1 Shefathia, mora Matthane, le Gedalia, mora Pashkure, le Jukale, mora Shelemia, le Pashkure, mora Malkia, ba utlwa mantswe ao Jeremia a neng a ntse a a bolella setjhaba kaofela, a re:
2 Ho itswe ke Jehova: Ya salang motseng ona o tla shwa ke lerumo, kapa ke tlala, kapa ke lefu le sewa; empa ya tswelang ho Bakalde o tla phela, mme bophelo ba hae o tla ikgapela bona, a tle a nne a phele.
3 Ho itswe ke Jehova: Motse ona o tla neelwa ruri matleng a makgotla a morena wa Babilona, mme o tla o kena.
4 Yaba baholo ba re ho morena: Motho eo a ke a bolawe; hobane o ntse a fokodisa matsoho a bahlabani ba sa setseng motseng ona, le matsoho a setjhaba kaofela, ka ho ba bolella taba tse jwalo; hobane motho eo ha a batlele setjhaba sena molemo, empa e le kotsi.
5 Yaba morena Tsedekia o re: Bonang, o matsohong a lona, hobane morena a ke ke a ba le matla ho lona.
6 Ba tshwara Jeremia, ba mo lahlela lemeneng la Malkia, mora morena, le neng le le lebaleng la ntlo ya teronko; ba theolela Jeremia teng ka marapo; ho ne ho se metsi lemeneng, empa le le seretse, mme Jeremia a tetebela seretseng.
7 Yaba Ebede-Meleke, Moethiopia, molebedi ya neng a le ka tlung ya morena, o utlwa hobane ba lahletse Jeremia lemeneng; mme morena o ne a dutse monyako wa Benjamine.