17 Ngomhla wokuqala wenyanga yokuqala yonyaka wamashumi amabini anesixhenxe wathi kum uNdikhoyo:
18 “Mntundini, uNebhukadenezare ukumkani waseBhabheli wawufunza ngamandla umkhosi wakhe kwimfazwe yaseTire. Atsho amadoda akhuthuka iintloko, atyabuka amagxalaba. Kodwa umkhosi wakhe zange uzuze nto kuloo mfazwe yaseTire.
19 Ngako oko itsho iNkosi uNdikhoyo ukuthi: IJiputa ndiza kuyinikezela kuNebhukadenezare ukumkani waseBhabheli, ukuze abuthimbe bonke ubutyebi bayo. Uya kuthimba yonke into enexabiso kwelo zwe, ibe ngumvuzo wokubulaleka komkhosi wakhe.
20 Ndimnike iJiputa ukuze ibe yimbuyiselo yomzabalazo wakhe wokundinceda ekunye nomkhosi wakhe, itsho iNkosi uNdikhoyo.
21 “Ngaloo mini ndiya kuhlumisa uphondo kwindlu kaSirayeli, nawe ndikwenze uwashumayeze ukhululekile. Baya kwazi ke ngoko ukuba ndinguNdikhoyo.”