12 wehlela endlini yenkosi ekamelweni lombhali; bheka, kwakuhlezi khona zonke izikhulu, u-Elishama umbhali, noDelaya indodana kaShemaya, no-Elinathani indodana ka-Akibori, noGemariya indodana kaShafani, noSedekiya indodana kaHananiya, zonke izikhulu.
13 UMikhaya wazitshela onke amazwi ayewezwile, lapho uBaruki eyifunda incwadi ezindlebeni zabantu.
14 Ngalokho zonke izikhulu zathuma uJehudi indodana kaNethaniya kaShelemiya kaKushi kuBaruki, zathi: “Umqulu owufundileyo ezindlebeni zabantu wuthathe ngesandla sakho, uze nawo.” UBaruki indodana kaNeriya wawuthatha umqulu ngesandla sakhe, weza kuzo.
15 Zathi kuye: “Ake uhlale phansi, ufunde ezindlebeni zethu.”UBaruki wayesefunda ezindlebeni zazo.
16 Kwathi lapho sezizwile onke amazwi, zaphendukelana ngokwesaba, kwaba yileso naleso kumakhelwane waso, zathi kuBaruki: “Siyakuyitshela nokuyitshela inkosi lawa mazwi.”
17 Zambuza uBaruki, zathi: “Ake usitshele ukuthi wawaloba kanjani onke lawa mazwi, uwathatha emlonyeni wakhe, na?”
18 UBaruki wathi kuzo: “Wawaphumisela onke lawa mazwi kimi ngomlomo wakhe, ngawaloba encwadini ngoyinki.”