3 Zedekiya mfalume wa Juda waihala yo baruwa achimupha Eleasa mwana wa Shafani na Gamario mwana wa Hilikiya aphiye nayo kpwa Nebukadineza, mfalume wa Babeli. Baruwa yenye yaandikpwa hivi:
Ariphomuiha mfalume, yetuluka kpwedzaphundza ni Eliakimu mwana wa Hilikiya ambaye kala ni muimirizi wa nyumba ya mfalume, muandishi Shebuna na Joa mwana wa Asafu, muiki wa vitabu vya kumbukumbu.
Mfalume achimlagiza mlavyadzi-sadaka Hilikiya, Ahikamu mwana wa Shafani, Akibori mwana wa Mikaya, muandishi Shafani na Asaya mtumishi wa mfalume, achiamba,
Hilikiya, mlavyadzi-sadaka mkpwulu, achimuamba muandishi Shafani, “Nkatsola chitabu cha Shariya ndani ya yo nyumba ya Mwenyezi Mlungu.” Chisha Hilikiya achimupha Shafani cho chitabu, naye achichisoma.
alagiza Jeremia atuluzwe kula muhala wa arindzi, achimuika tsini ya urindzi wa Gedalia mwana wa Ahikamu, mdzukulu wa Shafani amuuyize kpwao. Ndipho Jeremia achendasagala na atu a kpwao.
Pho mbere za yo michoro kala phaimire atumia a Aiziraeli mirongo sabaa na Jaazania mwana wa Shafani kala a phamwenga nao. Chila mmwenga kala akagbwiririra chetezo, na mosi wenye kungu nono ya mavumba kala unafuka kuphiya dzulu.