¹ Yawe andangile fimo. Monenio, imiseke iya makunyu yabikilwe pantanshi ye tempele lyakwa Yawe. Ici monwa cacitike panuma Nebukadinesari, imfumu yaku Babiloni, asendele bunkole Yekonia umwana mwaume wakwa Yehoyakumi, imfumu yaku Yuda, bafilolo bakwa Yuda, bakabasa wa fyakubasa basa kabili nabaka fula wafyela ukufuma ku Yerusalemu no kubaleta. ² Umuseke umo uwa makunyu wali uusuma, kwati makunyu yakubalilapo ukuswa, lelo umuseke umbi uwa makunyu wali uwa bipisha icakuti teti yaliwe nokuliwa. ³ Yawe atile kuli ine, " Cinshi wamona, Yeremia?" naine natile, "Amakunyu. Amakunyu ayawamisha na makunyu aya bipisha ayo teti balyee." ⁴ Elyo ishiwi lyakwa Yawe lyaishile kuli ine, lyatile, ⁵ "Yawe, Lesa wakwa Israeli, alanda ifi: Ine nkalolesha paba tamfiwa bakwa Yuda pa bukumu bwabo, kwatifye niyalya yene amakunyu yasuma, abatamfiwa abo natamfishe muli ino ncende ukuya ku calo caku Kaludea. ⁶ Ine nkatuma amenso yandi pali bena pafyakulya nokubabwesesha muli cino calo. Ine nkabemya, kabili nshaka bashonaule. Ine nkabalimba, kabili nshakabanukule. ⁷ Elyo nkabapela umuti wakwishiba ine, pantu ndi Yawe. Bakaba abantu bandi naine nkaba Lesa wabo, eico bakabwelela kuli ine nomutima wabo. ⁸ Lelo palwa makunyu yabi ayo tabengalya -ifi efyo Yawe alanda -nkacita muli iyi inshila Sedekia imfumu ya Yuda, nabafilolo bakwe, na bashala mu Yerusalemu abashala muli cino calo nangu ukuya no kwikala mu calo ca Egypti. ⁹ Ine nkabalula ukuba icakutinya, icinkukuma, mu menso ya mubufumu yonse pano isonde, umusebanya kabili ukweba ulwa, ukuwelwa, ne fitipu mu ncende umo naba salanganishisha. ¹⁰ Ine nkatuma ulupanga, icipowe, ne cinkunka pali bena, mpaka bakonaulwe ukufuma mu calo ico nabapele ne fikolwe fyabo."