Yeremia 44:1-30
44 Icebo caishile kuli Yeremia pa baYuda bonse abaikele mu calo ca Egupti,+ abaikele mu Migidole+ na mu Tafne+ na mu Nofu+ na mu calo ca Patrose,+ aciti:
2 “Yehova wa mabumba, Lesa wa kwa Israele, atila, ‘Imwe mwalimona ubucushi bonse ubo naletele pali Yerusalemu+ na pa misumba yonse iya kwa Yuda, kabili, moneni, yashala ifibolya lelo, kabili tamwaba na mwikashi.+
3 Ni pa mulandu wa fyabipa ifyo bacitile pa kuti bankalifye pa kuya mu kufutumwina balesa bambi icushi ce lambo+ no kubombela balesa bambi abo bashaishibe, abo na imwe nangu ifikolwe fyenu mushaishibe.+
4 Kabili naletuma kuli imwe ababomfi bandi bakasesema, ukucelela no kubatuma,+ nati: “Mwicita ici cintu ica bunani ico ine napata.”+
5 Lelo tabaumfwile,+ nangu kukutika na matwi yabo kabili tabalekele ukucita ifyabipa ifyo balecita kabili tabalekele no kufumuina icushi ce lambo ico balefutumwina balesa bambi.+
6 E ico icipyu candi no bukali bwandi fyaliishile, no kupya ngo mulilo mu misumba ya kwa Yuda na mu misebo ya mu Yerusalemu;+ kabili yasangwike ifibolya, umushaba akantu, nge fyo yaba na buno bushiku.’+
7 “Nomba Yehova, Lesa wa mabumba, Lesa wa kwa Israele, atila, ‘Nga cinshi muleletela ubucushi ubu ubukalamba pa myeo+ yenu, no kuleka alofiwe muli imwe umwaume no mwanakashi, umwana umunono e lyo no mwana uonka,+ ukufuma muli Yuda, no kuleka kwiba abaleshalapo pali imwe;
8 pa kuti munkalifye ku milimo ya minwe yenu pa kufutumuna icushi ce lambo kuli tulesa+ twa mu calo ca Egupti, umo muleya mu kwikala; pa kuti mulobe na pa kuti mube icitiipu no museebanya mu nko shonse isha pe sonde?+
9 Bushe mwalaba imilimo yabipa iyo fikolwe fyenu fyacitile,+ ne milimo yabipa iya shamfumu sha kwa Yuda+ ne milimo yabipa iya bakashi+ babo ne milimo yenu iyabipa ne milimo yabipa iya bakashi+ benu, iyo bacita mu calo ca kwa Yuda na mu misebo ya mu Yerusalemu?
10 Kabili ukufika na buno bushiku tabaumfwa ubulanda,+ nangu ukutiina,+ nangu ukwenda mu mafunde+ yandi na mu fipope fyandi ifyo napeele imwe ne fikolwe fyenu.’+
11 “E ico Yehova wa mabumba, Lesa wa kwa Israele, atila, ‘Moneni, ndemwalukila no kumuletela ubucushi no kulofya abaYuda bonse.+
12 Kabili nkabuula abashalapo ba kwa Yuda abapamine ukuyaingila mu calo ca Egupti no kwikala mulya,+ kabili bonse bakalobela mu calo ca Egupti.+ Bakafwa ku lupanga; kabili bakapwa ku cipowe,+ ukutendekela ku munono ukufika na ku mukalamba; bakafwa ku lupanga na ku cipowe. Kabili bakaba abatiipwa, ica kupapa kabili bakabalapisha kabili bakaseebana.+
13 Kabili nkapingula abakekala mu calo ca Egupti, ifyo napingwile na Yerusalemu, ku lupanga, ku cipowe na ku cikuko.+ Kabili bakaba icitiipu, ica kupapa kabili ica museebanya.
14 Kabili takwakabe uukafulumuka nangu uukapusuka mu bashalapo ba kwa Yuda abaleingila mu calo ca Egupti+ no kwikalamo, nangu ukubwelela ku calo ca kwa Yuda uko bakafwaisha ukubwelela ukuti bayeikala;+ pantu tabakabwelelemo, kano fye abakafulumuka.’”
15 Na baume bonse abaishibe ukuti abakashi babo balefutumwina balesa bambi icushi ce lambo,+ na bakashi bonse abaiminine ngo lukuta ulukalamba, na bantu bonse abaikele mu calo ca Egupti,+ mu Patrose,+ bayaswike Yeremia abati:
16 “Amashiwi ayo wasosa kuli ifwe mwi shina lya kwa Yehova, tatwaumfwe kuli iwe;+
17 lelo tulecita conse ico tusosele,+ kabili tulefutumwina icushi ce lambo kuli ‘namfumu wa mu muulu’+ no kupongolwela kuli ena imituulo ya mwangashi,+ filya fine twalecita ifwe+ ne fikolwe+ fyesu, ne shamfumu+ shesu na bacilolo besu mu misumba ya kwa Yuda na mu misebo ya mu Yerusalemu, ilyo twaleikuta ifya kulya no kwikala bwino, kabili tatwamwene ubucushi nangu bumo ubwaishile.+
18 Nomba ukutula fye apo twalekele ukufutumwina ‘namfumu wa mu muulu’+ icushi ce lambo no kumupongolwela imituulo ya mwangashi, tulabulwa fyonse, kabili natuloba ku lupanga na ku cipowe.+
19 “Kabili ilyo twalefutumwina ‘namfumu wa mu muulu’+ icushi ce lambo no kumupongolwela imituulo ya mwangashi,+ bushe tatwaleipusha abalume besu pa kumupangila imikate ye lambo, no kumupangila icimpashanya cakwe, no kumupongolwela imituulo ya mwangashi?”+
20 E lyo Yeremia asosele ku bantu bonse, ku baume na ku bakashi babo na ku bantu bonse, abalemwasuka, ati:
21 “Bushe icushi cine ico ice lambo ico mwafutumwine mu misumba ya kwa Yuda na mu misebo ya mu Yerusalemu,+ imwe+ ne fikolwe+ fyenu, ne shamfumu+ shenu na bacilolo+ benu na bantu ba mu calo, te co Yehova aibukishe kabili bushe te caishile mu mutima wakwe?+
22 Yehova asukile afilwa ukushipikisha pali ici pa mulandu wa micitile yenu iyabipa, pa mulandu wa fya bunani ifyo mwacitile,+ e ico icalo cenu caishileba icibolya kabili ica kupapa kabili icitiipu, umwabula umwikashi, nge fyo cili na buno bushiku.+
23 Pa mulandu wa kuti mwafutumwine icushi ce lambo+ no kubembukila Yehova+ no kukanaumfwila ishiwi lya kwa Yehova+ kabili tamwaendele mu mafunde+ yakwe na mu fipope fyakwe na mu fya kutwibukishako fyakwe, e calenga ukuti ubucushi ubu bumuponene, nge fyo cili buno bushiku.”+
24 Kabili Yeremia akonkenyepo ukweba abantu bonse na banakashi bonse ati: “Umfweni icebo ca kwa Yehova, mwe baYuda bonse abali mu calo ca Egupti.+
25 Yehova wa mabumba, Lesa wa kwa Israele, atila, ‘Lelo mwe bantu imwe na bakashi+ benu, na mwe banakashi mulasosa, (no kufikilisha ku minwe yenu,) amuti: “Ukufikilisha kwena tulefikilisha imilapo yesu iyo twalapa,+ no kufutumwina ‘namfumu wa mu muulu’+ icushi ce lambo no kumupongolwela imituulo ya mwangashi.”+ Kabili imwe mwe banakashi ukufikilisha kwena mulefikilisha imilapo yenu, kabili ukucita mulecita ukulingana ne milapo yenu.’
26 “E ico umfweni icebo ca kwa Yehova, mwe baYuda bonse abekala mu calo ca Egupti,+ ica kuti, ‘“Moneni, nindapa mwi shina lyandi ilikalamba,”+ e fyasosa Yehova, “ukuti ishina lyandi talyakalumbulwe mu kanwa ka muYuda onse,+ ati, ‘Na pali Shikulu Mulopwe Yehova!’+ mu calo conse ica Egupti.
27 Moneni, ndelolesha pali bena ku kubaletela ubucushi te busuma iyo;+ na baYuda bonse abali mu calo ca Egupti bakapwa ku lupanga na ku cipowe mpaka bakalobe.+
28 Na bakafulumuka ku lupanga, bakabwela ukufuma ku calo ca Egupti no kuya ku calo ca kwa Yuda, abanono fye;+ na bonse abashalapo ba kwa Yuda, abaisa mu calo ca Egupti no kwikalamo, bakeshiba uo amashiwi yakwe yafikilishiwa, nampo nga mashiwi ayafuma kuli ine nangu mashiwi ayafuma kuli bena.”’”+
29 “‘Kabili ici e cishibilo kuli imwe,’+ e fyasosa Yehova, ‘ica kuti nkamukanda muli cino cifulo, pa kuti mwishibe ukuti amashiwi yandi yakafikilishiwa nangu cibe shani pali imwe no kumuletela ubucushi:+
30 Yehova atila: “Moneni, ndepeela Farao Hofra, imfumu ya mu Egupti,+ mu minwe ya balwani bakwe na mu minwe ya balefwaya umweo wakwe,+ ifyo napeele na Sidekia imfumu ya kwa Yuda mu minwe ya kwa Nebukadresari imfumu ya ku Babiloni, umulwani wakwe kabili uwalefwaya umweo wakwe.”’”+
