UJeremiya 41 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

¹ Kwathi ngenyanga yesikhombisa uIshmayeli indodana kaNethaniya, kaElishama, owenzalo yenkosi, wafika lamadoda alitshumi kuGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu eMizipa. Kwathi besadla laye eMizipa,

² uIshmayeli indodana kaNethaniya lamadoda alitshumi ayelaye bamgwaza ngomkhonto uGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu, kaShafani, bambulala, yena inkosi yaseBabiloni eyayimbeke ukuba ngumbusi elizweni.

³ UIshmayeli wabulala labo bonke abaJuda ababeloGedaliya eMizipa, kanye lamabutho amaKaladiya ayekhona lapho.

⁴ Ngosuku lwesibili sebembulele uGedaliya, kungakaziwa muntu,

⁵ kwafika amadoda angamatshumi aficaminwembili evela eShekema leShilo leSamariya, ephucile indevu zawo, lezigqoko zawo zidatshuliwe, lemizimba yawo isikiwe, eletha iminikelo yempuphu kanye lempepha ukuyinikela ethempelini.

⁶ UIshmayeli indodana kaNethaniya wasuka eMizipa ukuwahlangabeza, ehamba ekhala. Kwathi lapho ehlangana lawo, wathi kuwo: Wozani kuGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu.

⁷ Kwathi esengenile emzini, uIshmayeli indodana kaNethaniya lamadodana ayelaye bawabulala, bawaphosela emgodini.

⁸ Kodwa kwakulamadoda alitshumi phakathi kwawo athi kuIshmayeli: Ungasibulali, ngoba sileziphala ezigcwele amabele lebhali lamafutha kanye lenyosi, sikufihlile egangeni. Ngakho wawayekela, kaze awabulala.

⁹ Umgodi uIshmayeli ayephosele kuwo izidumbu zabo bonke abantu ayebabulele, wawungumgodi omkhulu owawenziwe yinkosi uAsa ukuzivikela kuBahasha inkosi yakoIsrayeli. UIshmayeli indodana kaNethaniya wawugcwalisa ngezidumbu.

¹⁰ UIshmayeli wasethumba bonke abantu ababesele eMizipa, amadodakazi enkosi labo bonke ababesele eMizipa, uNebuzaradani induna yabalindi ayebanikezele kuGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu. UIshmayeli indodana kaNethaniya wabathumba, wabasa kumaAmoni.

¹¹ Kodwa kwathi lapho uJohanani indodana kaKareya lazo zonke induna zamabutho ezazilaye besizwa konke okubi okwenziwe nguIshmayeli indodana kaNethaniya,

¹² bathatha abantu babo bonke, bayakulwa loIshmayeli. Bamfica echibini elikhulu eliseGibeyoni.

¹³ Kwathi lapho bonke abantu ababeloIshmayeli bebona uJohanani indodana kaKareya lazo zonke induna zempi ezazilaye bathokoza.

¹⁴ Basebephenduka abantu bonke uIshmayeli ayebathumbe eMizipa, babuya baya kuJohanani indodana kaKareya.

¹⁵ Kodwa uIshmayeli indodana kaNethaniya waphunyuka kuJohanani lamadoda aficaminwembili, wabalekela kumaAmoni.

¹⁶ UJohanani indodana kaKareya lazo zonke induna zamabutho ezazilaye bathatha bonke abantu ababesele uIshmayeli indodana kaNethaniya ayebathumbe eMizipa, esebulele uGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu, amadoda empi, labafazi, labantwana, labathenwa, labo uJohanani ayebuyele labo eGibeyoni.

¹⁷ Basuka bayahlala eGeruthi‐Kimihamu eduze leBetlehema, bezama ukuya eGibithe,

¹⁸ bebalekela amaKaladiya; ngoba babewesaba, ngoba uIshmayeli kaNethaniya wayebulele uGedaliya indodana kaAhikamu, inkosi yaseBabiloni eyayimbekile ukuba ngumbusi zelizwe.