2 Awa ndiwo anali anthu a m’chigawo*+ amene anatuluka mu ukapolo+ wa anthu omwe Nebukadinezara mfumu ya ku Babulo anawatengera+ ku Babulo. Anthuwa anabwerera+ ku Yerusalemu ndi ku Yuda,+ aliyense kumzinda wakwawo.

18 Yehova wanena kuti: “Ndikusonkhanitsa anthu a m’mahema a Yakobo+ amene anagwidwa ndi kutengedwa kupita kudziko lina ndipo ndidzamvera chisoni malo okhala a Yakobo. Mzinda udzamangidwanso pachiunda chake+ ndipo nsanja yokhalamo idzakhala pamalo ake oyenera.+

23 Yehova wa makamu, Mulungu wa Isiraeli, wanena kuti: “Ndikadzasonkhanitsa anthu a mtundu wawo amene anagwidwa ndi kutengedwa kupita kudziko lina, iwo adzanena mawu awa m’dziko la Yuda ndi m’mizinda yake kuti, ‘Yehova akudalitse iwe+ malo olungama okhalamo,+ iwe phiri lopatulika.’+

25 “Yehova, Ambuye Wamkulu Koposa, wanena kuti, ‘Tsopano ndibweretsa ana a Yakobo omwe anatengedwa kupita kumayiko ena,+ ndipo ndichitira chifundo nyumba yonse ya Isiraeli.+ Nditeteza dzina langa loyera kuti lisadetsedwe.*+

3 “Ndiyeno masiku amenewo ndiponso pa nthawi imeneyo,+ ndidzabwezeretsa anthu a ku Yuda ndi a ku Yerusalemu amene anagwidwa ukapolo.+