¹ Mugore retchi pfembamwe rekutonga ka Zedequiasi, mu mwedzi wetchi gumi, Nabukunozori, mambo wa Babironi, waka uya ne hondo dzake dzese kurwisa Djuda. Yena wakaima ngo pamberi, uye wakagatsira muru kakuwatenderera ngo kumutcheto. ² Nokudharo, guta rakatendererwa dzamara gore retchi gumi na rimwe rekutonga ka mambo Zedequiasi. ³ Muzuwa retchi pfembamwe remwedzi wetchirongomuna, nzara yaka zowanda muguta zvokuti akuzi kuonekwa tchokurha muguta kuti anhu arhe. ⁴ Hino, guta rakapindirwa, uye anhu ese ehondo akatiza nousiko ne gwanza rekumu musuwo mukuro pakati pe muru mbiri pa shango rakarungama ra mambo, kunyanguwe maBabironi anga aringokunza kwe guta rese. Mambo wakaenda negwanza reku Araba, ⁵ Asi anhu ehondo eku Babironi akatera mambo Zedequiasi uye akabhata kumaterero emurambo wekuDjorodani, murindi paduze ne Djeriko. Anhu ehondo ese a mambo anga akabhararika. ⁶ Aona akamubhata mambo uye akamutora kwenda naye kuna mambo weku Babironi ku Ribra, kwanga apanitchuwa. ⁷ Pamusoro pe ana a Zedequiasi, aona aka uraya ese mumadiso ake. Hino, akamu bvisa madiso, akamusunga nema bhote esimbi uye akamutora kwenda naye ku Babironi. ⁸ Muzuwa retchinomwe pamwedzi wetchi shano. mugore gumi nezvipfembamwe rekutonga ka Nabukunozori, mambo we Babironi, Nebuzarada, musenzi wa mambo uye nemukuro we atchengite , akaguma ku Djerusarema; ⁹ Yena wakapisa nyumba ya Ishe, nyumba huru ya mambo uye nyumba dzese dze Djerusarema; yena wakapisa zvigatsirwa zvese zvikuru muguta. ¹⁰ uye maparedi ese arimutcheto me Djerusarema akaputsuwa ne anhu ehondo ekuBabironi, aitungamirirwa na mukuru we atchengeti. ¹¹ Anhu amweni akasiwa muguta uye aya akazvipereka kuna mambo we Babironi, uye ne anhu amweni, Nebuzarada, mukuru we atchengeti , wakatora kwenda nawo ku Babironi, ¹² Asi yena wakasiya amweni anga ari arombo ekupedzesera panyika kuti asenze mumunda uye nemu mazambiringa. ¹³ Matsigiro eboronze anga ari munyumba ya Ishe, zvino tsigira uye bhasiya reboronze ranga riri mumba ma Ishe, mababironi akaputsa mutchemo kakutora borpnzi kwenda naro ku Babironi. ¹⁴ Zviwakwa, foshoro, zvinofudza zvatarwa, zvigubhu uye zvese zviro zvakagatsirwa ne boronzi zvaka senzesuwa nema pirisita ese muthemberi, wababironi wakatora zvese. ¹⁵ Zvikari zveku bvisa nazvo marota uye mabhasiya akaizuwa ne siriva, uye nezvese zvakaizuwa ne ndarama, zvakatorwa na Nebuzarada. ¹⁶ Mpila mairi, notchitchengetero tche goridi uye norumbhatsire rainga rakaizuwa na Soromoni kunyumbha ya Ishe zvainga zvine goridi yakawanda uye zvainga zvetchiremera. ¹⁷ Kurembha kopila rekutanga rainga riri regumi nozvipfebhamwe zvekutcherwa, uye kainga kune kapiter ye goridi kuna iyona. Kapiteri iyi yainga ino kutcherwa katatu kokuremba, noma trelisa uye noma roma kumutcheto kwayo, zvese zvainga zvegoridi. Pila imweni uye no trelisa yayo zvainga zvakaita ingana yekutanga. ¹⁸ Mukuru weanotchengeta wakatora Seraya, mupirisita mukuru, pamwepo na Sofonia, mupirisita wetchipiri, uye magwaradha epamusuwo. ¹⁹ Muguta yena wakatora umwe mukuru wai tungamirira anhu e hondo hinga musunguwa, uye anhu ashano aibhatsira mambo ne mazano anga ari muguta akatorwa. Yena wakatorao munhu waita bhasa rekusanangura anhu anoenda ku hondo hingana musunguwa uye pamwepo ne makumi matanhatu e anhu akakosha panyika anga atchiri muguta. ²⁰ Hino, Nebuzarada, mutungamiriri we anotchrngeta, wakatora uye wakaenda nawo kuna mambo weku Babironi ku Ribra. ²¹ Mambo weku Babironi waka uraya ku Ribra, munyika ye Hamate. Nomu shobho uyu, Djuda yakatorwa se asunguwa kwenda kunyika isiripi yawo. ²² Anhu akasara kunyika ye Djuda, akasiwa na Nabukunozori, mambo wa Babironi, yena waka kanda Gedaria, mwana wa Aikam, mwana wa Safa, mutungamiriri wawo. ²³ Atungamirire ehondo ese uye anhu ese pakazuwa kuti mambo wa Babironi waita Gedaria guvunadori, aona akaenda kuna yena kuMispa. anhu aona anga ari Ismaeri, mwana wa Netaniasi, juana, mwana sikana wa Karea, Seraya, mwana wa Tanumete, munetfatita, uye Jazania mwana wa maakatita, aona ne anarume awo. ²⁴ Gedaria waka pika kuna aona, uye wakati: "Musathiye watungamirire ekubabironi. Raramai munyika uye senzerai mambo weku Babironi, uye zvese zvitchaku fambirai zvakanaka". ²⁵ Asi, izvi zvakaitika mu mwedzi wetchinomwe, Izimaeri mwana wa Netaria, mwana wa Erisama, we mu nyumba ikuru, wakauya ne anhu gumi uye wakarwisa Gedaria. Gedaria wakafa, se zvakaitika ne anhu eku Djuda uye ne oku babironi anga ari kweneyo ku Mispa. ²⁶ Hino, anhu ese, kubva pamu mukuru dzamara mudhoko, uye atungamiriri emahondo, akamuka uye akaenda kuGhipita, ngokuti aona aithiya mababironi. ²⁷ Izvi zvakazoitika kufamba kwe mazuwa, mugore makumi matatu nezvonomwe ekusunguwa kwa Juwaquim, mambo wa Djuda, mu mwedzi wetchi gumi nembiri, muzuwa makumi mairi ne manomwe, Eviri- Merodaqui, mambo weku babironi wakasunungura Juaquim, mambo weku Djuda kubva mutorongo. Izvi zvakaitika mugore rakatanga kutonga Eviri- Merodaqui. ²⁸ Yena wakanyasa kubuya zvakanaka naye ue wakamupa mbuto yaka kudzuwa kupinda madzimambo amweni anga anayena ku Babironi. ²⁹ Eviri- Merodaki wakabvisa matchira emusunguwa a Juakim uye Juakim wakarha mazuwa ese eupenyu wake pathafura ya mambo. ³⁰ Uye, nguwa yese, yena waitambira zvokurha uye waitambira pokugara pakuru mazuwa ese, kuitira upenyu wake wese.