11 Zedekiah+ hem 21 years old taem hem kamap king, and hem rul lo Jerusalem for 11 years.+

13 Hem bighed tu againstim King Nebuchadnezzar,+ wea bin mekem hem for talem wanfala promis* lo nem blo God, and hem gohed bighed* and hem no laek for obeyim Jehovah, God blo Israel.

12 And sem samting tu mi talem lo King Zedekiah+ blo Judah. Mi sei: “Putim nek blo iufala andanit lo yoke blo king blo Babylon and stap anda lo paoa blo hem and pipol blo hem, and iufala bae gohed for laef.+

17 Then Jeremiah sei lo Zedekiah: “Diswan nao wanem Jehovah, God wea hem komanda blo olketa army, wea hem God blo Israel, hem talem, ‘Sapos iu sarenda* lo olketa hae official blo king lo Babylon, olketa bae no killim iu dae, and olketa bae no bonem disfala taon lo fire, and olketa bae no killim dae iu and famili blo iu.+

12 “Plis iu talem bighed pipol hia, ‘Waswe, iufala no luksavve wat nao olketa samting hia minim?’ Iu sei olsem, ‘Lukim! King blo Babylon kam lo Jerusalem and tekem king blo hem and olketa prince blo hem, and tekem olketa go bak witim hem lo Babylon.+ 13 And tu, hem tekem wanfala lo olketa pikinini* lo famili blo king,+ and mekem wanfala agreement witim hem, and talem hem for mekem wanfala promis* lo hem.+ Then hem tekem olketa important man blo datfala land go witim hem,+ 14 mekem kingdom hia no strong, and no kamap moa, mekem rul hia savve gohed for stap sapos olketa keepim agreement blo hem.+ 15 Bat gogo king blo Judah bighed againstim king blo Babylon,+ taem hem sendem olketa messenger blo hem go lo Egypt for tekem kam olketa horse+ and wanfala big army from olketa.+ Hao, bae hem win? Hao, man wea duim olketa samting hia bae misstim panis? Hao, bae hem no kasem panis nomata hem no keepim datfala agreement?’+