21 “Sedekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, kanye netindvuna takhe ngiyawubanikela etitseni tabo letifunana netimphilo tabo, ebutfweni lenkhosi yaseBhabhulona leseyisukile kini.
yena wabe sewuyatfunjwa. Watsatfwa wamikiswa enkhosini yaseBhabhulona eRibla, lapho yefike yakhipha sigwebo sayo kuye.
Ngitakwetfula kulabo labafuna kuphila kwakho, kulabo lobesabako, kuNebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, nakumaBhabhulona.
Sedekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, yayimvalele lapho, yatsi: “Uphrofethelani ngalendlela lophrofetha ngayo? Utsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: Lelidolobha sengitalinikela enkhosini yaseBhabhulona letawulitfumba.
Sedekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, ngeke aphunyule etandleni temaBhabhulona, yena nakanjani utawunikelwa enkhosini yaseBhabhulona. Uyawukhuluma nayo umlomo nemlomo, ayibone ngewakhe emehlo.
Kwatsi khona lapho eRibla inkhosi yaseBhabhulona yabulala emadvodzana aSedekiya embikwemehlo akhe abukile, yabulala nabo bonkhe labahloniphekile bakaJuda.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: ‘Faro Hofra, inkhosi yaseGibhithe, ngitamnikela esandleni setitsa takhe letifunana nemphilo yakhe, njengobe naSedekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, ngamnikela kuNebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, sitsa lesasifunana nemphilo yakhe.’ ”
Khona lapho eRibla inkhosi yaseBhabhulona ngulapho yabulalela khona emadvodzana aSedekiya embikwemehlo akhe, abukile, yaphindze futsi yabulalela khona tonkhe tindvuna takaJuda.
kodvwa emabutfo aseBhabhulona acosha inkhosi Sedekiya, aze ayikhandza etsafeni laseJerikho. Onkhe emasotja aSedekiya esuswa kuye asakatwa,
Logcotjiwe waSimakadze, lokunguyena angimitsambo yekuphila kwetfu, wabhajwa etingibeni tabo. Besicabanga kutsi siyawukhosela ngaphansi kwematfunti akhe, siphile emkhatsini wetive ngetive.
“Khuluma kulendlu lehlubukako, utsi: ‘Anati yini kutsi tisho kutsini letintfo?’ Shano kubo utsi: ‘Inkhosi yaseBhabhulona yaya eJerusalema yatsatsa inkhosi yakhona nalabahloniphekile bakhona, yeta nabo eBhabhulona.
“ ‘Ngifunga kuphila kwami, uyawufela eBhabhulona, eveni laleyo nkhosi leyambeka esihlalweni sebukhosi, lowo lowedzelela sifungo sayo wephula nesivumelwane sayo, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
Ngiyawumendlalela linetha lami, uyawuvele abhajwe elugibeni lwami. Ngiyakumyisa eBhabhulona, ngikhiphe sigwebo kuye khona lapho, ngobe angazange etsembeke kimi.