2 lathi: INkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi kuwe Baruki:
2 “UThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi kuwe, Bharukhi:
ekuhluphekeni kwabo konke. Kabakhululwanga yisigijimi loba yisithunywa, kodwa yabasilisa yona uqobo; ngothando lwayo langesihawu sayo yabahlenga, yabaphakamisa, yabathwala zonke insuku zakuqala.
Ilizwi uJeremiya umprofethi alikhuluma kuBaruki indodana kaNeriya, ekulobeni kwakhe lamazwi encwadini, uJeremiya emtshela wona, ngomnyaka wesine wokubusa kukaJehoyakimi indodana kaJosiya, inkosi yakoJuda,
Uthi wena: Maye mina! ngoba iNkosi yengezelela usizi ebuhlungwini bami, sengikhathele yikukhala, kangifumani ukuphumula.
Kodwa hambani, litshele abafundi bakhe kanye loPetro ukuthi uzakulandulela ukuya eGalili, lizakumbona khona, njengokutsho kwakhe kini.
osiduduza ekuhluphekeni kwethu konke, ukuze sibe lamandla okududuza abasekuhluphekeni ngenduduzo esiduduzwa ngayo thina nguNkulunkulu.
Kodwa uNkulunkulu oduduza abadanileyo wasiduduza ngokufika kukaTitosi,
Ngoba lokhu wahlupheka yena uqobo elingwa, ulamandla okusiza abalingwayo.
Ngoba kasilaye umpristi omkhulu ongelakuzwelana lobuthakathaka bethu, kodwa owalingwa kukho konke njengathi, kanti kalasono.