1 Mau amene anadza kwa Yeremiya onena za Ayuda onse amene anakhala m'dziko la Aigupto, okhala pa Migidoli, ndi pa Tapanesi, ndi pa Nofi, ndi m'dziko la Patirosi, akuti,
2 Atero Yehova wa makamu, Mulungu wa Israyeli: Mwaona coipa conse cimene ndatengera pa Yerusalemu, ndi pa midzi yonse ya Yuda; ndipo, taonani, lero lomwe iri bwinja, palibe munthu wokhalamo;
3 cifukwa ca coipa cao anacicita kuutsa naco mkwiyo wanga; pakuti anapita kukafukizira, ndi kutumikira milungu yina, Imene sanaidziwa, ngakhale iwo, ngakhale inu, ngakhale makolo anu.
4 Koma ndinatuma kwa inu atumiki anga onse aneneri, ndinauka mamawa ndi kuwatuma, ndi kuti, Musacitetu conyansa ici ndidana naco.