23 kwatsi wona lamadvodza lamatsatfu, aboshisisiwe, akhalakatsiselwa ekhatsi emalangabini alomlilo lowesabekako nalohhumako.
Lolungile uhlala ajingwe tinhlupheko letinyenti, kodvwa Simakadze umkhulula kuto tonkhe,
Nawudzabula ekhatsi emantini, mine ngitawuba nawe; nanawudzabula ekhatsi emifuleni, ingeke ikukhukhule. Nawuhamba udzabula ekhatsi emlilweni, ngeke ushe, emalangabi ngeke akulumekele.
Ngako batsatsa Jeremiya bamfaka emgodzini wakaMalkhiya, umntfwanenkhosi, lowawusekhatsi esibuyeni sabogadzi. Jeremiya bamehlisa ngetindophi, bamehlisela emgodzini, noko wawute emanti lapha kuwo, kwakuneludzaka nje. Jeremiya watika kuloludzaka.
Lendvuna yawetsa emabito lamasha: Danyela yatsi nguBhelteshasari, Hananiya yatsi nguShadraki, Mishayeli yatsi nguMeshaki, Azariya yatsi ngu-Abednego.
Inkhosi Nebukhadnezari yagcuma yema ngetinyawo imangele, yabuta labeluleki bayo, yatsi: “Abengematsatfu yini lamadvodza lesiwabophe sawajikijela lapha ekhatsi emlilweni?” Bayiphendvula, batsi: “Impela, nkhosi, kunjalo.”
Ngobe lolusizi lwetfu luncane futsi lwesikhashana, lusilungiselela inkhatimulo lengenawulinganiswa, yaphakadze.
bacima emandla emlilo, baphepha enkembeni, baphiwa emandla ebutsakatsakeni, baba ngemachawe ekulweni timphi, badzimate baticosha timphi tebetive.