3 Gama Ubangiji ya ce, hakika za a ba da wannan birni a hannun rundunar sojojin Sarkin Babila su ci shi.”
4 Sarakunan suka ce wa sarki, “A kashe mutumin nan, gama yana karya zuciyar sojojin da suka ragu a birnin, da zuciyar sauran jama'a duka ta wurin irin maganganun da yake faɗa musu. Gama wannan mutum ba ya neman jin daɗin zaman wannan jama'a sai dai wahala yake nemar musu.”
5 Sarki Zadakiya ya ce, “Ai, ga shi nan a hannunku, gama sarki ba zai yi abin da ba ku so ba.”
6 Sai suka ɗauki Irmiya suka saka shi a rijiyar Malkiya ɗan sarki, wadda take gidan waƙafi. Suka zurara Irmiya a ciki da igiya. Ba ruwa a rijiyar, sai dai lāka, Irmiya ya nutse cikin lākar.
7 Ebed-melek, bābā, mutumin Habasha, wanda yake a gidan sarki, ya ji labari sun saka Irmiya a rijiya. A lokacin nan, sarki yana zaune a Ƙofar Biliyaminu.
8 Sai Ebed-melek ya fita, ya tafi gaban sarki, ya ce masa,
9 “Ya maigirma sarki, waɗannan mutane sun yi mugun abu da suka saka annabi Irmiya cikin fijiya, Zai mutu can da yunwa, gama ba sauran abinci a birnin.”