1 Kwathi ngomnyaka wesine kaJehoyakimi indodana kaJosiya, inkosi yakwaJuda, leli zwi lafika kuJeremiya livela kuJehova, lathi:
2 “Zithathele umqulu wencwadi, ulobe kuwo onke amazwi engiwakhulume kuwe ngo-Israyeli nangoJuda, nangazo zonke izizwe, kusukela osukwini engakhuluma ngalo kuwe, kusukela ezinsukwini zikaJosiya kuze kube namuhla.
3 Mhlawumbe indlu yakwaJuda iyakuzwa konke okubi engicabanga ukukwenza kuyo ukuba ibuye, kube yilowo nalowo endleleni yakhe embi, ngiyithethelele amacala ayo nezono zayo.”
4 UJeremiya wayesebiza uBaruki indodana kaNeriya; uBaruki waloba emqulwini wencwadi onke amazwi kaJehova ayewakhulume kuye, ewathatha emlonyeni kaJeremiya.
5 UJeremiya wamyala uBaruki ngokuthi: “Ngivalelwe, anginakungena endlini kaJehova.
6 Hamba wena, ufunde emqulwini owulobileyo, uthathe emlonyeni wami, amazwi kaJehova ezindlebeni zabantu endlini kaJehova ngosuku lokuzila ukudla, uwafunde nasezindlebeni zabo bonke abakwaJuda abavela emizini yakubo.