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.+

14 Yajyanye ku ngufu abaturage bose b’i Yerusalemu, abanyacyubahiro baho bose,+ abarwanyi b’intwari bose, abanyabukorikori bose n’abakoraga ibintu mu byuma.*+ Yatwaye ku ngufu abantu 10.000, ku buryo nta muntu n’umwe yasize, uretse abari bakennye cyane.+

7 Nanone kandi bamwe mu bazagukomokaho bazajyanwa ku ngufu i Babuloni, bajye gukora mu nzu y’umwami waho.”’”+

24 “Yehova Imana ihoraho aravuga ati: ‘ndahiye mu izina ryanjye ko wowe Koniya*+ umuhungu wa Yehoyakimu+ umwami w’u Buyuda, niyo waba uri impeta iri ku kuboko kwanjye kw’iburyo nkoresha ntera kashe, nagukuramo! 25 Nzaguteza abashaka kukwica,* nguteze abo utinya, nguteze Nebukadinezari* umwami w’i Babuloni kandi nguteze Abakaludaya bagutegeke.+

31 Mu mwaka wa 37 igihe Yehoyakini+ umwami w’u Buyuda yari yarajyanywe ku ngufu i Babuloni, mu kwezi kwa 12, ku itariki ya 25, Evili-merodaki umwami w’i Babuloni yakuye muri gereza Yehoyakini umwami w’u Buyuda.+ 32 Yamubwiye amagambo yo kumuhumuriza, amuha umwanya ukomeye kurusha abandi bari kumwe na we i Babuloni.