UJehoyakini inkosi yakwaJuda waphuma , waya enkosini yaseBabele, yena nonina, nezinceku zakhe , nezikhulu zakhe , nezinduna zakhe; inkosi yaseBabele yamthatha ngomnyaka wesishiyagalombili wokubusa kwakhe.

Yamthatha, yamyisa kunina ; wahlala emathangeni akhe kwaze kwaba semini, wafa.

Khona induna yenkulungwane yasondela , yamthatha, yayala ukuba aboshwe ngamaketanga amabili, yabuza ukuthi ungubani nokuthi wenzeni.

URebeka wasuka namantombazana akhe ; bagibela amakamela , balandela indoda; inceku yamthatha uRebeka, yamuka.

Inkosi kaJosefa yamthatha, yamfaka etilongweni, indawo lapho iziboshwa zenkosi zaziboshwa khona; waba khona etilongweni.

Induna yabalindi yamthatha uJeremiya , yathi kuye: UJehova uNkulunkulu wakho wakhuluma lokhu okubi kule ndawo;