25 “Utsho uNdikhoyo uSomandla-onke, onguThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi: Wena wathumela iincwadi egameni lakho kubo bonke abantu baseJerusalem, nakumbingeleli uZefaniya unyana kaMaseya, nakubo bonke abanye ababingeleli. Wabhalela uZefaniya wenjenje:
26 ‘UNdikhoyo ubeke wena waba ngumbingeleli esikhundleni sikaJoyada. Nguwe ke ngoku usomaqhuzu endlwini kaNdikhoyo. Ingumsebenzi wakho ke ukuba onke amageza azenza abashumayeli akhonkxwe iinyawo ngezikhuni, afakwe nentsimbi entanyeni.
27 Uyekele ntoni kodwa ukwenjenjalo kuJeremiya waseAnatoti ozenza umshumayeli phakathi kwenu?
28 Usanda kusibhalela incwadi apha eBhabheli, esithi abathinjwa abalapha baza kuhlala ixesha elide apha, ngoko ke mabazakhele izindlu, bahlale kuzo, balime izitiya, batye iziqhamo zazo.’ ”
29 Umbingeleli uZefaniya wayifundela umshumayeli uJeremiya loo ncwadi,
30 laza lavakala ilizwi likaNdikhoyo kuJeremiya lisithi:
31-32 “Thumela kubantu abangabathinjwa uthi: ‘Nkokusingisele kuShemaya umNehelam uNdikhoyo utsho ukuthi: Ndiza kumohlwaya uShemaya kunye nenzala yakhe, kuba unishumayeza noxa engathunywanga ndim, wanenza nathemba ubuxoki. Ngenxa yoko utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi: Niyabona, akayi kuba nanzala konke. Akasobe azibone izinto ezintle endiza kuzenzela abantu bam, kuba kaloku yena ubebafundisa abantu ukukreqa kuNdikhoyo. Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo.’ ”