Yehoyakimu ahemukira Babiloni

Yehoyakimu aragarariza, abasahuzi baraza, kandi ivyanditswe bivuga icabiteye: amaraso y'abatagira ikosa Manase yasheshe, Data atashaka kubabarira. Nebukadinezari agota Yerusalemu; Yehoyakini aritanga, ajanwa mu bunyago hamwe n'abakuru, abanyamyuga n'inzahabu y'urusengero. Hasigara abakene gusa, bategekwa na sewabo bahinduriye izina bakamwita Sedekiya.

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Mu gihe ca Yehoyakimu, Nebukadinezari umwami wa Babiloni yateye ico gihugu; Yehoyakimu aramukorera imyaka itatu, hanyuma araheba aramuhemukira. Maze Data wa twese arungika abambuzi b’Abanyababiloni, Abanyaramu, Abanyamowabu, n’Abanyamoni kugira ngo bamutere; arabarungika ngo batere Buyuda babusangangure, nk’uko Data wa twese yari yavuganye abasavyi biwe b’abahanuzi. Ivyo vyashikiye Buyuda ku rwego rwa Data wa twese, kugira ngo abakure imbere yiwe kubera ivyaha vya Manase, ivyo yari yakoze vyose, no kubera amaraso y’abatagira icaha yaseseye, kuko yari yuzuje Yeruzalemu amaraso y’abatagira icaha ayo Data wa twese atari bubabarire. Ibindi vyose Yehoyakimu yakoze, ivyo yakoze vyose, mbega ntivyanditswe mu bitabu vy’ivyakorwa n’abami b’i Buyuda?

Nuko Yehoyakimu aruhukana na ba sekuruza biwe, maze Yehoyakini umwana wiwe aba umwami mu kibanza ciwe.

Umwami wa Misiri ntiyasubiye kuva mu gihugu ciwe, kuko umwami wa Babiloni yari yafashe intara zose za Misiri, kuva ku Ruzi rwa Misiri gushika ku Ruzi Ufurati.

Yehoyakini yari afise imyaka cumi n’umunani igihe yaba umwami, aganza amezi atatu i Yeruzalemu; nyina yitwa Nehushita, umukobwa wa Elinatani, w’i Yeruzalemu. Yakoze ibibi mu maso ya Data wa twese, nk’uko se yari yabikoze.

Yeruzalemu ijanwa mu buja

Muri ico gihe, abasavyi ba Nebukadinezari umwami wa Babiloni barashika i Yeruzalemu, nuko igisagara giregerwa. Nebukadinezari umwami wa Babiloni we nyene araza arwanya igisagara, mu gihe abasavyi biwe bariko barakigota. Yehoyakini umwami w’i Buyuda arasohoka aja ku mwami wa Babiloni, we, na nyina, n’abasavyi biwe, n’abakuru biwe, n’abakozi biwe bo mu ngoro; nuko umwami wa Babiloni aramuta mu buja, mu mwaka ugira umunani w’ukuganza kwiwe. Akuraho amatunga yose yo mu nzu ya Data wa twese n’ayo mu ngoro y’umwami, maze amanyaguza ibikoresho vyose vy’inzahabu Salomo umwami wa Isirayeli yari yakoreye urusengero, nk’uko Data wa twese yari yavuze. Aja mu buja Yeruzalemu yose: abakuru bose, n’intwari zose z’inkomezi, abanyagwa ibihumbi cumi, n’abahinguzi bose n’abacuzi bose. Nta wundi yasigaye atari aboro bo muri ico gihugu. Aja mu buja Yehoyakini, amujana i Babiloni hamwe na nyina w’umwami, n’abagore biwe, n’abakuru biwe, n’abakomakomeye bo muri ico gihugu, abakura i Yeruzalemu abajana i Babiloni. Umwami wa Babiloni aja mu buja i Babiloni abarwanyi bose ibihumbi indwi, n’abahinguzi n’abacuzi igihumbi kimwe, bose ari inkomezi bakwiye intambara. Umwami wa Babiloni agira Matania nyaruko wa Yehoyakini umwami mu kibanza ciwe, maze amuhindura izina amwita Zedekiya.

Zedekiya aganza i Buyuda

Zedekiya yaba umwami afise imyaka mirongo ibiri na rimwe, aganza imyaka cumi na rimwe i Yeruzalemu; nyina yitwa Hamutali umukobwa wa Yeremiya w’i Libuna. Yakoze ibibi mu maso ya Data wa twese, nk’uko Yehoyakimu yari yabikoze. Kubera uburake bwa Data wa twese, ivyo vyose vyabereye i Yeruzalemu no mu Buyuda, gushika aho abakura imbere yiwe. Maze Zedekiya ahemukira umwami wa Babiloni.