18 Ndipho mfalume achimjibu hiye mchetu achimuamba, “Nalonda nikuuze swali nawe usinifwitse hata neno.” Naye mchetu achiamba, “Bwana wangu mfalume na aniuze.”
Ndipho mimi mtumishio nchiona, ‘Neno ra bwana wangu mfalume rindaoyeza nafsi yangu,’ mana uwe u dza malaika wa Mlungu ambaye anaweza kumanya garigo manono na garigo mai. Naye Mwenyezi Mlungu, Mlunguo na akale phamwenga nawe.”
Mfalume achiamba, “Dze, mambo higa gosi, kukahendahumwa ni Joabu?” Hiye mchetu wamjibu achimuamba, “Kpwa kpweli, bwana wangu mfalume, ukagomba kpweli mana mtumishio Joabu ndiye achiyenilagiza nedze nigombe maneno higa gosi.
Phahi mfalume Zedekiya wahuma atu akamuhale nabii Jeremia, nao achimreha mryango wa hahu wa nyumba ya Mwenyezi Mlungu. Ye mfalume achimuamba Jeremia, “Ndakuuza swali nami navoya usinifwitse chitu.”
Ichikala nyo vilongozi andasikira kukala nkabisha nawe na edze akuambe, ‘Huambire go uchigogomba na ye mfalume, usihufwitse naswi tahundakuolaga,’