5 Wayengekabuyi, ukutsho kukaNebhuzaradan ukuthi: “Buyela kuGedaliya+ unyana ka-Ahikam+ unyana kaShafan,+ lowo ukumkani waseBhabhiloni ammiseleyo phezu kwezixeko zakwaYuda, uze uhlale naye phakathi kwabantu; okanye naphi na apho kufanelekileyo emehlweni akho ukuya, yiya.”+

Kwaye ngoko intloko yamafanankosi yamnika umxhesho wokutya nesipho yaza yamyeka wahamba.+