4 Ngoko ke kwathi kunyaka wethoba wolawulo lukaZedekiya, ngomhla weshumi wenyanga yeshumi, ukumkani waseBhabheli uNebhukadenezare wagaleleka eJerusalem nomkhosi wakhe uphela. Bamisa ngaphandle kwesixeko, basakhela iindonga zokuhlasela.
5 Sahlala singqingiwe njalo ke isixeko eso yada yangunyaka weshumi elinanye kakumkani uZedekiya.
6 Kwathi ngomhla wethoba kwinyanga yesine yabe indlala iqatsele apho esixekweni, kangangokuba abantu baphelelwa kukutya.
7 Ke kaloku amaKaledi alugqobhoza udonga lwesixeko, waza umkhosi wonke waseJerusalem wasaba ngobusuku, wemka ngendlela edlula ngasemyezweni kakumkani, waphuma ngesango eliphahlwe ziindonga, wabalekela entilini yeJordan. Ngelo xesha amaKaledi ayesasingqingile isixeko.
8 Kambe ke umkhosi wamaKaledi wasukelisa, waza wamfumana uZedekiya nomkhosi wakhe wonke xa wayesesentilini yaseJeriko. Wahlukaniswa nomkhosi lowo, wona wasarhaka,
9 waza yena wabanjwa. Wathathwa wasiwa kukumkani waseBhabheli eRibhela ezweni laseHamati, owathi yena walithetha ityala lakhe wamgweba.
10 Apho eRibhela ukumkani waseBhabheli wababulala oonyana bakaZedekiya ekhangele, wazibulala nazo zonke iziphathamandla zakwaJuda.