nganikela incwadi yokuthenga kuBaruki indodana kaNeriya kaMahaseya ngaphambi kukaHanameli indodana kababekazi naphambi kofakazi ababelobe incwadi yokuthenga naphambi kwabo bonke abaJuda ababehlala egcekeni letilongo.

Ngalokho zonke izikhulu zathuma uJehudi indodana kaNethaniya kaShelemiya kaKushi kuBaruki , zathi: Umqulu owufundileyo ezindlebeni zabantu wuthathe ngesandla sakho , uze nawo . UBaruki indodana kaNeriya wawuthatha umqulu ngesandla sakhe, weza kuzo.

Kwathi lapho sezizwile onke amazwi , zaphendukelana ngokwesaba, kwaba yileso naleso kumakhelwane waso , zathi kuBaruki : Siyakuyitshela nokuyitshela inkosi lawa mazwi.

Zase zithi izikhulu kuBaruki : Hamba ucashe, wena noJeremiya , kungazi muntu lapho nikhona.

Izwi uJeremiya , umprofethi, alikhuluma kuBaruki, indodana kaNeriya , ekulobeni kwakhe lawa mazwi encwadini, ewathatha emlonyeni kaJeremiya, ngomnyaka wesine kaJehoyakimi , indodana kaJosiya , inkosi yakwaJuda , lokuthi: