7This is what the LORD said through the earlier prophets at the time when Jerusalem was prosperous and filled with people and when there were many people living not only in the towns around the city but also in the southern region and in the western foothills.
7Marito lawa ma ha fana ni lawa HOSI Xikwembu xi ma twariseke hi milomo ya vaprofeta lavo rhanga; eminkarhini ya kona, vaaki va muti wa Yerusalema ni va swimitana leswi nga kusuhi, a va ha tele va tshamisekile; hambi va ri vanhu va le magangeni ni va le dzongeni a va ha tele.