1. Nalu udaba lukaJeremiya, unyana kaHilekiya, owayengomnye wababingeleli baseAnatoti kummandla wakwaBhenjamin.
2. Lamfikela ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo uJeremiya kunyaka weshumi elinantathu uJosiya unyana ka-Amon engukumkani kwelakwaJuda,
3. nangexesha likaJoyakim unyana kaJosiya ukumkani wakwaJuda, kwada kwangunyaka weshumi elinanye uZedekiya unyana kaJosiya elawula kwaJuda, bada abantu baseJerusalem bathinjwa ngenyanga yesihlanu.
4. Lavakala kum ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo lisithi:
5. “Ndakwazi ndingekakubumbi esizalweni sonyoko;ndazahlulela wena ungekazalwa,ndakwalatha ukuba ube ngumshumayeli kwiintlanga.”