12 UJehoyakhini inkosi yakoJuda waphuma waya enkosini yeBhabhiloni+ elonina, lezinceku zakhe, labakhokheli* kanye leziphathamandla zesigodlweni.+ Inkosi yeBhabhiloni yathumba uJehoyakhini ngomnyaka wesi-8 wokubusa kwayo.+

24 “‘Ngifunga ngami uqobo,’ kutsho uJehova uNkulunkulu ophilayo, ‘lanxa wena Khoniya*+ ndodana kaJehoyakhimu+ inkosi yakoJuda, ubuyindandatho elophawu esesandleni sami sokudla, bengizakukhipha!

26 Wena lonyoko owakuzalayo ngizalilahlela kwelinye ilizwe elingazalelwanga kulo futhi yikho lapho elizafela khona.