1In the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood and had been one of the king’s officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. While they were eating together there, 2Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed as governor over the land. 3Ishmael also killed all the men of Judah who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Babylonian⚓ soldiers who were there. 4The day after Gedaliah’s assassination, before anyone knew about it, 5eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense with them to the house of the Lord. 6Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he met them, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.” 7When they went into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern. 8But ten of them said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us! We have wheat and barley, olive oil and honey, hidden in a field.” So he let them alone and did not kill them with the others. 9Now the cistern where he threw all the bodies of the men he had killed along with Gedaliah was the one King Asa had made as part of his defense against Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the dead. 10Ishmael made captives of all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah—the king’s daughters along with all the others who were left there, over whom Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites. 11When Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him heard about all the crimes Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed, 12they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They caught up with him near the great pool in Gibeon. 13When all the people Ishmael had with him saw Johanan son of Kareah and the army officers who were with him, they were glad. 14All the people Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah. 15But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and fled to the Ammonites. 16Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him led away all the people of Mizpah who had survived, whom Johanan had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had assassinated Gedaliah son of Ahikam—the soldiers, women, children and court officials he had recovered from Gibeon. 17And they went on, stopping at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem on their way to Egypt 18to escape the Babylonians.⚓ They were afraid of them because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed as governor over the land.
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1 Hlăm mlan tal kjuh Y-Ismaêl anak êkei Y-Nêthania čô Y-Êlisama găp djuê mtao, sa čô khua kơ phung kahan mtao, hriê mbĭt hŏng pluh čô êkei kơ Y-Gêdalia anak êkei Y-Ahikam ti ƀuôn Mispa. Êjai diñu dôk huă ƀơ̆ng hrăm mbĭt ti ƀuôn Mispa, 2Y-Ismaêl anak êkei Y-Nêthania leh anăn pluh čô êkei mbĭt hŏng ñu kgŭ bi mdjiê Y-Gêdalia anak êkei Y-Ahikam čô Y-Saphan hŏng đao gưm, pô mtao Ƀaƀilôn mjing leh khua prŏng kiă kriê čar. 3Msĕ mơh Y-Ismaêl bi mdjiê jih jang phung Yuđa dôk mbĭt hŏng Y-Gêdalia ti ƀuôn Mispa, wăt phung kahan Kaldê dôk tinăn. 4Leh hruê arăng bi mdjiê Y-Gêdalia, êlâo kơ sa čô thâo klei anăn, 5mâo sa păn pluh čô êkei hriê mơ̆ng ƀuôn Sičem, ƀuôn Silô, leh anăn ƀuôn Samari, mlâo kang diñu kuêh leh, čhiăm ao diñu tĭ, leh anăn asei mlei diñu riêk leh hŏng dhŏng, djă ba mnơ̆ng myơr kpŭng ƀhĭ leh anăn mnơ̆ng ƀâo mngưi pioh myơr ti sang yang Yêhôwa. 6Y-Ismaêl anak êkei Y-Nêthania kbiă mơ̆ng ƀuôn Mispa čiăng bi tuôm hŏng digơ̆, hia êjai. Êjai ñu bi tuôm hŏng digơ̆, ñu lač kơ digơ̆, “Hriê bi tuôm bĕ hŏng Y-Gêdalia anak êkei Y-Ahikam.” 7Tơdah digơ̆ mŭt hlăm ƀuôn, Y-Ismaêl anak êkei Y-Nêthania leh anăn phung êkei mbĭt hŏng ñu bi mdjiê digơ̆ leh anăn hwiê digơ̆ hlăm kbăng êa. 8Ƀiădah mâo pluh čô êkei hlăm phung anăn lač kơ Y-Ismaêl, “Đăm bi mdjiê hmei ôh, kyuadah hmei mâo hjiê mdiê ƀlê, mndiê ôrgơ, êa boh ôliwơ, leh anăn êa hnuê mdăp leh hlăm hma.” Snăn Y-Ismaêl amâo bi mdjiê ôh digơ̆ mbĭt hŏng phung găp digơ̆. 9Kbăng êa anôk Y-Ismaêl hwiê leh atâo phung êkei ñu bi mdjiê leh jing kbăng êa prŏng Mtao Asa klei leh čiăng mgang kơ Y-Baêsa mtao Israel; Y-Ismaêl anak êkei Y-Nêthania bi bŏ kbăng êa anăn hŏng mnuih ñu bi mdjiê leh. 10Leh anăn Y-Ismaêl mă mjing mnă jih jang phung ƀuôn sang ăt dôk hlăm ƀuôn Mispa, phung anak mniê mtao leh anăn jih jang phung ƀuôn sang ăt dôk ti ƀuôn Mispa, phung Y-Nebusaradan khua kahan phung gak jao leh kơ Y-Gêdalia anak êkei Y-Ahikam. Y-Ismaêl anak êkei Y-Nêthania mă digơ̆ jing mnă leh anăn dơ̆ng găn nao kơ čar Amôn. 11Ƀiădah tơdah Y-Jôhanan anak êkei Y-Karêa leh anăn jih jang phung khua kahan mbĭt hŏng ñu hmư̆ leh jih jang klei jhat Y-Ismaêl anak êkei Y-Nêthania ngă leh, 12diñu mă jih jang phung êkei diñu leh anăn nao bi blah hŏng Y-Ismaêl anak êkei Y-Nêthania. Diñu hmao Y-Ismaêl ti êa ênao prŏng ti ƀuôn Gabaôn. 13Tơdah jih jang phung ƀuôn sang dôk mbĭt hŏng Y-Ismaêl ƀuh Y-Jôhanan anak êkei Y-Karêa leh anăn jih jang phung khua kahan mbĭt hŏng ñu digơ̆ hơ̆k mơak. 14Snăn jih jang phung ƀuôn sang Y-Ismaêl atăt jing mnă mơ̆ng ƀuôn Mispa lŏ wĭt nao kơ Y-Jôhanan anak êkei Y-Karêa. 15Ƀiădah Y-Ismaêl anak êkei Y-Nêthania tlaih mơ̆ng Y-Jôhanan mbĭt hŏng sa păn čô êkei, leh anăn đuĕ nao kơ phung Amôn. 16Y-Jôhanan anak êkei Y-Karêa leh anăn jih jang phung khua kahan mbĭt hŏng ñu atăt jih jang phung ƀuôn sang ăt dôk mơ̆ng phung Y-Ismaêl anak êkei Y-Nêthania atăt jing mnă mơ̆ng ƀuôn Mispa leh ñu bi mdjiê Y-Gêdalia anak êkei Y-Ahikam — phung kahan, phung mniê, phung hđeh, phung dĭng buăl arăng mkriâo, phung Y-Jôhanan atăt ba wĭt mơ̆ng ƀuôn Gabaôn. 17Diñu nao jưh ti Kimham giăm ƀuôn Betlêhem, mĭn čiăng nao kơ čar Êjip, 18kyua huĭ kơ phung Kaldê; kyuadah Y-Ismaêl anak êkei Y-Nêthania bi mdjiê leh Y-Gêdalia anak êkei Y-Ahikam, pô mtao Ƀaƀilôn mjing leh khua prŏng kiă kriê čar.