14 Inkhosi Sedekiya yase itsi akulandvwe Jeremiya, umphrofethi, yatsi akaletfwe esangweni lesitsatfu lelithempeli laSimakadze, yatsi kuJeremiya: “Ngitawubuta lutfo. Ungafihli lutfo kimi.”
Inkhosi yaphendvula yatsi: “Ngitakubuta umbuzo, wena-ke ngitjele lonkhe liciniso.” Lomfati watsi: “Inkhosi yami ngicela kutsi ikhulume.”
nekudla labekudla etafuleni lakhe, nekuhlaliswa kwetindvuna takhe, netembatfo tetinceku takhe, netebaphatsi betindzebe takhe tekunatsa, neminikelo yekushiswa labeyenta ethempelini laSimakadze, yamangala yaphela emandla.
Inkhosi Ahabi yatsi kuye: “Ngitakutjela kangaki kutsi ungangitjeli lutfo lolunye ngaphandle kweliciniso egameni laSimakadze?”
Yatsatsa nalendvundvuma leyayakhiwe ethempelini, yesusa naletitebhisi tekungena inkhosi letatingephandle ethempelini laSimakadze, yentela kutincengela enkhosini yase-Asiriya.
Simakadze watsi: “Impela ngiyawukukhululela injongo lenhle, impela ngiyawukwenta titsa takho titincengele kuwe, ngetikhatsi tenhlekelele nangetikhatsi tenjabhiso.
Inkhosi Sedekiya wase uyatfumela kutsi akalandvwe aletfwe kuye esigodlweni, lapho wafike wambuta ngasense, watsi: “Likhona yini livi lelivela kuSimakadze?” Jeremiya waphendvula watsi: “Yebo, likhona, litsi: Wena utawuniketelwa enkhosini yaseBhabhulona.”
kutsi nenta siphosiso lesesabekako ngesikhatsi ningitfuma kuSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wenu, natsi: ‘Sithandazele kuSimakadze wetfu; sitjele konkhe lakushoko, sitakwenta.’