1 *UNdikhoyo wandibonisa iingobozi ezimbini zamakhiwane zibekwe ngaphambi kwendlu kaNdikhoyo. Le nto yehla emveni kokuba ukumkani uJekoniya unyana kaJoyakim, kunye neziphathamandla, namagcisa, nabasebenzi bentsimbi bakwaJuda, bathinjwayo ngukumkani uNebhukadenezare waseBhabheli, ebasusa eJerusalem, ebasa eBhabheli.
2 Enye ingobozi yayinamakhiwane amahle kunene, la avuthwa kuqala; enye inamakhiwane amabi kakhulu, angenakutyiwa.
3 *UNdikhoyo wathi kum: “Jeremiya, ubona ntoni na?”Mna ndithe: “Ndibona amakhiwane. Amahle mahle gqitha; amabi mabi mpela – zizinto ezingenako nokutyiwa oku.”
4 Livakele lisithi ke kum ilizwi likaNdikhoyo:
5 “Utsho ke uNdikhoyo, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi: Abathinjwa bakwaJuda endabasusa kweli lizwe ndabasa kwelamaKaledi ndibafanisa nala makhiwane mahle.
6 Ndiya kuhlala ndibabonelela, ndibabuyisele kwalapha. Ndiya kubakha, ndingabachithi; ndiya kubamilisela, ndingabancothuli.
7 Ndobafaka intliziyo endiqondayo, bazi ukuba uNdikhoyo ndim. Baya kwandula ke ukuba ngabantu bam, mna ndibe nguThixo wabo, kuba kaloku bobuyela kum ngomxhelo wabo wonke.