1 Lavakala kuJeremiya ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo malunga nembalela, lisithi:
2 “Libalele kwaJuda;kunyembelekile kwizixeko zakhe.Abemi bathe fohlololo emhlabeni, bambethe ezokuzila.Kuvakala isikhalo eJerusalem.
3 Iindwalutho zithuma iindwayi amanzi,zona zifike amaqula ome qoko.Zibuya zidanile, zityhafile, zithokombise intloko,zingaphethe nto ngezo ngqayi zazo.
4 Sele waba ngumqwebedu umhlaba;kaloku imvula ayisani.Bafane bee makatha abalimi;bayanyoshoza ziintloni, bethokombise iintloko.
5 Phaya endle nemazi yexhama izala ithole,ibuye ilibukule,kuba akukho luhlaza lukhoyo.
6 Amaqwarha ema eluqayini,asezele umoya, axel' udyakalashe.Sele amehlo elusizi,kub' uhlaz' alubonwa.”
7 Naxa izono zethu zisigwebasincede, Ndikhoyo, ngenxa yegama lakho.Ewe, kufuthi-futhi sikreqa,sakona amaxesha ngamaxesha.