14 Yajyanye ku ngufu abaturage bose b’i Yerusalemu, abanyacyubahiro baho bose,+ abarwanyi b’intwari bose, abanyabukorikori bose n’abakoraga ibintu mu byuma.*+ Yatwaye ku ngufu abantu 10.000, ku buryo nta muntu n’umwe yasize, uretse abari bakennye cyane.+ 15 Uko ni ko Umwami Nebukadinezari yajyanye Yehoyakini+ ku ngufu i Babuloni.+ Nanone yajyanye mama w’umwami, abagore b’umwami, abakozi b’ibwami n’abantu bakomeye bo muri icyo gihugu, abavana i Yerusalemu abajyana i Babuloni ku ngufu.

16 Yehoyakimu yabyaye Yekoniya,+ Yekoniya abyara Sedekiya.

9 Yehoyakini+ yabaye umwami afite imyaka 18, amara amezi atatu n’iminsi 10 ategekera i Yerusalemu kandi yakomeje gukora ibyo Yehova yanga.+ 10 Nuko mu ntangiriro z’umwaka, Umwami Nebukadinezari yohereza abasirikare bafata Yehoyakini bamujyana i Babuloni+ hamwe n’ibikoresho by’agaciro byo mu nzu ya Yehova.+ Hanyuma ashyiraho Sedekiya, wavukanaga na papa wa Yehoyakini, aba umwami w’u Buyuda na Yerusalemu.+

24 Hanyuma Yehova anyereka ibitebo bibiri birimo imbuto z’umutini biteretse imbere y’urusengero rwa Yehova. Icyo gihe Umwami Nebukadinezari* w’i Babuloni yari yarajyanye ku ngufu Yekoniya,*+ umuhungu wa Yehoyakimu+ umwami w’u Buyuda n’abatware b’i Buyuda, abanyabukorikori n’abakora ibintu mu byuma.* Yabavanye i Yerusalemu abajyana i Babuloni.+

37 Nuko Umwami Sedekiya+ umuhungu wa Yosiya, aba umwami asimbuye Koniya*+ umuhungu wa Yehoyakimu. Nebukadinezari* umwami w’i Babuloni ni we wamugize umwami w’u Buyuda.+

31 Mu mwaka wa 37 igihe Yehoyakini+ umwami w’u Buyuda yari yarajyanywe ku ngufu i Babuloni, mu kwezi kwa 12, ku itariki ya 25, Evili-merodaki umwami w’i Babuloni yakuye muri gereza Yehoyakini umwami w’u Buyuda.+

11 Yosiya+ yabyaye Yekoniya+ n’abavandimwe be, igihe Abayahudi bajyanwaga i Babuloni.+