1. Shefathia, mora Matthane, le Gedalia, mora Pashkure, le Jukale, mora Shelemia, le Pashkure, mora Malkia, ba utlwa mantswe ao Jeremia a neng a ntse a a bolella setjhaba kaofela, a re:
2. Ho itswe ke Jehova: Ya salang motseng ona o tla shwa ke lerumo, kapa ke tlala, kapa ke lefu le sewa; empa ya tswelang ho Bakalde o tla phela, mme bophelo ba hae o tla ikgapela bona, a tle a nne a phele.
3. Ho itswe ke Jehova: Motse ona o tla neelwa ruri matleng a makgotla a morena wa Babilona, mme o tla o kena.
4. Yaba baholo ba re ho morena: Motho eo a ke a bolawe; hobane o ntse a fokodisa matsoho a bahlabani ba sa setseng motseng ona, le matsoho a setjhaba kaofela, ka ho ba bolella taba tse jwalo; hobane motho eo ha a batlele setjhaba sena molemo, empa e le kotsi.
5. Yaba morena Tsedekia o re: Bonang, o matsohong a lona, hobane morena a ke ke a ba le matla ho lona.
6. Ba tshwara Jeremia, ba mo lahlela lemeneng la Malkia, mora morena, le neng le le lebaleng la ntlo ya teronko; ba theolela Jeremia teng ka marapo; ho ne ho se metsi lemeneng, empa le le seretse, mme Jeremia a tetebela seretseng.
7. Yaba Ebede-Meleke, Moethiopia, molebedi ya neng a le ka tlung ya morena, o utlwa hobane ba lahletse Jeremia lemeneng; mme morena o ne a dutse monyako wa Benjamine.
8. Yaba Ebede-Meleke o tswa tlung ya morena, a ya bua le morena, a re:
9. Monga ka, morena, batho bao ba entse hampe ha ba entse moporofeta Jeremia jwalo, ba mo lahletse lemeneng; o se a ya shwa ke tlala moo a leng teng, hobane ho se ho se le bohobe motseng.
10. Yaba Morena o laela Ebede-Meleke, Moethiopia, a re: Inkele batho ba mashome a mararo mona, o nyolle moporofeta Jeremia lemeneng, a eso ho shwe.
11. Yaba Ebede-Meleke o inkela batho bao, a ya ka tlung ya morena, katlasa kamore ya polokelo, a inkela ditsiba le dikatana tse onetseng, mme a di theolela ho Jeremia, ka lemeneng, ka marapo.
12. Mme Ebede-Meleke, Moethiopia, a bolella Jeremia, a re: Hlo o bee ditsiba le dikatana tse onetseng katlasa mahafi a hao, katlasa marapo. Jeremia a etsa jwalo.