36 Jehoiakim+ hem 25 years old taem hem kamap king, and hem rul lo Jerusalem for 11 years.+ Nem blo mami blo hem, Zebidah, dota blo Pedaiah from Rumah. 37 Hem gohed for duim samting wea nogud lo eye blo Jehovah,+ followim evri samting wea olketa grandadi blo hem bin duim.+

8 “‘Bat olketa nogud fig frut barava nogud and no eniwan fit for kaikaim,+ diswan nao wanem Jehovah talem: “Hem nao hao mi bae ting lo King Zedekiah+ blo Judah, olketa leader blo hem, datfala smol sekson blo olketa blo Jerusalem wea stap yet lo disfala land, and olketa wea stap lo land lo Egypt.+

37 And King Zedekiah,+ son blo Josiah, start for rul changem Coniah,*+ son blo Jehoiakim, bikos King Nebuchadnezzar* blo Babylon mekem hem for king lo land blo Judah.+ 2 Bat hem and olketa servant blo hem and pipol lo datfala land no laek for lisin lo olketa toktok wea Jehovah talem thru lo profet Jeremiah.

5 King Zedekiah sei: “Lukim! Hem lo hand blo iufala nao. Hard for king stopem iufala for duim eni samting.”

6 So olketa tekem Jeremiah and torowem hem insaed lo cistern* blo Malchijah, son blo king,* wea stap insaed Courtyard blo Gard.+ Olketa iusim rope for daonem Jeremiah insaed lo cistern hia. No eni wata insaed cistern hia bat mud nomoa, so Jeremiah start for sink insaed lo mud hia.

25 “Bat iu wicked leader blo Israel wea garekil nogud,+ taem blo iu hem kam nao, taem for kasem last panis blo iu.