14. Ze ningawaphulaphuli amazwi abashumayeli abathi: ‘Anisokuze nibe phantsi kolawulo lukakumkani waseBhabheli,’ kuba bashumayela ubuxoki bodwa xa batshoyo.
15. Abathunywanga ndim abo.” Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo. “Bathetha ubuxoki egameni lam. Ngoko ke ndonigxotha, nitshabalale kunye nâbo bashumayeli banishumayeze ubuxoki.”
16. Ke ndithe kubabingeleli nakubantu bonke: “Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi: Ze ningawaphulaphuli amazwi abashumayeli abathi: ‘Iimpahla zendlu kaNdikhoyo ziza kubuya kwakamsinyane eBhabheli.’ Banishumayeza ubuxoki.
17. Ze ningabaphulaphuli. Ze nithobele ukumkani waseBhabheli xa nifuna ukuphila. Ngani ukuba esi sixeko sibe ngamabhodlo?
18. Ukuba bangabashumayeli – ukuba likho kubo ilizwi likaNdikhoyo – mabambongoze uNdikhoyo uSomandla-onke, khon' ukuze impahla eseleyo yendlu yakhe, neyasebhotwe lokumkani wakwaJuda, neyabantu baseJerusalem, ingathinjwa isiwe eBhabheli.”(
19-20. Xa ukumkani uNebhukadenezare wayebamba ukumkani wakwaJuda uJekoniya, unyana kaJoyakim, kunye neziphathamandla zakwaJuda naseJerusalem, ebasa eBhabheli, wazishiya iintsika kunye netanki yobhedu, neenqwelwana, kunye nezinye izinto ezashiywayo endlwini kaThixo.)
21. Ngokubhekisele kwimpahla eseleyo endlwini kaNdikhoyo, nasebhotwe lokumkani, naseJerusalem, utsho uNdikhoyo uSomandla-onke uThixo kaSirayeli ukuthi:
22. “Iya kusiwa eBhabheli, ihlale apho ndide mna ndibuye ndiyilande ngokwam,” lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo, “ndiyibuyisele kwakule ndawo.”