1 Ha Nebukadenesare, kgosi ya Babilona, a se a thopile Koniya, mora wa Jehoyakime, kgosi ya Juda, le mahosana a Juda, le ditsebi tsa mesebetsi ya matsoho, le malala, a ba tlositse Jerusalema, a ba isa Babilona, Morena a mpontsha diroto tse pedi tsa feiye, tse beilweng kapele ho Tempele ya Morena.
2 Se seng sa diroto tsena se ne se tshetse feiye e ntle, e tshwanang le feiye e butswang pele; se seng sona se tshetse feiye e bodileng, hoo e neng e ke ke ya jewa.
3 Yaba Morena o re ho nna: “Jeremia, o bonang?”Nna ka araba, ka re: “Feiye! Feiye e ntle, e ntle haholo, empa feiye e bodileng yona e bodile hoo e ke keng ya jewa.”
4 Lentswe la Morena la boela la fihla ho nna, la re:
5 “Morena Modimo wa Iseraele, o bua tjena: <Baahi ba Juda ba thopilweng, bao ke ba ntshitseng naheng ena, ka ba isa naheng ya Bakalatiya, ke tla ba tadima ka mohau jwaloka feiye ena e ntle.
6 Ke tla ba alosa, ke ba etsetse tse molemo, mme ke ba kgutlisetse naheng ena hape. Ke tla ba bopa, ke se ke ka ba qhalanya; ke tla ba tsitsisa, ke se ke ka ba diha.
7 Ke tla etsa hore dipelo tsa bona di ntsebe, di tsebe hore ke nna Morena. Bona e tla ba setjhaba sa ka, nna ke be Modimo wa bona, hobane ba tla kgutlela ho nna ka dipelo tsa bona tsohle.
8 “ <Empa ha e le Sedekiya, kgosi ya Juda, le mahosana a hae, le masalla a Jerusalema a ntseng a le naheng ena, le a phelang naheng ya Egepeta, bohle ke tla ba tshwantsha le feiye ena e bodileng hoo e ke keng ya jewa,> ho rialo Morena.
9 <Ke tla etsa hore mebuso yohle ya lefatshe e ba nyonye, dibakeng tsohle tseo ke tla ba lelekela ho tsona ba nyediswe, e be setsoto, ba songwe, ba rohakwe.
10 Ke tla ba bolaya ka sabole, le ka sekoboto, le ka lefu la sewa, ho fihlela ba fedile lefatsheng leo ke neng ke ba nee lona le bo-ntata bona.> ”