1 Amazwi kaJeremiya, indodana kaHilikiya, wabapristi ababe se-Anathoti ezweni lakwaBenjamini,
2 okwafika kuye izwi likaJehova ezinsukwini zikaJosiya indodana ka-Amoni, inkosi yakwaJuda, ngomnyaka weshumi nantathu wokubusa kwakhe;
3 lafika futhi ezinsukwini zikaJehoyakimi indodana kaJosiya, inkosi yakwaJuda, kuze kube sekupheleni komnyaka weshumi nanye kaSedekiya indodana kaJosiya, inkosi yakwaJuda, kuze kube sekuthunjweni kweJerusalema ngenyanga yesihlanu.
4 Kwafika kimi izwi likaJehova, lathi:
5 “Ngingakakubumbi esiswini ngakwazi;ungakaphumi esizalweni ngakungcwelisa,ngakubeka umprofethi ezizweni.”
6 Kepha ngathi: “Awu, Nkosi Jehova! Bheka, angikwazi ukukhuluma, ngokuba ngingumntwana.”
7 Kepha uJehova wathi kimi: “Ungasho ukuthi ungumntwana, ngokuba uyakuya kubo bonke engikuthuma kubo, nakho konke engikuyala ngakho uyakukukhuluma.