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

15 Inkosi yeBhabhiloni yathumba uJehoyakhini+ eJerusalema yamusa eBhabhiloni.+ Yathatha lonina, lamakhosikazi akhe, leziphathamandla zesigodlweni kanye lamadoda ahlonitshwayo elizweni yahamba labo eBhabhiloni.

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.+

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.

29 La ngamazwi encwadi uJeremiya umphrofethi ayithumela eseJerusalema. Yayisiya kubadala besizwe ababethunjiwe, lakubaphristi, lakubaphrofethi lakubo bonke abantu ababethunjwe nguNebhukhadinezari eJerusalema wabahambisa eBhabhiloni. 2 Wayithumela ngesikhathi iNkosi uJekhoniya,+ lendlovukazi,+ leziphathamandla zesigodlweni, labakhokheli bakoJuda labeJerusalema, lezingcitshi zomsebenzi kanye labakhandi bensimbi sebesukile eJerusalema.+