¹Zvino Zedhekia mwanakomana waJosiya wakabata ushe ari mambo panzvimbo yaKonia mwanakomana waJehoiakimu, wakange apiwa ushe munyika yaJudha naNebhukadhirezari mambo waBhabhironi.

²Asi iye, kunyange varanda vake, kana vanhu venyika, havana kuteerera mashoko aJehovha, aakataura nomuporofita Jeremiya.

³Zvino mambo Zedhekia wakatuma Jehukari mwanakomana waSheremiya, naZefaniya mwanakomana womupristi Maaseia, kumuporofita Jeremiya, achiti, Tinyengeterere hako zvino kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu.

⁴Zvino Jeremiya wakange achingopinda nokubuda hake pakati pavanhu, nekuti vakanga vachigere kumusunga mutirongo.

⁵Hondo yaFarao yakanga yabvawo Egipita; zvino vaKaradhea, vakanga vakakomba Jerusaremu, vakati vachinzwa zvavo, vakarega kukomba Jerusaremu.

⁶Ipapo shoko raJehovha rakasvika kumuporofita Jeremiya, richiti,

⁷Zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, itiyi kuna mambo waJudha wakakutumai kuzondibvunza, Tarirai, hondo yaFarao, yakauya kuzokubatsirai, ichadzokera Egipita kunyika yavo.

⁸VaKaradhea vachauyazve vachirwa neguta rino; vacharikunda, nokuripisa nomoto.

⁹Zvanzi naJehovha, Musazvinyengera henyu, muchiti, Zvirokwazvo, vaKaradhea vachabva kwatiri, nekuti havangabvi.

¹⁰nekuti kunyange maikunda henyu hondo yose yavaKaradhea, vanorwa nemi, kukangosara kwavari vanhu vakakuvadzwa chete, kunyange zvakadaro vaisimuka, mumwe nomumwe mutende rake vakapisa guta rino nomoto.

¹¹Zvino hondo yavaKaradhea yakati yarega kukomba Jerusaremu nemhaka yokutya hondo yaFarao,

¹²Jeremiya akabuda Jerusaremu achida kuenda kunyika yavaBhenjamini, kuzopiwa mugove wakepo pakati pavanhu vake.

¹³Zvino wakati ari pasuwo raBhenjamini, mumwe mukuru wavarindi akasvikapo, wainzi Irija mwanakomana waSheremiya, mwanakomana waHanania, iye akabata muporofita Jeremiya, achiti, Iwe wotishandukira uchienda kuvaKaradhea.

¹⁴Jeremiya akati, Inhema, handikushandukiriyi ndichienda kuvaKaradhea. Asi haana kumuteerera; ipapo Irija akabata Jeremiya, akandomuisa kumachinda.

¹⁵Machinda akaitira Jeremiya hasha, akamurova, ndokumuisa mutirongo mumba momunyori Jonatani; nekuti vakanga vaiita tirongo.

¹⁶Zvino Jeremiya wakati apinda mutirongo yegomba, nomumakamuri ayo, Jeremiya akagaramo mazuva mazhinji,

¹⁷mambo Zedhekia akatuma nhume kuzomutora, mambo akamubvunza chinyararire mumba make, achiti, Kune shoko rinobva kuna Jehovha here? Jeremiya akati, Ririko. Akatiwo, Imi muchaiswa muruoko rwamambo weBhabhironi.

¹⁸Jeremiya akatiwo kuna mambo Zedhekia, Ndakakutadzirai neiko, imi, kana varanda venyu, kana vanhu ava, zvamakandisunga mutirongo?

¹⁹Ko zvino vaporofita venyu varipi, ivo vaikuporofitirai, vachiti, Mambo weBhabhironi haangauyi kuzorwa nemi, kana kurwa nenyika ino?

²⁰Zvino chidonzwai henyu, ishe wangu mambo; kunyengetera kwangu ngakusvike pamberi penyu, kuti murege kundidzosazve kumba komunyori Jonatani, ndirege kufirapo.

²¹Ipapo mambo Zedhekia wakatema chirevo, vakaisa Jeremiya kuruvazhe rwavarindi, vakamupa zuva rimwe nerimwe bundu rechingwa, raibva munzira yomuguta yainzi yavabiki vechingwa, kusvikira chingwa chose chapera muguta. Saizvozvo Jeremiya akagara muruvazhe rwavarindi.