Ukubulawa kukaGedaliya eMizpa
UIshmayeli udla noGedaliya, aze ambulale yena nabo bonke ababenaye, abulale namadoda angamashumi asibhozo awayethwele iminikelo, azalise umhadi ngezidumbu. UYohanan uhlangula abathinjiweyo; uIshmayeli abaleke. Esoyika oko iBhabhilon iya kukwenza ngenxa yoko, amasalela asinge eYiputa.
41 1Ngenyanga yesixhenxe uIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya, unyana ka-Elishama, wenzala yobukumkani nomthetheli omkhulu wokumkani, weza namadoda alishumi kuGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam eMizpa. Badla isidlo khona eMizpa kunye. 2Wesuka uIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya, kunye namadoda alishumi abenawo, bambulala uGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam, unyana kaShafan, ngekrele, wayibulala le ndoda ukumkani waseBhabhilon abeyimisele phezu kwelizwe. 3UIshmayeli wawabulala namaYuda onke awayenoGedaliya eMizpa, namasoldati amaBhabhilon awayefunyanwe khona—amadoda okulwa.
4Ngomhla wesibini emva kokubulawa kukaGedaliya, kungekabikho namnye owaziyo ngako, 5kwafika amadoda angamashumi asibhozo evela kwaShekem, naseShilo, nakwaSamari—iindevu zichetyiwe, iingubo zikrazukile, imizimba icentiwe—ethwele iminikelo yokudla nesiqhumiso, esiya endlwini kaBawo wethu. 6UIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya waphuma eMizpa, waya kubakhawulela, elila ehamba. Wathi akuhlangana nabo, wathi: “Yizani kuGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam.” 7Kwathi bakufika phakathi komzi, uIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya namadoda akhe wababulala, wabaphosa phakathi emhadini. 8Kodwa abalishumi kubo bathi kuIshmayeli: “Musa ukusibulala—sinengqolowa, nerhasi, neoli, nobusi, okufihlwe entsimini.” Wabasindisa ke, akababulala kunye nabanye.
9Umhadi awaphosa kuwo uIshmayeli yonke imizimba yamadoda awababulalayo, yayingulowa mkhulu ebewenzile ukumkani uAsa ngenxa yokuba emoyika uBhahesha ukumkani wakwaSirayeli. UIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya wawuzalisa ngabafileyo.
10UIshmayeli wathimba bonke abaseleyo abantu eMizpa—iintombi zokumkani, bonke abaseleyo eMizpa—awayebanikele uNebhuzaradan, umthetheli wabasiki, kuGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam. UIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya wabathimba, wemka esiya kuwela koonyana baka-Amon.
11Kwathi uYohanan unyana kaKareha nabathetheli bonke bemikhosi ababenaye, bakuva bonke ububi awabenzayo uIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya, 12bawathabatha onke amadoda, baya kulwa noIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya, bamfumana ngasechibini elikhulu eGibheyon. 13Kwathi bonke abantu bakaIshmayeli bakumbona uYohanan unyana kaKareha nabathetheli bonke bemikhosi ababenaye, bavuya. 14Baza bonke abathinjwa uIshmayeli ababathimbileyo eMizpa, babuya, baya kuYohanan unyana kaKareha. 15Kodwa uIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya wasinda kuYohanan enamadoda asibhozo, waya koonyana baka-Amon.
16Waza uYohanan unyana kaKareha nabathetheli bonke bemikhosi ababenaye wathabatha eMizpa abaseleyo abantu awayebahlangule uYohanan kuIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya emva kokuba uIshmayeli embulele uGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam—amadoda okulwa, nabafazi, nabantwana, nabathetheli ababuyiswe eGibheyon. 17Banduluka, bema eGeruti-Kimham ngaseBhetelehem, bebhekisa eYiputa, 18ngenxa yokuba besoyika amaBhabhilon, kuba uIshmayeli unyana kaNethaniya embulele uGedaliya unyana ka-Ahikam, lowo ukumkani waseBhabhilon awayemmisele phezu kwelizwe.
