Kuwa kweJerusarema
Kukombwa kunopera. Rusvingo runoputswa, Zedhekia anotiza obatwa, anoona vanakomana vake vachiurayiwa, uye anopofumadzwa nokusungwa nengetani. Guta rinopiswa uye varombo vanosiyirwa minda. Jeremiya anosunungurwa nomurayiro waNebhukadhinezari pachake; Baba vedu vanovimbisa Ebhedhi-Mereki upenyu hwake nokuti akavimba navo.
39 1Mugore repfumbamwe raZedhekia mambo weJudha, mumwedzi wegumi, Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi akauya nehondo yake yose kuzorwa neJerusarema akarikomba. 2Mugore regumi nerimwe raZedhekia, mumwedzi wechina, pazuva repfumbamwe romwedzi, guta rakapazwa. 3Ipapo machinda ose amambo weBhabhironi akauya akagara paSuo Rapakati: Nerigari-Sharezeri, Samugari-Nebho, Sarisekimu Rabhu-sarisi, Nerigari-Sharezeri Rabhu-magi, nemamwe machinda ose amambo weBhabhironi. a a v3 Rabhu-sarisi naRabhu-magi aiva mazita makuru pakati pemachinda amambo weBhabhironi. 4Zedhekia mambo weJudha nevarwi vose pavakavaona, vakatiza muguta usiku vachipfuura nomumunda wamambo, nepasuo riri pakati pemasvingo maviri; iye akabuda akananga kuArabha. 5Asi hondo yeBhabhironi yakavatevera ikabata Zedhekia pamapani eJeriko. Vakamutora vakaenda naye kuna Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi kuRibhira munyika yeHamati, uko kwaakamutongera. 6Mambo weBhabhironi akauraya vanakomana vaZedhekia kuRibhira iye akatarisa, uye akauraya makurukota ose eJudha. 7Ipapo akapofumadza Zedhekia akamusunga nengetani dzendarira kuti amuendese kuBhabhironi.
8VaBhabhironi vakapisa imba yamambo nedzimba dzavanhu nomoto, uye vakaputsa masvingo eJerusarema. 9Nebhuzaradhani, mukuru wavarindi, akatapira kuBhabhironi vanhu vose vakanga vasara muguta, nevapanduki vakanga vatizira kwaari, nevamwe vanhu vose vakanga vasara. 10Nebhuzaradhani, mukuru wavarindi, akasiya vamwe vanhu varombo kwazvo, vakanga vasina chinhu, muJudha, akavapa minda yemizambiringa neminda pazuva iroro.
11Zvino Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi akanga arayira pamusoro paJeremia kuburikidza naNebhuzaradhani, mukuru wavarindi, achiti, 12“Mutore umuchengete; usamuitira zvakaipa, asi uite zvose zvaanokumbira.”
13Saka Nebhuzaradhani mukuru wavarindi akatuma shoko, pamwe chete naNebhushazibhani Rabhu-sarisi, naNerigari-Sharezeri Rabhu-magi, nemachinda makuru ose amambo weBhabhironi. 14Vakatora Jeremia kubva muruvanze rwavarindi vakamupa kuna Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami, mwanakomana waShafani, kuti aende naye kumba. Saka akagara pakati pavanhu.
15Shoko raBaba vedu rakasvika kuna Jeremia paakanga akapfigirwa muruvanze rwavarindi, richiti:
16“Enda unoudza Ebhedhi-Mereki muKushi uchiti: Zvanzi naBaba vehondo dzokudenga, Baba vaIsraeri: Ndiri kuuyisa mashoko angu pamusoro peguta rino kuti zvive zvakaipa, kwete zvakanaka, uye pazuva iroro achaitika pamberi pako. 17Asi ndichakununura pazuva iroro, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vedu; haungaiswi mumaoko avarume vaunotya. 18Ndichakununura; haungafi nebakatwa. Upenyu hwako huchava mubairo wako wehondo, nokuti wakavimba neni, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vedu.”