36 UYehoyakim+ wayeneminyaka eyi-25 xa waba ngukumkani, yaye walawula iminyaka eyi-11 eYerusalem.+ Igama likamama wakhe yayinguZebhida intombi kaPedaya waseRuma. 37 Waqhubeka esenza izinto ezimbi emehlweni kaYehova,+ zonke izinto ezazenziwe ngookhokho bakhe.+

8 “‘Kodwa uthi uYehova ngamafiya* amabi kangangokuba engatyeki:+ “Ndiza kumjonga njengawo uKumkani uZedekiya+ wakwaYuda, iinkosana zakhe, nabo baseYerusalem bashiyeke kweli lizwe, nabo bahlala kwilizwe laseYiputa.+

37 UKumkani uZedekiya+ unyana kaYosiya wabekwa waba ngukumkani wakwaYuda,+ emiselwa nguKumkani uNebhukadenetsare* waseBhabhiloni. Wangena endaweni kaKoniya*+ unyana kaYehoyakim. 2 Kodwa yena, izicaka zakhe nabantu belizwe abazange bawamamele amazwi kaYehova awawathethayo ngomprofeti uYeremiya.

5 UKumkani uZedekiya wathi: “Jongani! Isezandleni zenu, kuba andinakuninqanda.”

6 Ngoko ke bamthatha uYeremiya bamphosa equleni likaMalekiya unyana kakumkani, elalikwiYadi Yoonogada.+ Bamehlisa ngeentambo uYeremiya. Kodwa kwakungekho manzi kwelo qula, kukho udaka kuphela, ibe uYeremiya waqalisa ukutshona kolo daka.

25 “Kodwa ifikile imini yakho, nkosi yakwaSirayeli eyenzakele ngendlela emasikizi nengumenzi-bubi,+ ixesha lokohlwaywa kwakho okokugqibela.