8 UYehoyakin+ wayeneminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo ubudala ekuqaliseni kwakhe ukulawula, yaye walawula iinyanga ezintathu eYerusalem.+ Igama likanina lalinguNehushta intombi kaElnatan waseYerusalem.

15 Ngaloo ndlela uYehoyakin+ wamthabathela ekuthinjweni eBhabhiloni;+ nonina kakumkani+ nabafazi bakakumkani namagosa akhe enkundla+ namadoda abalaseleyo elizwe wabaqhuba njengabantu abathinjiweyo ukusuka eYerusalem ukuya eBhabhiloni.

10 Ekuthwaseni+ konyaka uKumkani uNebhukadenetsare wathumela+ ukuba kuziswe eBhabhiloni+ iimpahla ezinqwenelekayo zendlu kaYehova.+ Ngapha koko, wenza uZedekiya+ uyisekazi ukumkani wakwaYuda naseYerusalem.+

30 Utsho uYehova ukuthi, ‘Bhalani phantsi ukuba le ndoda ayinabantwana,+ le ndoda yomeleleyo ayiyi kuba nayo nayiphi na impumelelo ngemihla yayo; kuba enzaleni yayo akukho namnye oya kuba nayo nayiphi na impumelelo,+ ohlala etroneni kaDavide+ nophinda alawule kwaYuda.’”