9 Yehoyakini+ wakaŵa themba wali na vyaka 18 ndipo wakawusa myezi yitatu na mazuŵa 10 mu Yerusalemu. Wakachita viheni pamaso pa Yehova.+ 10 Kukwambilira kwa chaka,* Themba Nebukadinezara likatuma ŵanthu kuti ŵakamutolere ku Babuloni+ pamoza na vinthu vyakuzirwa vya mu nyumba ya Yehova.+ Kweniso likimika Zedekiya mubali wa awiske kuŵa themba pa Yuda na Yerusalemu.+

30 Ntheura Yehova wakuti kwa Yehoyakimu themba la Yuda: ‘Waŵavyenge munthu wa mphapu yake wakuti wakhale pa chitengo cha Davide,+ ndipo chitanda chake chizamuŵa pamtandasanya, chizamuŵa pa chithukivu muhanya na chiwuvi usiku.+