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.
8 Ungabesabi, ngokuba nginawe ukuba ngikophule,” usho uJehova.
9 UJehova wayeselula isandla sakhe, wawuthinta umlomo wami; uJehova wathi kimi: “Bheka, ngibekile amazwi ami emlonyeni wakho.
10 Bona, ngiyakubeka namuhla phezu kwezizwe naphezu kwemibuso ukusiphula nokudiliza, ukuchitha nokubhubhisa, ukwakha nokutshala.”
11 Izwi likaJehova lafika kimi futhi, lathi: “Jeremiya, ubonani na?”Ngathi: “Ngibona igatsha lomalimondi.”*
12 Wayesethi uJehova kimi: “Ubone kahle, ngokuba ngiyakulilinda izwi lami ukuba ngilenze.”