22. nangoloyikiso olukhulu. Wabanika eli lizwe wabafungelayo ooyise, ukuba ubànike ilizwe elibaleka amasi nobusi.
23. Beza ke balihlala; kodwa àbaliphulaphula izwi lakho, àbahamba ngomyalelo wakho; konke owabawiseláyo umthetho ngako ukuba bakwenze, àbakwenza; wabahlisela ke bonke obu bubi.
24. Yabona, iindonga zokungqinga zifikile kulo mzi, ukuba ziwuthimbe; umzi ke únikelwe esandleni samaKaledi alwayo nawo ngekrele, nangendlala, nangendyikitya yokufa. Ilizwi owalithethayo lenzekile; nali ulibona.
25. Ke wena, Nkosi yam Yehova, ùthe kum, Zithengele intsimi ngemali, ungqinise amangqina; wakùbona ukuba umzi lo unikelwe esandleni samaKaledi.
26. Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kuYeremiya, lisithi,
27. Yabona, ndinguYehova, uThixo wenyama yonke; kukho nto indinqabeleyo na?
28. Ngako oko utsho uYehova ukuthi, Yabona, ndiyawunikela lo mzi esandleni samaKaledi, nasesandleni sikaNebhukadenetsare, ukumkani waseBhabheli, ukuba awuthimbe;
29. ezé amaKaledi alwayo naló mzi, awufake isikhuni, awutshise nezindlu abeqhumisela kuBhahali* phezu kophahla lwazo, bathululela thixweni bambi iminikelo ethululwayo, ukuze bandiqumbise.
30. Ngokuba oonyana bakaSirayeli noonyana bakaYuda baye besenza ububi bodwa emehlweni am kwasebuncinaneni babo; ngokuba oonyana bakaSirayeli ngabaqumbisi bodwa kum, ngezenzo zezandla zabo; utsho uYehova.
31. Ngokuba lo mzi waba sisisulu somsindo wam nobushushu bam, kususela kwimini owakhiwa ngayo, kude kube yile mini; ukuze ndiwususe ebusweni bam,
32. ngenxa yobubi bonke boonyana bakaSirayeli noonyana bakaYuda, ababenzileyo ukuba bandiqumbise, bóna, nookumkani babo, nabathetheli babo, nababingeleli babo, nabaprofeti babo, namadoda akwaYuda, nabemi baseYerusalem.
33. Bándinikela ikhosi, àbandinikela ubuso; báfundiswa, befundiswa kwakusasa, àbaphulaphula ububa bakuvume ukuqeqeshwa.
34. Bábeka izinto zabo ezinezothe endlwini ebizwa ngegama lam, ukuze bayenze inqambi;
35. bámakhela uBhahali izigánga ezisemfuleni wakwaBhen-hinom, ukuze babacandisele uMoleki* oonyana babo neentombi zabo, into endingabawiselanga mthetho ngayo, engathanga qatha entliziyweni yam, ukuba bawenze loo masikizi, ukuze bawenze one amaYuda.