15 Wamthimba ngaloo ndlela ke uYehoyakin+ emsa eBhabhiloni;+ wathimba nomama kakumkani, abafazi bakakumkani, amagosa endlu yakhe nezikhulu zelizwe. Wabathatha eYerusalem ebathimbela eBhabhiloni. 16 Ukumkani waseBhabhiloni wawathimba onke amakroti ayi-7 000, wathimba amachule nabakhandi besinyithi* abayi-1 000, bonke bengamadoda anamandla naqeqeshelwe imfazwe.

29 La ngamazwi eleta eyathunyelwa ngumprofeti uYeremiya eseYerusalem, kuwo onke amadoda amakhulu aphakathi kwabo bathinjiweyo, ababingeleli, abaprofeti nabo bonke abantu uNebhukadenetsare awabathatha eYerusalem wabasa ekuthinjweni eBhabhiloni, 2 emva kokuba uKumkani uYekoniya+ nomama wakhe,*+ amagosa enkundla, iinkosana zakwaYuda naseYerusalem, abakhandi abangamachule nabantu abasebenza ngesinyithi* bephumile eYerusalem.+