UHarana wafa phambi kukayise uThera ezweni lokuzalwa kwakhe , i-Uri lamaKaledi.

UThera wathatha u -Abrama indodana yakhe , noLoti indodana kaHarana , indodana yendodana yakhe , noSarayi umalokazana wakhe , umka-Abrama indodana yakhe, waphuma nabo e-Uri lamaKaledi ukuya ezweni laseKhanani; bafika eHarana, bakha khona.

Wayesethi kuye : NginguJehova owaku phumisa e -Uri lamaKaledi ukuba ngikunike leli zwe libe yifa lakho.

Wena unguJehova uNkulunkulu owakhetha u -Abrama, wamkhipha e -Uri lamaKaledi, wametha igama lokuthi u-Abrahama;

Bheka, izwe lamaKaledi , leso sizwe esingasekho , esanqunyelwa yi -Asiriya izilwane zasehlane, limisa imibhoshongo, lizenza ize izindlu zaso zamakhosi , lenza laba yincithakalo.

Usho kanje uJehova uNkulunkulu ka -Israyeli, uthi: Njengalawa makhiwane amahle ngiyakubheka kanjalo abathunjiweyo bakwaJuda , engibamukisile kule ndawo baya ezweni lamaKaledi, kube kuhle.

Kuyakuthi la pho iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa isigcwalisekile , ngihambele inkosi yaseBabele nesizwe leso , usho uJehova , ngobubi babo , kanye nezwe lamaKaledi, ngilenze libe yincithakalo ephakade.

Ngumsindo wokukhala ovela eBabele , nowencithakalo enkulu ophuma ezweni lamaKaledi,

Izwi uJehova alikhuluma ngeBabele , izwe lamaKaledi , ngesandla sikaJeremiya umprofethi.

Balekani eBabele , niphume ezweni lamaKaledi , nibe njengezimpongo phambi kwezimvu.

UJehova u vulile indlu yakhe yezikhali , ukhiphile izikhali zokufutheka kwakhe, ngokuba iNkosi uJehova Sebawoti inomsebenzi ezweni lamaKaledi.

Ngalokho yizwani isiluleko sikaJehov a asinike ngeBabele namaceb o awacebe ngezwe lamaKaledi ukuthi: Abancinyane bomhlambi bayakudonswa, basuswe impela, ikhaya labo limangale ngabo.

Bayakuwa bebulewe ezweni lamaKaledi, begwaziwe ezitaladini zalo.

izwi likaJehova lafika kuHezekeli umpristi , indodana kaBuzi , ezweni lamaKaledi ngasemfuleni iKhebari . Isandla sikaJehova sasiphezu kwakhe lapho.

Ngiyakuleneka inetha lami phezu kwaso , sibanjwe ogibeni lwami ; ngiyakusiyisa eBabele ezweni lamaKaledi. Kepha asiyikulibona, noma sifela khona.

Khona waphuma ezweni lamaKaledi , waya wakha eHarana. Kwathi esefile uyise, uNkulunkulu wamsusa lapho, wamhlalisa kuleli zwe enakhe kulo nina manje.