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.
15. Abathetheli bamqumbela uYeremiya, bambetha, bamfaka endlwini yababanjwa, endlwini yombhali uYonatan; ngokuba babeyenze intolongo.
16. Xa uYeremiya ebengenile endlwini engumhadi, ezingontsini, wahlala khona uYeremiya imihla emininzi.
17. Uthe ke ukumkani uZedekiya wathumela, wamthabatha; ukumkani wambuza endlwini yakhe ngasese, wathi, Kukho lizwi na liphuma kuYehova? Wathi uYeremiya, Likho; wathi, Ùya kunikelwa esandleni sokumkani waseBhabheli.
18. Wathi uYeremiya kukumkani uZedekiya, Ndoné ngantoni na kuwe, nakubakhonzi bakho, nakwaba bantu, ukuba nindifake entolongweni nje?
19. Baphi na ke abaprofeti benu ababeprofeta kuni, besithi, Ukumkani waseBhabheli akayi kunifikela nina, nalo eli lizwe?