Gedharia Aponderwa paMizipa
Ishmaeri anodya naGedharia, ozomuuraya pamwe chete navose vaaiva navo, anouraya vafambi makumi masere vakanga vakatakura zvipiriso, uye anozadza gomba nezvitunha. Johanani anonunura vakatapwa; Ishmaeri anopukunyuka. Vachitya zvichaitwa neBhabhironi pamusoro pazvo, vakasara vanosimuka vachienda kuIjipiti.
41 1Mumwedzi wechinomwe Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetania, mwanakomana waErishama, worudzi rwoumambo uye mukuru wamambo, akauya navarume gumi kuna Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami paMizipa. Ipapo vakadya pamwe chete paMizipa. 2Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetania akasimuka, pamwe chete navarume gumi vaaiva navo, vakabaya Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami, mwanakomana waShafani, nomunondo, vakauraya murume uyo mambo weBhabhironi akanga agadza pamusoro penyika. 3Ishmaeri akaurayawo vaJudha vose vaiva naGedharia paMizipa, navarwi veBhabhironi vaakawana ipapo—varume vehondo.
4Pazuva rechipiri shure kwokuurayiwa kwaGedharia, pasati pano munhu azviziva, 5varume makumi masere vaibva kuShekemu, nokuShiro, nokuSamaria vakauya—ndebvu dzaveurwa, nguo dzakabvaruka, miviri yakatemwa—vakatakura zvipiriso zvezviyo nezvinonhuhwira kuenda kuimba yaBaba vedu. 6Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetania akabva paMizipa kuti asangane navo, achichema achifamba. Paakasangana navo akati, “Uyai kuna Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami.” 7Pavakapinda mukati meguta, Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetania navarume vake vakavauraya, vakavakanda mukati metsime. 8Gumi pakati pavo vakaudza Ishmaeri vachiti, “Musatiuraya—tine gorosi, nebhari, namafuta, nouchi zvakavanzwa mumunda.” Saka akavarega, asingavaurayi pamwe chete navamwe.
9Tsime makakandwa naIshmaeri mitumbi yose yavarume vaakauraya raiva riya guru rakanga raitwa namambo Asa nokuda kwokutya kwake Bhaasha mambo weIsraeri. Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetania akarizadza nevakafa.
10Ishmaeri akatapa vanhu vose vakanga vasara paMizipa—vanasikana vamambo, navose vakanga vasara paMizipa—avo Nebhuzaradhani, mukuru wavarindi, akanga apa kuna Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami. Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetania akavatapa akasimuka kuti ayambuke kuenda kuvaAmoni.
11Johanani mwanakomana waKarea navakuru vose vehondo vaaiva navo pavakanzwa zvakaipa zvose zvakaitwa naIshmaeri mwanakomana waNetania, 12vakatora varume vose, vakaenda kundorwa naIshmaeri mwanakomana waNetania, vakamuwana padziva guru riri muGibhiyoni. 13Vanhu vose vaIshmaeri pavakaona Johanani mwanakomana waKarea navakuru vose vehondo vaaiva navo, vakafara. 14Saka vatapwa vose vakanga vatorwa naIshmaeri paMizipa vakadzoka vakaenda kuna Johanani mwanakomana waKarea. 15Asi Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetania akapukunyuka kuna Johanani navarume vasere akaenda kuvaAmoni.
16Ipapo Johanani mwanakomana waKarea navakuru vose vehondo vaaiva navo vakatora paMizipa vanhu vakanga vasara vakanga vanunurwa naJohanani kuna Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetania shure kwokunge Ishmaeri auraya Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami—varwi, navakadzi, nevana, nemachinda vakadzoswa vachibva kuGibhiyoni. 17Vakasimuka vakandomira paGeruti Kimhami pedyo neBhetirehema, vakananga kuIjipiti, 18nokuti vaitya vaBhabhironi, sezvo Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetania akanga auraya Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami, uyo mambo weBhabhironi akanga agadza pamusoro penyika.