1 Akugqiba uJeremiya ukuwathetha ebantwini bonke amazwi onke *kaNdikhoyo uThixo wabo awamthuma wona uNdikhoyo kubo,
2 uAzariya unyana kaHoshaya ekunye noYohanan kaKareya, kunye nawo onke amanye amadoda anekratshi, bathi kuJeremiya: “Uyaxoka! UNdikhoyo uThixo wethu akazange akuthume kuthi ukuba uthi: ‘Ze ningayi kuya kuhlala eJiputa.’
3 NguBharuki unyana kaNeriya lo ukuhlohle lo moya mbi, efuna ukuba sinikezelwe esandleni samaKaledi, aze asibulale, okanye asenze abathinjwa kwelaseBhabheli.”
4 Ke ngoko uYohanan unyana kaKareya, ekunye nabaphathi-mabutho kunye nabantu bonke bala ukumthobela uNdikhoyo ngokuthi bahlale kwelakwaJuda.