31 Ngomnyaka wama-37 wokudingiswa kwekosi yakwaJuda uJehoyakini,+ ngenyanga ye-12, ngelanga lama-25 lenyanga, u-Evili-Merodaki ikosi yeBhabhiloni, ngomnyaka aba ngawo yikosi, watjhaphulula uJehoyakini ikosi yakwaJuda wayikhupha ejele.+ 32 Wakhuluma naye ngomusa begodu wabeka isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi saba ngaphezu kweenhlalo zobukhosi zamanye amakhosi ebewanaye eBhabhiloni. 33 Nje-ke uJehoyakini wahlubula izambatho zakhe zejele begodu bekadla phambi kwakhe yoke imihla yokuphila kwakhe. 34 Qobe langa bekanikelwa isibonelelo sokudla esivela ekosini yeBhabhiloni, yoke imihla yokuphila kwakhe bekwaba kulapho ahlongakala khona.