1 Ngingumuntu obone ukuhlupheka ngentonga yolaka lweNkosi.
1 Yimi umuntu olubonileyo usizi ngenxa yoswazi lokuthukuthela kukaThixo.
Ngihawukelani, ngihawukelani, lina bangane bami! Ngoba isandla sikaNkulunkulu singithintile.
Insuku zami zinjengethunzi lakusihlwa, ngiyabuna njengotshani.
Wena ongizwise inhlupheko ezinengi ezibuhlungu, uzakungivuselela futhi, ungikhuphe futhi enzikini yomhlaba.
Kuyangisinda kakhulu ukuthukuthela kwakho, lamavinqo akho wonke ayangibandezela phansi.
Yadelelwa, yaliwa ngabantu, yaba ngumuntu wezinhlupheko, ijwayele usizi; yaba njengomuntu owenza abantu ukuba bangamkhangeli, yeyiswa, kasiyinanzanga.
Basebemthatha uJeremiya, bamphosela emgodini kaMalikiya indodana yenkosi, owawusegumeni labalindi, bamehlisela phakathi ngamagoda. Umgodi wawungelamanzi, kodwa wawugcwele udaka. UJeremiya watshona odakeni.
amadoda, labafazi, labantwana, amadodakazi enkosi, bonke abantu uNebuzaradani induna yabalindi ayebatshiye kuGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu, indodana kaShafani; bathatha loJeremiya umprofethi loBaruki indodana kaNeriya.
Ngokulimala kwabantu bami inhliziyo yami ilimele, ngiyakhala, lokudabuka kungehlele.