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24 Ku ntwaro ya Yehoyakimu, Nebukadinezari+ umwami wa Babiloni aza gutera igihugu ciwe, maze Yehoyakimu amara imyaka itatu aganzwa na we. Ariko aramuhinduka, aramugarariza. 2 Maze Yehova atangura kurungika utugwi tw’abambuzi ngo tumutere: uri utw’Abakaludaya+, Abasiriya, Abanyamowabu n’Abamoni. Yehova yagumye arungika utwo tugwi mu Buyuda ngo tubatikize, nk’uko yari yarabivuze+ biciye ku basavyi biwe b’abahanuzi. 3 Yehova ni we vy’ukuri yashinze ko ivyo bintu bishikira Ubuyuda, kugira ngo abahaba abomore bamuve imbere+ kubera ibicumuro vyose Manase yakoze+ 4 no kubera amaraso y’abantu ata co bazira yasheshe+. Yujuje Yeruzalemu amaraso y’abantu ata co bazira, maze Yehova yanka gutanga imbabazi+.
5 Nayo ibisigaye ku vyerekeye Yehoyakimu, ni ukuvuga ivyo yakoze vyose, vyanditswe mu gitabu kivuga ivyabaye mu gihe c’abami b’Ubuyuda+. 6 Nuko Yehoyakimu arapfa+, umuhungu wiwe Yehoyakini aca atangura kuganza mu kibanza ciwe.
7 Umwami wa Misiri ntiyubahuka gusubira kuva mu gihugu ciwe, kuko umwami wa Babiloni yari yaratwaye ivyegukira uwo mwami wa Misiri vyose+, kuva ku mwonga* wa Misiri+ gushika ku ruzi Efurate+.
8 Yehoyakini+ yabaye umwami afise imyaka 18, maze amara amezi atatu aganza i Yeruzalemu+. Nyina yitwa Nehushita, akaba yari umukobwa wa Elinatani w’i Yeruzalemu. 9 Yagumye akora ivyo Yehova abona ko ari bibi, yigana ivyo se yari yarakoze vyose. 10 Muri ico gihe, ingabo za Nebukadinezari umwami wa Babiloni ziduga gutera i Yeruzalemu, zirahugariza+. 11 Nuko Nebukadinezari umwami wa Babiloni ashika i Yeruzalemu, ingabo ziwe zikihugarije.
12 Maze Yehoyakini umwami w’Ubuyuda ari kumwe na nyina, n’abasuku biwe, n’abatware biwe*, n’abakozi bo ku kirimba iwe+, baja kwishikana ku mwami wa Babiloni+, na we aca amugira imbohe. Hari mu mwaka ugira umunani umwami wa Babiloni aganza+. 13 Agenda atwaye ubutunzi bwose bwari mu nzu ya Yehova n’ubwari mu nzu* y’umwami+. Ahimbagura ibikoresho vy’inzahabu vyose vyari mu rusengero rwa Yehova, vyari vyakozwe na Salomo umwami wa Isirayeli+. Vyabaye nk’uko Yehova yari yarabivuze. 14 Atwara mu bunyagano ab’i Yeruzalemu bose: abatware* bose+, abarwanyi b’intwari bose, abanyamyuga bose b’abahinga hamwe n’abacuzi* bose+. Bose hamwe bari 10.000. Nta wasigaye mu gihugu kiretse abanyagihugu nyarucari+. 15 Nuko atwara Yehoyakini+ mu bunyagano i Babiloni+, agenda atwaye na nyina w’umwami, abagore b’umwami, abakozi bo ku kirimba iwe n’abantu bakurubakuru bo muri ico gihugu. Abakura i Yeruzalemu abatwara i Babiloni ari inyagano. 16 Umwami wa Babiloni atwara kandi abarwanyi bose, bakaba bari 7.000. Atwara n’abanyamyuga b’abahinga be n’abacuzi*, bose hamwe bakaba bari 1.000. Abo bantu bose yatwaye mu bunyagano bari abagabo b’intwari bazi kurwana. 17 Maze umwami wa Babiloni yimika Mataniya sewabo wa Yehoyakini+, amugira umwami mu kibanza ciwe. Araheza amuhindura izina, amwita Zedekiya+.
18 Zedekiya yabaye umwami afise imyaka 21, maze amara imyaka 11 aganza i Yeruzalemu. Nyina yitwa Hamutali+, akaba yari umukobwa wa Yeremiya w’i Libuna. 19 Yagumye akora ivyo Yehova abona ko ari bibi, yigana ivyo Yehoyakimu yari yarakoze vyose+. 20 Ishavu rya Yehova ni ryo ryatumye ivyo bintu biba i Yeruzalemu no mu Buyuda, gushika yomoye abahaba bakamuva imbere+. Zedekiya arahava agarariza umwami wa Babiloni+.