1. Ngonyaka wesine uJoyakim unyana kaYosiya engukumkani wakwaJuda lavakala ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo kuJeremiya
2. lisithi: “Thatha incwadi esongwayo, ubhale onke amazwi endawathethayo kuwe ngokubhekiselele kuSirayeli noJuda kunye nezinye iintlanga, ukususela mhla ndaqala ukuthetha nawe kusalawula uYosiya, kude kuze kuthi gaa ngoku.
3. Mhlawumbi bangaguquka kule mikhwa mibi yabo abantu bakwaJuda xa besiva ngentlekele endizimisele ukubazisela yona, nam ke ndibaxolele izikreqo nezono zabo.”
4. UJeremiya wabiza uBharuki unyana kaNeriya, wambizela onke amazwi kaNdikhoyo awathethe kuye, yena uBharuki wawabhala encwadini apho.
5. UJeremiya waxelela uBharuki wathi: “Ndithintelwe; andinakuya endlwini kaNdikhoyo.
6. Ke mayibe nguwe oyayo endlwini kaNdikhoyo ngomhla wenzila, ufike ufundele abantu amazwi kaNdikhoyo lawo uwabhale ubizelwa ndim. Fundela bonke abantu bakwaJuda abafika bevela kwiidolophu ngeedolophu.
7. Mhlawumbi ukubongoza kwaba bantu kungavakala kuNdikhoyo, baguquke nakwimikhwa yabo emibi, kuba ubasongele enengqumbo nomsindo omkhulu aba bantu uNdikhoyo.”
8. UBharuki unyana kaNeriya wenze njengoko wayalelwa ngumshumayeli uJeremiya, wabafundela abantu apho endlwini kaNdikhoyo loo mazwi ayebhalwe kuloo ncwadi.
9. Ngenyanga yethoba, kunyaka wesihlanu uJoyakim engukumkani wakwaJuda, kwabhengezwa umhla wenzila kubo bonke abantu baseJerusalem kwanâbo babevela kwiidolophu zakwaJuda. Injongo yayiyeyokuba bazisole phambi koNdikhoyo.
10. UBharuki esendlwini kaNdikhoyo, emi egumbini likaGemariya unyana kanobhala uShafan elalikwiyadi engentla kwiSango eLitsha lendlu kaNdikhoyo, wabafundela encwadini abantu amazwi kaJeremiya.
11. Wasuka uMikaya, ozalwa nguGemariya unyana kaShafan, akuba ewavile amazwi *kaNdikhoyo asencwadini,
12. waya kwigumbi likanobhala ebhotwe apho kwakuhleli khona ezi ziphathamandla: unobhala uElishama, uDelaya unyana kaShemaya, noElinatan unyana ka-Akebhore, kunye noGemariya unyana kaShafan, noZedekiya unyana kaHananiya, nezinye iindwalutho zonke.
13. Akuba uMikaya ebaxelele konke akuve kufundelwa abantu nguBharuki encwadini,