12 UJehoyakini iKosi yakwaJuda waphuma waya ekosini yeBhabhiloni,+ akhamba nonina, iinsebenzi zakhe, amakhosanakhe neenkhulu zakhe zesigodlo;+ ikosi yeBhabhiloni yamthumba ngomnyaka wobunane wokubusa kwayo.+

15 Ngalokho yathatha uJehoyakini+ yamusa ekudingisweni eBhabhiloni;+ yathatha nonina wekosi, abafazi bekosi, iinkhulu zakhe zesigodlo namadoda aqakathekileko enarheni, yabasa ekudingisweni eBhabhiloni basuka eJerusalema.

9 UJehoyakini+ bekaneminyaka eli-18 nakaba yikosi, wabusa iinyanga ezintathu namalanga alitjhumi eJerusalema; waraga nokwenza okumbi phambi kwakaJehova.+ 10 Ekuthomeni komnyaka,* iKosi uNebukadinetsari yathumela umlayezo bona uJehoyakini alethwe eBhabhiloni+ nezinto eziligugu zendlu kaJehova.+ Yabeka uTsedekhiya umfowabo kayise bona abe yikosi kwaJuda neJerusalema.+

24 Nje-ke uJehova wangitjengisa abomantji ababili bamafeyi phambi kwethempeli lakaJehova, ngemva kokuthi iKosi uNebukadinetsari* weBhabhiloni ayise uJokoniya*+ indodana kaJehoyakhimu,+ ikosi yakwaJuda, ekudingisweni kunye namakhosana wakwaJuda, iinsebenzi zobukghwari neensebenzi zesimbi;* wabathatha eJerusalema wabasa eBhabhiloni.+

29 Naka amezwi wencwadi kaJoromiya umphorofidi ayithumela aseJerusalema kibo boke abadala abahlangana nabantu abasekudingisweni, ebaphristini, ebaphorofidini nakibo boke abantu uNebukadinetsari abathatha eJerusalema wabadingisela eBhabhiloni, 2 ngemva kobana iKosi uJokoniya,+ unina leKosi,+ iinkhulu zesigodlo, amakhosana wakwaJuda neweJerusalema, iinsebenzi zobukghwari neensebenzi zesimbi* sele zikhambile eJerusalema.+