1. Lentswe le tswang ho Jehova la tla ho Jeremia, hobane Nebusaradane, molaodi wa balebedi, a mo kgutlisa Rama, kamoo a neng a ile le yena kateng, a mo tlamile ka mahlaahlela, a le hara ba tshwerweng kaofela ba Jerusalema le ba Juda ba iswang kgolehong Babilona.
2. Molaodi wa balebedi a nka Jeremia, a mmolella, a re: Jehova, Modimo wa hao, o ne o boletse bobe boo hodima nqalo eno.
3. Mme Jehova o bo hlahisitse, o entse kamoo a neng a boletse kateng, kahobane le sitetswe Jehova, mme ha le a ka la mamela lentswe la hae; ke moo le hlahetsweng ke taba tseo.