14 Yathumba bonke abantu ababeseJerusalema, zonke izikhulu zenkosi,*+ lawo wonke amaqhawe alamandla, lazo zonke izingcitshi zemisebenzi labakhandi bensimbi.+ Yathumba abantu abangu-10 000. Akulamuntu owasalayo elizweni ngaphandle kwalabo ababengabayanga.+ 15 Inkosi yeBhabhiloni yathumba uJehoyakhini+ eJerusalema yamusa eBhabhiloni.+ Yathatha lonina, lamakhosikazi akhe, leziphathamandla zesigodlweni kanye lamadoda ahlonitshwayo elizweni yahamba labo eBhabhiloni.

16 Indodana kaJehoyakhimu kwakunguJekhoniya+ uyise kaZedekhiya.

9 UJehoyakhini+ wayeleminyaka engu-18 ngesikhathi esiba yinkosi, futhi wabusa eJerusalema okwenyanga ezintathu lamalanga alitshumi. Waqhubeka esenza okubi phambi kukaJehova.+ 10 Ekuqaliseni komnyaka,* iNkosi uNebhukhadinezari yathi uJehoyakhini ayethathwa alethwe eBhabhiloni,+ kulethwe lezitsha eziligugu zendlu kaJehova.+ Yabeka uZedekhiya umfowabo kayise kaJehoyakhini ukuthi abe yinkosi yakoJuda leJerusalema.+

28 Kanti uKhoniya yimbiza efileyo lengelancedo yini?

Uyisitsha esingafunwa ngumuntu yini?

24 UNebhukhadinezari* inkosi yeBhabhiloni wathumba uJekhoniya*+ indodana kaJehoyakhimu+ inkosi yakoJuda, lezikhulu zakoJuda, lezingcitshi zomsebenzi kanye labakhandi bensimbi, wabathatha eJerusalema wabasa eBhabhiloni.+ Ngemva kwalokho uJehova wangitshengisa amabhasikiti amabili ayelamakhiwane, ayebekwe phambi kwethempeli likaJehova.

37 UZedekhiya+ indodana kaJosiya waba yinkosi esikhundleni sikaKhoniya*+ indodana kaJehoyakhimu. Wabekwa nguNebhukhadinezari* inkosi yeBhabhiloni ukuthi abe yinkosi elizweni lakoJuda.+

31 Ngomnyaka wesi-37 wokuthunjwa kukaJehoyakhini+ inkosi yakoJuda, mhlaka 27 ngenyanga yesi-12, u-Evili-merodakhi inkosi yeBhabhiloni wakhipha uJehoyakhini inkosi yakoJuda ejele. Yiwo umnyaka u-Evili-merodakhi aqalisa ngawo ukubusa.+

11 UJosiya+ wazala uJekhoniya+ labafowabo ngesikhathi sokuthunjwa kwamaJuda ngabaseBhabhiloni.+