3 Mcele uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho ukuba asityhilele indlela emasihambe ngayo, nento emasiyenze.”
4 Umshumayeli uJeremiya usuke wenjenje ukuthetha nabo: “Ndivile. Ndiza kunithandazela kuNdikhoyo uThixo wenu, ndaye ndiya kunazisa yonke into uNdikhoyo aniphendula ngayo; andiyi kunifihlela nto konke.”
5 Bathi bona kuJeremiya: “UNdikhoyo aze abe lingqina elithembekileyo nelinyanisekileyo, achasane nathi xa singayenziyo yonke into uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho akuthumayo ukuba usixelele.
6 Nokuba limnandi, nokuba libi ilizwi likaNdikhoyo uThixo wethu lo sikuthuma kuye, siya kulithobela, khon' ukuze silungelwe. Ewe, inene, siya kumthobela uNdikhoyo uThixo wethu.”
7 Emva kweentsuku ezilishumi lavakala ilizwi likaNdikhoyo kuJeremiya.
8 Wabiza uYohanan unyana kaKareya kunye nabo bonke abaphathi-mabutho ababenaye, nabantu bonke, abancinci nabakhulu,
9 wathi kubo: “UNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli enindithume ukuze ndisigqithisele kuye isicelo senu, utsho ukuthi: