8 uEbedimeleki waphuma esigodlweni waya enkosini,
8 u-Ebhedi-Meleki waphuma esigodlweni wathi kuyo,
Ngoba uZedekiya inkosi yakoJuda wayemvalele khona esithi: Kungani utshumayela usithi: INkosi ithi: Lumuzi ngiwunikela esandleni senkosi yaseBabiloni, izakuwuthumba;
Kwathi uEbedimeleki umEtiyopiya umthenwa, owayesebenza esigodlweni, esizwa ukuthi bamphosele emgodini uJeremiya, inkosi yayihlezi ithetha amacala eSangweni lakoBenjamini,
wathi: Nkosi yami, abantu laba benzile okubi ngakho konke abakwenze kuJeremiya umprofethi, ngoba bamphosele emgodini, uzabulawa yindlala ngoba kakusekho ukudla emzini.
Ngubani uNkulunkulu onjengawe, othethelela isono sabantu bakhe abaseleyo ayekele isiphambeko sabo na? Kathukutheli kokuphela, ngoba uthokoza ngothando olungapheliyo.