16 “Emvakwekutsi lencwadzisivumelwane yekutsenga sengiyinike Bharuki, umsa waNeriya, ngathandaza kuSimakadze, ngatsi:
Yebo Simakadze, wena uhlala ungcwele, nangiletsa indzaba embikwakho. Noko ngifuna kukhuluma nawe macondzana nekwehlulela kwakho. Kwentiwa yini kutsi indlela yalomubi iphumelele? Kwentiwa yini kutsi labangaketsembeki bahlale kahle bakhululekile?
Ngakunika Bharuki, umsa waNeriya, umsa waMahaseya, embikwemzala wami Hanameli nabofakazi lababesayine lencwadzi, nasembikwawo onkhe emaJuda labehleti esibuyeni sabogadzi.
Naku Jeremiya, umphrofethi, lakutjela Bharuki, umsa waNeriya, ngemnyaka wesine wekubusa kwaJehoyakimu, umsa waJosaya, inkhosi yakaJuda, emvakwekutsi Bharuki asabhale encwadzini legocotwako emavi Jeremiya labemtjele wona, watsi: