18 Induna yabonogada yathatha noSeraya+ umphristi omkhulu, uZefaniya+ umphristi wesibili nabalindisango abathathu.+

21 Ikosi yeBhabhiloni yabasahlela yababulala eRibhila enarheni yeRhamathi.+ Ngokunjalo-ke uJuda wasuka enarhenakhe waya ekudingisweni.+

21 UJoromiya wafumana ilizwi elivela kuJehova lokha iKosi uTsedekhiya+ nayithuma uPhatjhirhuri+ indodana kaMalikiya noZefaniya+ indodana kaMaseya umphristi, abawa lokhu: 2 “Sibawa usibuzele kuJehova ngombana iKosi uNebukadinetsari* yeBhabhiloni ifuna ukulwa nathi.+ Mhlamunye uJehova angenza eminye yemisebenzakhe emangalisako ngebanga lethu, bona angasalwi nathi.”+

25 ‘Nakhu uJehova wamabutho, uZimu ka-Israyeli akutjhoko: “Ngombana uthumele iincwadi ngegama lakho kibo boke abantu abaseJerusalema, kuZefaniya+ indodana kaMaseya, umphristi, nakibo boke abaphristi wathi,