19 uFaro ukumkani waseYiputa nabakhonzi bakhe neenkosana zakhe nabo bonke abantu bakhe;+

2 NgeYiputa,+ ngokuphathelele umkhosi wamajoni kaFaro Neko ukumkani waseYiputa,+ owayengakuMlambo umEfrate eKarkemishe,+ lowo uNebhukaderetsare ukumkani waseBhabhiloni wamoyisa ngonyaka wesine kaYehoyakim+ unyana kaYosiya, ukumkani wakwaYuda:

13 Ilizwi awalithethayo uYehova kuYeremiya umprofeti ngokubhekisele ekuzeni kukaNebhukaderetsare ukumkani waseBhabhiloni ukuza kuxabela ilizwe laseYiputa, lalisithi:+

19 “Ngoko ke itsho iNkosi enguMongami uYehova ukuthi, ‘Yabona, ndilinikela kuNebhukaderetsare ukumkani waseBhabhiloni ilizwe laseYiputa,+ yaye umele ayithabathe emke nayo indyebo yalo aze athabathe into eninzi yamaxhoba kulo,+ aliphange kakhulu; libe ngumvuzo womkhosi wamajoni akhe.’

4 Yaye ngokuqinisekileyo ikrele liya kuyifikela iYiputa,+ neentlungu eziqatha zimele zibekho eTiyopiya ekuweni kwalowo ubuleweyo eYiputa baze okunene bayithabathe indyebo yalo neziseko zalo bazidilize.+

18 Yaye eTehafenesi+ okunene imini iya kuba mnyama, ekuzaphuleni kwam apho iidyokhwe zaseYiputa.+ Neqhayiya lamandla akhe okunene liya kuyekiswa apho.+ Ke yena, uya kugutyungelwa ngamafu,+ needolophu eziphantsi kwakhe ziya kuya ekuthinjweni.+