5 Jehoshafati wasukuma wema embikwesive sakaJuda nesaseJerusalema, ethempelini laSimakadze embikwelibala lelisha,
“Nangabe sive sakho siphuma imphi siyekulwa netitsa taso, nome ngukuphi lapho usiyisa khona, bese sikhuleka kuSimakadze sibheke kulelidolobha lolikhetsile, nakulelithempeli lesengilakhile, ngalakhela Libito lakho,
Sonkhe sive sakaJuda sahlangana ndzawonye satawucela lusito kuSimakadze; yebo, savele satseleka siphuma kuwo onkhe emadolobha akaJuda kutawumcela.
watsi: “Yebo, Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wabokhokho, wena awusiye yini Nkulunkulu losezulwini? Ubusa yonkhe imibuso yetive temhlaba. Emandla nemagunya kusesandleni sakho, futsi kute longamelana nawe.
Inkhosi yema eceleni kwensika yayo yavusetela sivumelwane embikwaSimakadze, yavuma kulandzela Simakadze nekugcina imiyalo yakhe, nemitsetfo yakhe, kanye netimiso takhe, ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yayo, nangawo wonkhe umphefumulo wayo, nekulalela emavi esivumelwane labhalwe kulencwadzi.
Jeremiya wase uyancandzeka esuka eThofethi, lapho abetfunywe khona nguSimakadze kutsi ayewuphrofetha, wema esibuyeni selithempeli laSimakadze wakhuluma kubantfu watsi: