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.

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.

2 Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uJehova wanikela uJehoyakhimi inkosi yakoJuda kanye lezinye izitsha zendlu kaNkulunkulu* weqiniso esandleni seNkosi uNebhukhadinezari.+ Inkosi le yathatha izitsha lezo yahamba lazo elizweni laseShinari*+ endlini kankulunkulu* wayo yafika yazifaka endlini yenotho kankulunkulu wayo.+

3 Inkosi yasitshela u-Ashiphenazi umkhokheli weziphathamandla zesikhosini ukuthi alethe amanye ama-Israyeli,* ikakhulu lawo azalwa ezimulini zesikhosini lezabahlonitshwa.+