1 Mine ngingumuntfu lokubonile kuhlupheka ngendvuku yelulaka lwaSimakadze.
“Mane sale ningihawukela, bangani bami, mane sale nihawukela mine, sandla saNkulunkulu singinhlakayile.
Emalanga ami anjengesitfunti sentsambama, ngiyabuna njengetjani.
Nguwe lowentile kutsi ngibone tinsizi letinyenti naletibuhlungu, wangihlumelelisa futsi; wabuye wangimonyula ekujuleni kwemhlaba, wangikhiphela ngetulu kwawo.
Lulaka lwakho luyangisindza. Emagagasi akho ayangicindzetela. Cabanga.
Yedzelelwa yaliwa bantfu, umuntfu wetinsizi labekwetayele kuhlupheka. Njengemuntfu bantfu labangafuni kumbuka, yedzelelwa, asizange siyishaye mkhuba.
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.
Tayihola embili yonkhe: emadvodza, nebafati, nebantfwana, nemadvodzakati enkhosi, Nebuzaradani, indvuna yabomahlalesangweni, abewashiye naGedaliya, umsa wa-Ahikamu, umsa waShafani, tahamba naboJeremiya, umphrofethi, naBharuki, umsa waNeriya.
Njengobe bantfu bami bayabhujiswa, nami ngiyabhujiswa; ngiyalila, nekwesaba kuyangintfonya.