Yeremiya 38:1-28
38 Sefatiya mwana wa Matani, Jedhaliya mwana wa Pasuri, Yukali+ mwana wa Selemiya na Pasuri+ mwana wa Malkiya abva mafala awa akhalonga Yeremiya kuna mbumba:
2 “Ipi ndi pidalonga Yahova: ‘Ule anapitiriza mu nzinda uno anadzaphiwa na supada, anafa na njala pontho anadzafa na utenda.+ Mbwenye ule anaperekeka kuna Akaldheya nee anadzafa, anadzawina umaso wace ninga muoni mbapitiriza kukhala na umaso.’+
3 Ipi ndi pidalonga Yahova: ‘Mwakukhonda penula, nzinda uno unadzaperekwa mʼmanja mwa anyankhondo a mambo wa ku Bhabhilonya, pontho iwo anadzaukunda.’”+
4 Akulu-akulu apanga mambo: “Taphata miyendo, tongani kuti munthu uyu aphiwe,+ thangwi na mafala anewa iye asafewesa manungo anyankhondo adasala mu nzinda uno na mbumba yonsene. Munthu uyu nee asafuna kuti mbumba iyi ikhale muntendere, mbwenye asafuna kuti ione nyatwa.”
5 Mambo Zedhekiya atawira: “Iye ali mʼmanja mwanu, nkhabe cinafuna kucita mambo toera kukupingizani.”
6 Natenepa, iwo akwata Yeremiya mbamʼbiza mu ncera wa Malkiya mwana wa mambo, wakuti ukhali pa Thando ya Anyakuonera.+ Iwo anʼgwisira mu ncera na nkhambala. Mu ncera nee mukhali na madzi, basi ene mukhali na matope, pontho Yeremiya atoma kubira mʼmatope.
7 Ebhedhi-Meleki+ wa ku Etiopya wakuti akhali ntumiki wankulu panyumba ya mambo, abva kuti iwo akhadabiza Yeremiya mu ncera. Mu ndzidzi unoyu mambo akhali nawa Pansuwo wa Benjamini,+
8 penepo Ebhedhi-Meleki abuluka panyumba ya mambo mbaenda kalonga na mambo, iye ampanga:
9 “Mbuyanga mambo, pidacita anthu awa kuna mprofeta Yeremiya ndi pyakuipa kakamwe! Iwo amʼbiza mu ncera, iye anafa mwenemu na njala, thangwi mu nzinda nkhabebve mikate.”+
10 Mambo apanga Ebhedhi-Meleki wa ku Etiopya: “Kwata amuna 30 a pano, ndoko kabuluse mprofeta Yeremiya mu ncera iye mbadzati kufa.”
11 Penepo, Ebhedhi-Meleki akwata amuna anewa mbapita nʼnyumba ya mambo, mu mbuto yakuti ikhali pantsi pa sala inakoyerwa mpfuma.+ Iwo akwata masakala mangasi na mapindi a nguwo zakale apimanga na nkhambala mbapigwisira mu ncera ukhali Yeremiya.
12 Buluka penepo Ebhedhi-Meleki wa ku Etiopya apanga Yeremiya: “Taphata miyendo, ikha masakala na nguwo nʼkhapwa mwako, ungamala, ikha nkhambala.” Yeremiya acita pidapangwa iye,
13 iwo akwewa Yeremiya na nkhambala zenezi mbamʼbulusa mu ncera. Pontho Yeremiya apitiriza kukhala pa Thando ya Anyakuonera.+
14 Mambo Zedhekiya acemeresa mprofeta Yeremiya mbabwera mpaka pakhali iye pansuwo wacitatu wa nyumba ya Yahova. Mambo apanga Yeremiya: “Ndiri na mbvundzo toera kukucita. Leka kundibisira cinthu.”
15 Penepo Yeremiya apanga Zedhekiya: “Ine ndingakutawirani, mwandimomwene imwe munandipha, pontho ndingakupasani uphungu, imwe nee munandibvera.”
16 Mambo Zedhekiya adumbira mwacibisobiso kuna Yeremiya, mbalonga: “Ndiri kudumbira mu dzina ya Yahova wa mʼmaso, ule adatipasa umaso, kuti ine nee ndinakupha, pontho nee ndinakupereka mʼmanja mwa anthu anakusaka toera kukupha.”
17 Yeremiya apanga Zedhekiya: “Ipi ndi pidalonga Yahova Mulungu wa anyankhondo, Mulungu wa Izraeli: ‘Iwe ungaperekeka kuna akulu-akulu a mambo wa ku Bhabhilonya, iwe nee unadzaphiwa, pontho nzinda uno nee unadzapiswa na moto, iwe pabodzi na anthu a panyumba pako nee munadzaphiwa.+
18 Mbwenye iwe ungakhonda kuperekeka kuna akulu-akulu a mambo wa ku Bhabhilonya, nzinda uno unadzaperekwa kuna Akaldheya, iwo anadzaupisa na moto,+ pontho iwo anadzakuphata.’”+
19 Penepo mambo Zedhekiya apanga Yeremiya: “Ine ndisagopa Ayuda adathawa kukhundu yathu mbaphatana na Akaldheya, thangwi ine ndingaperekwa mʼmanja mwawo, panango iwo anandithabusa kakamwe.”
20 Mbwenye Yeremiya alonga: “Imwe nee munadzaperekwa mʼmanja mwawo. Ndaphata miyendo, bverani mafala a Yahova mbamucita pinakupangani ine, natenepa imwe munadzakhala mwadidi mbamupitiriza kukhala na umaso.
21 Mbwenye imwe mungakhonda kuperekeka, ipi ndi pinandipangiza Yahova:
22 Ndiri kuona akazi onsene adasala panyumba ya mambo wa ku Yuda ali kuendeswa kunja kuna akulu-akulu a mambo wa ku Bhabhilonya,+ pontho iwo asalonga:‘Amuna akhanyindira imwe akunyengezani, mbakukundani.+
Iwo acitisa kuti miyendo yanu ibire mʼmatope.
Cincino iwo akupasirani nkhodolo, mbathawa.’
23 Iwo ali kukwata akazako onsene na anako mbaenda nawo kuna Akaldheya, pontho iwe nee unadzakwanisa kuthawa, mbwenye unadzaphatwa na mambo wa ku Bhabhilonya,+ pontho thangwi ya iwe, nzinda uno unadzapiswa na moto.”+
24 Penepo Zedhekiya apanga Yeremiya: “Leka kupanga munthu pinthu pyenepi toera ukhonde kuphiwa.
25 Akulu-akulu angadziwa kuti ine ndalonga na iwe, pontho angabwera kuna iwe mbakupanga kuti: ‘Taphata miyendo, tipange pidapanga iwe mambo. Leka kutibisira cinthu, ife nee tinakupha.+ Ninji pidakupanga mambo?’
26 Iwe usafunika kuatawira kuti: ‘Ine ndikhalonga na mambo toera kuphemba kuti akhonde kundibweza kunyumba ya Yeonatani, thangwi ine mbidafa kweneko.’”+
27 Mukupita kwa ndzidzi, akulu-akulu onsene aenda kuna Yeremiya mbambvundza. Iye aapanga pyonsene pidampanga mambo. Natenepa iwo nee ambvundzabve cinthu cinango, thangwi nkhabe munthu adabva pikhacedza iwo.
28 Yeremiya apitiriza kukhala pa Thando ya Anyakuonera+ mpaka pa ntsiku idafudzwa Yerusalemu, iye akhali penepo pa ndzidzi udafudzwa Yerusalemu.+
