10. Taona ndakuyenga, koma si monga siliva, ndakuyesa iwe m'ng'anjo ya masautso.
11. Cifukwa ca Ine ndekha, cifukwa ca Ine ndekha ndidzacita ici, pakuti dzina langa lidetsedwerenji? ndi ulemerero wanga sindidzaupereka kwa wina.
12. Mverani Ine, Yakobo ndi Israyeli, oitanidwa anga, Ine ndine; ndine woyamba, Inenso ndine womariza.
13. Inde dzanja langa linakhazika maziko a dziko lapansi, ndi dzanja langa lamanja linafunyulula m'mwamba; pakuziitana Ine ziimirira pamodzi.
14. Sonkhanani inu nonse ndi kumva, ndani mwa iwo aonetsa zinthu izi? Iye amene Yehova anamkonda, iye adzacita kufuna kwace pa Babulo, ndi mkono wace udzakhala pa Akasidi.
15. Ine, ngakhale Ine ndanena; inde ndamwitana iye, ndamfikitsa, ndipo adzapindula nayo njira yace.
16. Idzani inu cifupi ndi Ine, imvani ici; kuyambira pa ciyambi sindinanene m'tseri; ciyambire zimenezi, Ine ndiripo; ndipo tsopano Ambuye Mulungu wanditumiza Ine ndi mzimu wace.
17. Atero Yehova, Mombolo wako, Woyera wa Israyeli, Ine ndine Yehova, Mulungu wako, amene ndikuphunzitsa kupindula, amene ndikutsogolera m'njira yoyenera iwe kupitamo.
18. Mwenzi utamvera malamulo anga mtendere wako ukanakhala ngati mtsinje, ndi cilungamo cako monga mafunde a nyanja;
19. mbeu yakonso ikadakhala monga mcenga ndi obadwa a m'cuuno mwako momwemo; dzina lace silikadacotsedwa, pena kuonongeka pamaso panga.
20. Turukani inu m'Babulo, athaweni Akasidi; ndi mau akuyimba nenani inu, bukitsani ici, lalikirani ici, ngakhale ku malekezero a dziko; nenani, Yehova waombola mtumiki wace Yakobo.
21. Ndipo iwo sanamva ludzu, pamene Iye anawatsogolera m'mapululu; anawaturutsira madzi kuturuka m'matanthwe; anadulanso thanthwe, madzi nabulika.
22. 1 Kulibe mtendere, ati Yehova, kwa oipa.