4. UYeremiya ke ubengena ephuma phakathi kwabantu, bengekamfaki entolongweni.
5. Ke kaloku impi kaFaro ibiphume eYiputa; aziva iindaba zayo amaKaledi abeyingqinga iYerusalem, esuka emka eYerusalem.
6. Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kuYeremiya umprofeti, lisithi,
7. Utsho uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi, Yitshoni kukumkani wakwaYuda, onithume ukuza kubuzisa kum, ukuthi, Yabonani, impi kaFaro ephume isiza ukuninceda, iya kubuyela zweni layo eYiputa;
8. abuye ke amaKaledi, alwe naló mzi, awuthimbe, awutshise ngomlilo.
9. Utsho uYehova ukuthi, Musani ukuzikhohlisa ngokwenu, nisithi, Aya kumka kanye kuthi amaKaledi; ngokuba akayi kumka.
10. Inene, nibe ningafanelana niyixabele impi yonke yamaKaledi alwayo nani, kwasala kuyo amadoda aziingxwelera; abeya kuvuka elowo ententeni yakhe, awutshise lo mzi ngomlilo.
11. Kwathi, ekumkeni kwempi yamaKaledi eYerusalem ngenxa yempi kaFaro,
12. waphuma uYeremiya eYerusalem, esiya ezweni lakwaBhenjamin, ukuba athabathe khona isahlulelo sakhe phakathi kwabantu.
13. Kwathi, esesangweni lakwaBhenjamin, ekhona nomphathi-balindi, ogama linguIriya unyana kaShelemiya, unyana kaHananiya, wambamba uYeremiya umprofeti, esithi, Ùphambela kumaKaledi.
14. Wathi uYeremiya, Ùyaxoka; andiphambeli kumaKaledi. Ke àkamphulaphula; uIriya wambamba uYeremiya, wamsa kubathetheli.