25 Lilo eli ilizwi elafikayo kuYeremiya ngokuphathelele bonke abantu bakwaYuda ngonyaka wesine kaYehoyakim+ unyana kaYosiya, ukumkani wakwaYuda, oko kukuthi, unyaka wokuqala kaNebhukaderetsare ukumkani waseBhabhiloni;

2 NgeYiputa,+ ngokuphathelele umkhosi wamajoni kaFaro Neko ukumkani waseYiputa,+ owayengakuMlambo umEfrate eKarkemishe,+ lowo uNebhukaderetsare ukumkani waseBhabhiloni wamoyisa ngonyaka wesine kaYehoyakim+ unyana kaYosiya, ukumkani wakwaYuda:

1 Ngonyaka wesithathu wobukumkani bukaYehoyakim+ ukumkani wakwaYuda, kweza uNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabhiloni eYerusalem, wayingqinga.+

3 UNebhukadenetsare ukumkani wenza umfanekiso+ wegolide, ukuphakama kwawo kwakuziikubhite ezingamashumi amathandathu, ububanzi bawo buziikubhite ezintandathu. Wawumisa ethafeni laseDura kwiphondo laseBhabhiloni.+

33 Lazaliseka kwangawo loo mzuzu+ ilizwi elo kuNebhukadenetsare, wagxothwa ebantwini, wadla utyani njengeenkunzi zeenkomo, umzimba wakhe waba manzi ngumbethe wamazulu, iinwele zakhe zakhula zaba nde njengeentsiba zeenkozi, neenzipho zakhe zanjengezeentaka.+

37 “Ke kaloku, mna Nebhukadenetsare, ndiyamdumisa ndimphakamisa kwaye ndimzukisa uKumkani wamazulu,+ ngenxa yokuba yonke imisebenzi yakhe iyinyaniso neendlela zakhe zisesikweni,+ nangenxa yokuba abo bahamba ngekratshi unako ukubathoba.”+