1. Lavakala kuJeremiya ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo malunga nembalela, lisithi:
2. “Libalele kwaJuda;kunyembelekile kwizixeko zakhe.Abemi bathe fohlololo emhlabeni, bambethe ezokuzila.Kuvakala isikhalo eJerusalem.
3. Iindwalutho zithuma iindwayi amanzi,zona zifike amaqula ome qoko.Zibuya zidanile, zityhafile, zithokombise intloko,zingaphethe nto ngezo ngqayi zazo.
4. Sele waba ngumqwebedu umhlaba;kaloku imvula ayisani.Bafane bee makatha abalimi;bayanyoshoza ziintloni, bethokombise iintloko.
5. Phaya endle nemazi yexhama izala ithole,ibuye ilibukule,kuba akukho luhlaza lukhoyo.
6. Amaqwarha ema eluqayini,asezele umoya, axel' udyakalashe.Sele amehlo elusizi,kub' uhlaz' alubonwa.”
7. Naxa izono zethu zisigwebasincede, Ndikhoyo, ngenxa yegama lakho.Ewe, kufuthi-futhi sikreqa,sakona amaxesha ngamaxesha.
8. Wena Themba likaSirayeli,wena Mhlanguli wakhe ngamaxesha okubandezeleka,yini na ukuba ubenjengomngeneleli kweli lizwe,ube njengomhambi othe vu ubusuku kuphela?
9. Kutheni wafana nomntu odidekileyo,kanye njengegorha elingenamandla okuhlangula?Ngenene ukho phakathi kwethu, Ndikhoyo,singabantu ababizwa ngegama lakho, uze ungasilahli.
10. Malunga naba bantu utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi:“Bayakuthanda ukuzula-zula;iinyawo zabo abakwazi ukuzilawula.Abamkholisi konke uNdikhoyo.Uya kuhlala ebukhumbula ubungwenxa babo,abohlwaye ngenxa yesono sabo.”