¹ Pashur indvodzana ya-Immer, umpristi—lona lalilikhulu emkhatsini wabo—wamfuna Jeremia aphrofetha lamavi phambi kwendlu yaSimakadze. ² Ngako Pashur washaya Jeremia umphrofethi wamfaka emakhamandzeni lasemnyango lophezulu lwaseBenjamini endlini yaSimakadze. ³ Kwatsi ngelilanga lelilandzelako Pashur wakhipha Jeremia emakhamandzeni. Jeremia watsi kuye: "Simakadze akasabiti ngekutsi nguPashur kodvwa nguMagor-Misabibi. ⁴ Ngobe Simakadze utsi: ‘Ngibona, ngizokwenta ube yintfo levusa kuhlupeka, wena nemndeni wakho lonjene. Nani nonke niyowela ngekuhlatshwa ngekrele lemalandza wenu, namehlo akho ayawubona. Ngizonika lonkhe lakwaJuda esandleni senkhosi yaseBhabhulona, ayotfumba abe yisigcili eBhabhulona noma abahlasele ngekrele. ⁵ Ngizonika yonkhe ingcebo yaleli dolobha nemisebenti yalo, tonkhe tintfo letibalulekile netiphepha tebonkhe benkhosi bakwaJuda. Ngizotibeka esandleni setilandza takho, tizotigcogcomela. Tizotithatha titfumise eBhabhulona. ⁶ Kodvwa wena Pashur nemndeni wakho wonkhe niyoya niyositfumba. Niyoya eBhabhulona nifelapho. Wena nemndeni wakho wonkhe lapho nibe nikhuluma tinkhulumo temanga niyongcwatshwa khona.’” ⁷ “Nkulunkulu wami, ungiphuphise wangidukisa. Wangiphikisa wangiphumelela. Ngibe ngumuntfu lohlekisako nsuku zonkhe, wonkhe umuntfu uyangihlekisa. ⁸ Ngobe njalo lapho ngikhuluma, ngimemeza ngitsi: ‘Budlova nokucekelwa phansi.’ Leligama laSimakadze ligcina lingihlambalaza lingihlekisa nsuku zonkhe. ⁹ Uma ngitsi: ‘Angisafuni kucabanga ngaSimakadze, angisafuni kuphrofetha egameni lakhe,’ bese kuba njengemlilo lohamba ngaphakathi kimi, uvalelwe emathanjeni ami. Ngilwa naye kodvwa angikwati kumelana naye. ¹⁰ Ngilalele abantu labanyenti batsi: ‘Budlova!’ ‘Mtsetse! Simtsetse!’ Bonkhe labangetulu kwami balindzele kutsi ngiphahlameke. ‘Mhlawumbe angadukiswa, ngako singamphumelela siphindze siziphindzelele.’ ¹¹ Kodvwa Simakadze unami njengempi losabekako, ngako labangilandzelayo bayokhathala. Abanikwati ukungiphumelela. Bayodzima kakhulu ngobe abanikwati kuphumelela. Bayohlala benemahloni, lokungeke bakhohlwe. ¹² Kodvwa wena Simakadze wemabutfo, uhlola labalungile ubone inhlitiyo nemqondo. Ngibone kuvuselela kwakho ngobe ngikubekile licala lami. ¹³ Hlabelelani Simakadze! Dumisani Simakadze! Ngobe usindzise labacindzetelweko esandleni salababi. ¹⁴ Lelilanga lengizalwa kulo malingalahlwa. Lelilanga umame langizalela kulo malingabi ngalusisi. ¹⁵ Umuntfu latsi kubabe wami: ‘Uzalelwe indvodza,’ wenta kutsi kube nemutsi lomkhulu, lowo muntfu malingalahlwa. ¹⁶ Lowo muntfu makabe njengemadolobha laSimakadze lawachitha angawesabi. Makalale umsindvo ekuseni nekukhala ngesikhatsi semini, ¹⁷ ngobe bekangangibulali esiswini, ngaba ngumgodi wangimame, nesisu sakhe besingahlali sithwala. ¹⁸ Kungani ngaphuma esiswini ngibone budlova nenkathazo? Emihla yami yonke iba yinhlekelele ngekuhlazeka.”