3 Khona uJuda owamkhaphelayo, ebona ukuthi ulahliwe, wazisola, wabuyisela izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi amathathu kubapristi namalunga,
4 wathi: “Ngonile ukuba ngikhaphele igazi elingenacala.”Bona bathi: “Kuyini lokho kithi na? Zibonele wena.”
5 Wayesephonsa izinhlamvu zesiliva ethempelini, wamuka, waziphanyeka.
6 Kepha abapristi abakhulu bazithatha izinhlamvu zesiliva, bathi: “Akuvunyelwe ukuzifaka emnikelweni, ngokuba kuyimali yegazi.”
7 Benza icebo, bathenga ngayo insimu yombumbi, ibe ngeyokumbela abafokazi.
8 Ngalokho insimu leyo ithiwa insimu yegazi kuze kube namuhla.
9 Khona kwagcwaliseka okwashiwo ngomprofethi uJeremiya ukuthi: “Bathatha izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi amathathu, inani lowamiselwa inani onani lakhe lamiswa ngamadodana ka-Israyeli;