17 Mfumu ya Babulo inatenga Mataniya, bambo ake aangʼono a Yehoyakini,+ nʼkuwaika kukhala mfumu mʼmalo mwake. Kenako inawasintha dzina kuti akhale Zedekiya.+

18 Zedekiya anayamba kulamulira ali ndi zaka 21 ndipo analamulira zaka 11 ku Yerusalemu. Mayi ake anali a ku Libina ndipo dzina lawo linali Hamutali+ mwana wa Yeremiya. 19 Zedekiya ankachita zoipa pamaso pa Yehova, mogwirizana ndi zonse zimene Yehoyakimu anachita.+ 20 Zinthu zimenezi zinachitika ku Yerusalemu ndi ku Yuda chifukwa Yehova anakwiya kwambiri mpaka anawachotsa pamaso pake.+ Kenako Zedekiya anagalukira mfumu ya Babulo.+

11 Zedekiya+ anayamba kulamulira ali ndi zaka 21 ndipo analamulira zaka 11 ku Yerusalemu.+ 12 Iye anapitiriza kuchita zoipa pamaso pa Yehova Mulungu wake. Ndipo sanadzichepetse pamaso pa mneneri Yeremiya+ yemwe ankalankhula molamulidwa ndi Yehova.