9 Yehoyakini+ yabaye umwami afise imyaka 18, maze amara amezi atatu n’imisi cumi aganza i Yeruzalemu. Yagumye akora ivyo Yehova abona ko ari bibi+. 10 Mu ntango z’umwaka*, umwami Nebukadinezari atuma abantu biwe ngo bamuzane i Babiloni+. Baza bazanye n’ibintu vy’agaciro vyo mu nzu ya Yehova+. Maze yimika Zedekiya sewabo wa Yehoyakini, ngo abe umwami w’Ubuyuda na Yeruzalemu+.

24 Maze Yehova anyereka ibisimbo bibiri vy’insukoni biteretse imbere y’urusengero rwa Yehova. Hari inyuma y’aho Nebukadinezari* umwami wa Babiloni ajaniye mu bunyagano Yekoniya*+ mwene Yehoyakimu+, umwami w’Ubuyuda, n’abatware* bo mu Buyuda n’abanyamyuga b’abahinga be n’abacuzi*. Yabakuye i Yeruzalemu abajana i Babiloni+.

12 «Ndakwinginze ubwire ba bagarariji uti: “Aho ntimutahura ico ibi bisobanura?” Uvuge uti: “Umviriza! Umwami wa Babiloni yaraje i Yeruzalemu, afata umwami waho n’abatware baho, agenda abajanye i Babiloni+.