12 Umwami Yehoyakini w’u Buyuda yemera ko atsinzwe n’umwami w’i Babuloni,+ nuko we na mama we, abagaragu be, abanyacyubahiro be n’abakozi b’ibwami bishyira umwami w’i Babuloni.+ Nuko umwami w’i Babuloni afunga Yehoyakini. Ibyo byabaye mu mwaka wa munani w’ubutegetsi bwe.+

9 Yehoyakini+ yabaye umwami afite imyaka 18, amara amezi atatu n’iminsi 10 ategekera i Yerusalemu kandi yakomeje gukora ibyo Yehova yanga.+ 10 Nuko mu ntangiriro z’umwaka, Umwami Nebukadinezari yohereza abasirikare bafata Yehoyakini bamujyana i Babuloni+ hamwe n’ibikoresho by’agaciro byo mu nzu ya Yehova.+ Hanyuma ashyiraho Sedekiya, wavukanaga na papa wa Yehoyakini, aba umwami w’u Buyuda na Yerusalemu.+

24 Hanyuma Yehova anyereka ibitebo bibiri birimo imbuto z’umutini biteretse imbere y’urusengero rwa Yehova. Icyo gihe Umwami Nebukadinezari* w’i Babuloni yari yarajyanye ku ngufu Yekoniya,*+ umuhungu wa Yehoyakimu+ umwami w’u Buyuda n’abatware b’i Buyuda, abanyabukorikori n’abakora ibintu mu byuma.* Yabavanye i Yerusalemu abajyana i Babuloni.+