11. Yare hoba Mmikiya, mora wa Gemariya, setloholo sa Shafane, a utlwe mantswe wohle a Morena a tswang bukeng,
12. a theohela tlung ya kgosi, a kena ka kamoreng ya mongodi wa puso. Ka teng a fumana mahosana wohle a dutse, e leng: Eleshama, eo e neng e le mongodi wa puso, le Delaya, mora wa Shemaya, le Elenathane, mora wa Akabore, le Gemariya, mora wa Shafane, le Sedekiya, mora wa Hananiya, le mahosana a mang wohle.
13. Yaba Mmikiya o ba bolella mantswe wohle ao a a utlwileng a balwa ke Baruke bukeng, moo setjhaba sohle se ntseng se utlwa.
14. Ka baka leo, mahosana wohle a roma Jehudi, mora wa Netaniya, setloholo sa Shelemiya, setloholwana sa Kushi, ho Baruke, a re: “Nka buka eo o ileng wa e balla setjhaba, o tle le yona kwano.” Yaba Baruke, mora wa Neriya, o nka buka, o ya ho mahosana.
15. Mahosana a re ho yena: “Dula fatshe, o re balle buka, re utlwe.” Baruke a a balla yona.
16. Yare hoba mahosana a utlwe mantswe ao wohle, a shebana a tshohile haholo, a re: “Ruri re tla tsebisa kgosi ditaba tsena tsohle!”
17. Mahosana a botsa Baruke, a re: “Ako re bolelle: Mantswe aa ao o a ngotseng a tswa kae? Na a tswa molomong wa Jeremia?”
18. Baruke a araba mahosana, a re: “Jeremia o ile a bua mantswe ana wohle ho nna, yaba nna ke a ngola bukeng ena ka enke.”