga.
4 Ndipo ndidzapereka ana, kuti akhale akuru ao, mwacibwana adzawalamulira.
5 Ndi anthu adzabvutidwa, yense ndi wina, yense ndi mnansi wace; mwana adzadzinyaditsa yekha pa akuru, ndi onyozeka pa olemekezedwa.
6 Pamene mwamuna adzamgwira mbale wace m'nyumba ya atate wace, nadzati, Iwe uli ndi cobvala, khala wolamulira wathu, ndi kupasula kumeneku kukhale m'dzanja lako;
7 tsiku limenelo adzakweza mau ace, kuti, Sindine wociritsa, cifukwa kuti m'nyumba mwanga mulibe cakudya kapena cobvala; inu simudzandiyesa ine wolamulira anthu.