56 ngokuba umchithi uyalehlela,alehlele iBabele,amaqhawe alo ayabanjwa,neminsalo yawo iyaphulwa,ngokuba uJehova unguNkulunkulu wemivuzo,uyakhokha nokukhokha.
57 Ngiyakudakisa izikhulu zalonezihlakaniphi zalo,nezinduna zalo, nababusi balo,namaqhawe alo;bayakulala ubuthongo obuphakade,bangavuki,”isho iNkosiegama layo linguJehova Sebawoti.
58 Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uthi:“Ugange olubanzi lwaseBabeleluyakubhidlizwa nokubhidlizwa,namasango alo aphakemeyo ayakushiswa ngomlilo;abantu bakhandlekela izenezizwe okomlilo, zikhathale.”
59 Izwi uJeremiya umprofethi ayala ngalo uSeraya indodana kaNeriya kaMakhaseya ekuhambeni kwakhe noSedekiya inkosi yakwaJuda eya eBabele ngomnyaka wesine wokubusa kwakhe. USeraya wayeyisikhulu sezindawo zokuphumula.
60 UJeremiya waloba encwadini konke okubi obekuyakwehlela iBabele, onke lawa mazwi alotshiwe ngeBabele.
61 UJeremiya wathi kuSeraya: “Ekufikeni kwakho eBabele bhekisisa ukuba ufunde onke lawa mazwi,
62 uthi: ‘Jehova, wena ukhulumile ngale ndawo ukuba uyinqume ukuze kungabikho muntu ohlala kuyo, umuntu nasilwane, ngokuba iyakuba yihlane kuze kube phakade.’