Kubehlele njengokwesaga esiqinisileyo esithi : Inja yabuyela ebuhlanzweni bayo, nokuthi: Ingulube igezwe qede yaphindela ukuzibhixa odakeni.

Wangikhipha emgodini wokubhujiswa odakeni lobishi , wamisa izinyawo zami edwaleni, waqinisa izinyathelo zami.

Ngikhiphe odakeni , mangingashoni; mangisindiswe kubo abangizondayo , nasemanzini alutwa.

Ngishone odakeni lobishi olujulileyo , kungekho kuma; ngingene emanzini alutwa; imisinga iyangicwilisa.

Benza ukuphila kwabo kwaba munyu ngemisebenzi esindayo odakeni nasezitinini, nangemisebenzi yonke yasendle , yebo, yonke imisebenzi yabo ababebakhonzisa ngayo.

Zase zimthatha uJeremiya , zamphonsa emgodini kaMalikhiya indodana yenkosi owawusegcekeni letilongo , bamehlisa uJeremiya ngezintambo . Emgodini kwakungekho manzi, udaka lodwa; uJeremiya washona odakeni.

Thatha ngesandla sakho amatshe amakhulu , uwashiqele odakeni kuhonela ongasemnyango wendlu kaFaro eThahipanesi emehlweni abantu bakwaJuda,

Ungiphonsile odakeni; sengifana nothuli nomlotha.

Ingaphansi lakhe linjengez indengezi ezibukhali ; uyenaba njengesibhuqo odakeni.

Zikhelele amanzi okuvinjezelwa , uqinise izinqaba zakho ; ngena odakeni , uxove ibumba, uqinise uhonela.