14 Yancoba iJerusalema, tonkhe tindvuna lebetisesigabeni lesisetulu,+ emachawe lanemandla, tonkhe tingcweti temisebenti yetandla kanye nabo bonkhe bantfu labasebenta ngensimbi,*+ yancoba labangu-10 000. Kute leyamshiya, ngaphandle kwebantfu labebaphuye kakhulu kulelive.+ 15 Yamtsatsa kanjalo-ke Jehoyakhini+ yamtfumbela eBhabhulona;+ yaphindze yatsatsa make wenkhosi, bafati benkhosi, tindvuna tayo, kanye nemadvodza lamcoka kulelive, yabatsatsa eJerusalema yabatfumbela eBhabhulona.

10 Ekucaleni kwemnyaka,* iNkhosi Nebukhadnezari yatfumela kutsi ayolandvwa aletfwe eBhabhulona+ kanye netintfo telikhetselo tendlu yaJehova.+ Nebukhadnezari wabeka babe lomncane waJehoyakhini longuSedekiya waba yinkhosi kaJuda naseJerusalema.+

24 Jehova wase sewungitjengisa bobhasikidi lababili lebebanemakhiwa lebebabekwe embikwelithempeli laJehova. Loku kwenteka ngemuva kwekutsi Nebukhadnezari* inkhosi yaseBhabhulona atfumbe Jekhoniya*+ indvodzana yaJehoyakimu+ inkhosi yakaJuda, netindvuna takaJuda, tisebenti letinelikhono kanye nalabasebenta ngensimbi,* abasusa eJerusalema abayisa eBhabhulona.+

2 Ngemuva kwesikhatsi, Jehova wanikela Jehoyakimu inkhosi yakaJuda esandleni saNebukhadnezari,+ wanikela kuye naletinye tintfo tasendlini* yaNkulunkulu weliciniso. Nebukhadnezari watitsatsa letintfo watiyisa eShinari,*+ ethempelini* lankulunkulu wakhe, wafike watibeka lapho kugcinwa khona umcebo wankulunkulu wakhe.+

3 Inkhosi yabese itfuma Ashpenazi indvuna yetiphatsimandla tayo tasesigodlweni kutsi aletse lamanye ema-Israyeli,* lokufaka ekhatsi lawo asebukhosini nalawo lavela emindenini lehloniphekile.+