17 Umwami w’i Babuloni yafashe Mataniya, wari murumuna wa papa wa Yehoyakini,+ amusimbuza Yehoyakini aba ari we uba umwami. Umwami yahinduye izina rya Mataniya amwita Sedekiya.+

18 Sedekiya yabaye umwami afite imyaka 21, amara imyaka 11 ategekera i Yerusalemu. Mama we yitwaga Hamutali+ akaba yari umukobwa wa Yeremiya w’i Libuna. 19 Yakomeje gukora ibyo Yehova yanga, nk’ibyo Yehoyakimu yakoze byose.+ 20 Ibyo byose byabaye i Yerusalemu no mu Buyuda bitewe n’uko Yehova yabarakariye, kugeza ubwo yabakuye imbere y’amaso ye.+ Nuko Sedekiya yigomeka ku mwami w’i Babuloni.+

11 Sedekiya+ yabaye umwami afite imyaka 21, amara imyaka 11 ategekera i Yerusalemu.+ 12 Yakomeje gukora ibyo Yehova Imana ye yanga. Ntiyicishije bugufi imbere ya Yeremiya,+ umuhanuzi wavugaga abitegetswe na Yehova.