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.

16 Indvodzana* yaJehoyakimu bekunguJekhoniya,+ lobekayindvodzana yaSedekiya.

9 Jehoyakhini+ bekaneminyaka lengu-18 budzala nakaba yinkhosi futsi wabusa tinyanga letintsatfu nemalanga langu-10 eJerusalema; wachubeka enta lokubi emehlweni aJehova.+ 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.+

37 Sedekiya+ indvodzana yaJosaya wabekwa kutsi abe yinkhosi yakaJuda, abekwa nguNebukhadnezari* inkhosi yaseBhabhulona. Wabusa esikhundleni saKhoniya*+ indvodzana yaJehoyakimu.

31 Ngemnyaka Evili-merodaki inkhosi yaseBhabhulona lacala ngawo kubusa, wakhulula* Jehoyakhini+ inkhosi yakaJuda ejele. Lona bekungumnyaka wesi-37 wekutfunjwa kwaJehoyakhini inkhosi yakaJuda, ngenyanga yesi-12 ngelilanga lesi-25 laleyo nyanga.+

11 Josaya+ watala Jekhoniya+ kanye nabomnakabo, lebebaphila ngesikhatsi emaJuda atfunjelwa eBhabhulona.+