23 “Ibi ni vyo Kuro umwami w’Ubuperesi+ avuze: ‘Yehova Imana y’amajuru yarampaye ubwami bwose bwo mw’isi+, kandi ubwiwe yanshinze igikorwa co kumwubakira inzu i Yeruzalemu muri Yuda+. Umuntu wese muri mwebwe wo mu bantu biwe bose+, Yehova Imana yiwe abane na we+. Naduge rero+.’”

1 Mu mwaka wa mbere wa Kuro+ umwami w’Ubuperesi, kugira ngo ijambo rya Yehova ryavuye mu kanwa ka Yeremiya+ riranguke, Yehova akabura+ impwemu ya Kuro umwami w’Ubuperesi ku buryo ategeka ko haterwa akamo+ mu karere atwara kose, bigashirwa no mu nyandiko+, ngo:

3 “Mu mwaka wa mbere wa Kuro umwami+, Kuro umwami yaratanze itegeko ryerekeye inzu y’Imana i Yeruzalemu: Iyo nzu nisubire kwubakwa ibe ahantu bashikanira ibimazi+, kandi imishinge yayo ishimangirwe; amahagarara yayo azobe amatambwe* mirongo itandatu, ubwaguke bwayo na bwo bube amatambwe mirongo itandatu+,

28 Umwe avuga kuri Kuro+ ati: ‘Ni umwungere wanje, kandi ikimpimbara cose azogishitsa neza+’, mbere n’ijambo mvuga kuri Yeruzalemu nti: ‘Hazosubira kwubakwa,’ ku rusengero na ho nti: ‘Umushinge wawe uzoshingwa+.’”