1. Ngexesha ukumkani uJoyakim unyana kaYosiya wayengukumkani kwaJuda lavakala ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo kuJeremiya,
2. lisithi: “Yiya kumaRekabhi, uthethe nawo, uwamemele kwigumbi elibucala endlwini kaNdikhoyo, uwanike iwayini asele.”
3. Ndaya kubiza uYazaniya unyana kaJeremiya unyana kaHabhaziniya, nabantakwabo noonyana bakhe bonke. Ndawumema wonke umzi wamaRekabhi.
4. Ndabangenisa endlwini kaNdikhoyo, kwigumbi leento zikaHanam owayezalwa ngumfo wakwaThixo uIgedaliya. Elo gumbi lalimelene negumbi leziphathamandla, lona eli lingasentla kwelikaMaseya unyana kaShalum owayengumgcini-masango.
5. Ndabeka iibhekile neendebe ezinewayini ngaphambi kwabo, ndathi: “Khanibambe, madoda!”
6. Athi loo madoda: “Hayi, asiyiseli iwayini! Kaloku ubawo omkhulu uYonadabhi, unyana kaRekabhi, wathi: ‘Ze ningaze niyisele iwayini, nina nezizukulwana, nditsho nanini na.