6 UJeremiya wathi: “Livakele ilizwi likaNdikhoyo lisithi kum:
7 UHanameli, unyana kayihlokazi uShalum, uza kuza kuwe, athi: ‘Wuthenge umhlaba wam oseAnatoti. Kaloku nguwe isizalwana segazi esinelungelo lokukhulula loo mhlaba.’
8 “Eneneni ke, weza kum apho kuloo yadi yasebhotwe uHanameli unyana kabawokazi, wathi: ‘Khawuwuthenge umhlaba wam oseAnatoti kummandla wakwaBhenjamin. Kaloku nguwe isizalwana segazi esinelungelo lokuwukhulula loo mhlaba uwuthenge.’“Ndaqonda ke ukuba ngenene nguNdikhoyo lo ubethetha nam.
9 Ndawuthenga loo mhlaba kuHanameli, ndayibala imali ngokuyibeka esikalini, ndamnika isiliva ebunzima buziigram ezimakhulu mabini.
10 Ndayibhala incwadi yentengiso, ndayisayina, ndayitywina, yangqinwa, ndaza imali ndayikhangela ubunzima bayo esikalini.
11 Ndazithatha iincwadi zentengiso, nditsho incwadi etywiniweyo equlethe imiqathango yentengiso kunye nekopi yayo engatywinwanga,
12 ndaza ndazinika uBharuki unyana kaNeriya unyana kaMaseya. Ndamnika kukho uHanameli unyana kabawokazi kunye namangqina awayisayinayo incwadi yentengiso, kwakunye namaJuda onke awayekho apho kuloo yadi.