6. Ke ngoko onke amazwe enikuwo ndiza kuwanikezela esandleni sikaNebhukadenezare, isicaka sam, ongukumkani waseBhabheli. Nditsho nezilwanyana ezi zasendle ziza kuba zezakhe.
7. Zonke izizwe ziza kuba phantsi kwakhe, nonyana wakhe, nomzukulwana wakhe, lide lifike ixesha lokuwa kwelo lizwe lakhe. Emva koko ke kuya kufika izizwe ngezizwe, zinookumkani bazo abanamagama, zimoyise.
8. “ ‘Xa kuthe kwabakho isizwe okanye ulawulo esingafuni ukuzithoba phantsi kukaNebhukadenezare ukumkani waseBhabheli, nditsho esingavumiyo ukuyithwala entanyeni idyokhwe yakhe, eso sizwe ndosohlwaya ngekrele, nendlala, nangobhubhani, side sinikezelwe ngokupheleleyo esandleni sikaNebhukadenezare.’ Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo.
9. ‘Ngoko ke musani ukubaphulaphula abashumayeli benu, noosiyazi benu, nabalawuli-maphupha benu, namatola enu, nezanuse zenu, abathi kuni: “Anisoze naba zizicaka zikakumkani waseBhabheli.”
10. Banishumayeza ubuxoki abo; bona baya kunibangela ukuba nikhutshelwe kude kumhlaba wenu. Ndonichitha-chitha nitshabalale.
11. Kanti sona isizwe esimthobelayo ukumkani waseBhabheli, sifake intamo edyokhweni yakhe, simthobele, sona ndosiyeka emhlabeni waso: sohlala kuwo, siwulime.’ ” Lowo ngumlomo kaNdikhoyo.
12. NakuZedekiya ukumkani wakwaJuda, ndithethe kwaloo nto inye. Ndithe: “Mthobeleni ukumkani waseBhabheli, niyithwale idyokhwe yakhe, nimkhonze yena nabantu bakhe, khon' ukuze niphile.
13. Ngani ukuba nizibulalise ngekrele, nendlala, nobhubhani, zinto ezo eziya kuthunyelwa nguNdikhoyo kwisizwe esingafuni ukuthobela ukumkani waseBhabheli?
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.”