¹ Ulungile, Simakadze, noma kunini mangiletsa tincabano kuwe. Kufanele ngekuciniseka ngikutjele sizatfu sami sekubalisa: Leni tindlela talaba khohlakele tiphumelela? Bonkhe bantfu labete lukholo baya phumelela. ² Wabahlanyela babese bona batsatsa timphandze. Bayachubeka batsela titselo. Udvutane kibo emilonyeni yabo, kepha ukhashane kunetinhlitiyo tabo. ³ Kepha wena, Simakadze, uyangati. Uyangibona futsi uyayi vivinya inhlitiyo yami ngalokubhekene nawe. Bakhweshise lana njenge timvu tiyohlatshwa, ubese uyabahlukanisela lilanga lekuhlatshwa! ⁴ Kutawuba sikhatsi esinganani kute lendzawo isale ilibala nalo tjani emasimini ubune? Ngoba labo labahlala kiwo bakhohlakele, tilwane kanye netinyoni setitsanyelekile, ngoba labantfu batsite, ''Angeke abone kutsi kwentekani kitsi.'' ⁵ Simakadze utse, ''Ngekuciniseka, uma wena, Jeremiya, igijime ngetinyawo nemasotja futsi seka kudzinisiwe, ungancintiselana njani nema hhashi? Uma uwela phasi endzaweni lephephile ngase makhaya, utawenta njani emahlatsini usahamba ngase Jodani. ⁶ Ngoba nabo mnakenu kanye nemundeni weyise wakho ukulahlile phindze bakusole embikwesive. Ungatsembeli kibo, noma bangasho tintfo letinhle kiwo. ⁷ Ngiyilahlile indlu yami; ngashiya lifa lami. Nginikelele bantfu bami lengiba tsandzako esandleni sesitsa sabo. ⁸ Lifa lami kimi selifanana nelibhubesi ehlatsini, utilungisela ine ngelivi lakhe, kungako ngimunyanya. ⁹ Ngabe lutfo lwami lelibitako alikabi yinyoni ledliwa nguletinye, letinye tinyoni tekutingela tiyamutungeletela? Hamba ubutsise tonkhe tilo tasendle ubese utiletsa kuye atodidla. ¹⁰ Labanengi belusi basibhubhisile sivandze sami semagelebisi. Bayatsele incenye yami yendzawo, bagucule indzawo yami letselako yaba lihlane. ¹¹ Bamente waba indzawo leyodvwa. Ngitamu tilela, uyedvwa. Yonkhe lendzao yentiwe yaba yodvwana, ngoba kute loyitsatsako ayifake enhlitiyweni. ¹² Babhubhisi sebachamukile betele yonke indzawo lelihlane, ngoba inkemba yaSimakadze iyaba bhubhisa kusukela ekugcineni kwendzawo kuya kulenye. Kute kuphepha endzaweni yalokuphilako. ¹³ Bahlanyele emabele kepha bavua emanyeva. Bakhatsele ngumusebenti kepha kute aba kutfolako. Ngakoke yiba nemahloni ngeku zuza ngenca yelulaka la Simakadze.'' ¹⁴ Simakadze usho loko kubo bonkhe boma khelwane bami, laba kholakele labahlasela sikhundla lengasentela bantfu bai baka Israyeli kutsi basimukele. ''Bona, ngimi lotaba susa endzaweni yabo, ngiphindze ngikhiphe indlu yaka Juda emukhatsisini kwabo. ¹⁵ Ngemuva kwaloko bese ngikhipha letive leto, kutawenteka kutsi ngibe neluvelo kibo bese ngiyaba buyisa; ngitaba buyisa-iyinye indvodza efeni layo kanye nase ndzaweni yakhe. ¹⁶ Kutawufika ngesikhatsi lapho leto tive tifudzisisa kahle tindlela tebantfu bami, tifungwe ngelibito lami 'Njengobe Simakadze aphila njengobe bafundzise bantfu bami kufunga nga Bhali, laphoke batawakhiwa emukhatsisini webantfu bami. ¹⁷ Kepha uma banga laleli, laphoke ngitawusikhipha lesive. Neku ciniseka sitawukhishwa siphindze sibulawe-lona ngumubiko wa Simakadze