1 Lentswe le tswang ho Jehova la tla ho Jeremia, mohla morena Tsedekia a romang ho yena Pashkure mora Malkia, le Sofonia mora Maaseia, moprista, ka ho re:
2 O ke o re botsetse Jehova, hobane Nebukadresare, morena wa Babilona, o a re lwantsha; ekaba Jehova a ka re etsetsa o mong wa mehlolo ya hae, hore eo a tlohe ho rona.
3 Yaba Jeremia o ba bolella, a re: Le ke le arabele Tsedekia, le re:
4 Ho itswe ke Jehova, Modimo wa Iseraele: Bonang, ke ya tlosa dibetsa tsa ntwa tse matsohong a lona, tseo ka tsona le lwantshang morena wa Babilona le Bakalde ba le thibeletseng kantle ho marako, ke tle ke di bokelle motseng ona.
5 Mme nna ka sebele ke tla le lwantsha ka letsoho le otlolohileng le ka letsoho le thata, ka hlonamo le ka kgalefo le ka bohale bo boholo.