12 Umwami Yehoyakini w’u Buyuda yemera ko atsinzwe n’umwami w’i Babuloni,+ nuko we na mama we, abagaragu be, abanyacyubahiro be n’abakozi b’ibwami bishyira umwami w’i Babuloni.+ Nuko umwami w’i Babuloni afunga Yehoyakini. Ibyo byabaye mu mwaka wa munani w’ubutegetsi bwe.+

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.+

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.+