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41 Haddaba bishii toddobaad waxaa yimid Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah oo ahaa ina Eliishaamaac, oo ka mid ahaa farcankii boqornimada iyo weliba saraakiishii boqorka, isagoo toban nin wata, oo waxay Gedalyaah ina Ahiiqaam ugu yimaadeen Misfaah, oo halkaasay kibis ku wada cuneen. Markaasaa waxaa sara joogsaday Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah iyo tobankii nin ee isaga la socday, oo Gedalyaah ina Ahiiqaam oo ahaa ina Shaafaan ayay seef la dheceen oo isagay dileen kaasoo boqorkii Baabuloon uu dalka taliye uga dhigay. Oo weliba Ismaaciil wuxuu kaloo wada laayay Yuhuuddii Gedalyaah Misfaah la joogtay, iyo reer Kaldayiinkii halkaas laga helay, kuwaasoo ahaa raggii dagaalka oo dhan. Oo maalintii uu Gedalyaah dilay maalintii ku laba ahayd iyadoo aan ciduna weli ogayn ayaa nimani waxay ka yimaadeen Shekem iyo Shiiloh iyo Samaariya, oo waxay ahaayeen siddeetan nin oo gadhadhkii iska xiiray, oo dharkoodiina jeexjeexay, oo jidhkoodii googooyay, oo gacmaha ku sida qurbaanno iyo foox ay guriga Rabbiga u wadaan. Oo Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah wuxuu Misfaah uga tegey inuu iyaga ka hor tago aawadeed, isagoo ooyaya intuu sii socday oo dhan, oo markuu iyagii la kulmay wuxuu ku yidhi, Gedalyaah ina Ahiiqaam u kaalaya. Oo markay magaalada dhexdeedii yimaadeen ayaa Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah kulligood wada laayay, oo isagii iyo raggii la socday meydkoodii god bay ku rideen. Laakiinse waxaa dhexdoodii laga helay toban nin oo Ismaaciil ku tidhi, Ha na dilin, waayo, annagu waxaannu leennahay kayd sarreen iyo shaciir iyo saliid iyo malab ah oo duurka ku dhex qarsoon, sidaas daraaddeed iyagii wuu iska dhaafay oo walaalahood lama uu layn. Haddaba godkii uu Ismaaciil ku riday raggii uu Gedalyaah la laayay meydadkoodii oo dhan wuxuu ahaa kii uu Boqor Aasaa u samaystay cabsi uu ka qabay boqorkii dalka Israa'iil oo Bacshaa ahaa aawadeed, oo Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah wuxuu godkaas ka buuxiyey kuwii uu laayay meydkoodii. 10 Markaasaa Ismaaciil wuxuu maxaabiis ahaan u kaxaystay dadka hadhay oo dhan, xataa gabdhihii boqorka iyo dadkii Misfaah ku hadhay oo dhan, kuwaasoo Nebuusaradaan oo ahaa sirkaalkii waardiyayaashu uu u dhiibay Gedalyaah ina Ahiiqaam. Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah maxaabiis ahaan ayuu u kaxaystay, oo wuxuu u ambabbaxay inuu reer Cammoon u gudbo.

11 Laakiinse Yooxaanaan ina Qaaree'ax iyo saraakiishii ciidammada ee isaga la joogtay oo dhammu markay maqleen xumaantii uu Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah sameeyey oo dhan 12 ayay kaxaysteen raggii oo dhan, oo waxay u keceen inay Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah la diriraan, oo isagay ka ag heleen biyihii badnaa ee Gibecoon ku yaal. 13 Oo dadkii Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah watay oo dhammu markay arkeen Yooxaanaan ina Qaaree'ax iyo saraakiishii ciidammada oo isaga la jiray oo dhan ayay wada farxeen. 14 Sidaas daraaddeed dadkii Ismaaciil uu Misfaah maxaabbiisahaanta uga kaxaystay oo dhammu intay jeesteen ayay dib u noqdeen, oo waxay u tageen Yooxaanaan ina Qaaree'ax. 15 Laakiinse Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah Yooxaanaan wuu ka baxsaday, oo intuu siddeed nin la cararay ayuu reer Cammoon u tegey.

Cararkii Masar

16 Markaasaa Yooxaanaan ina Qaaree'ax iyo saraakiishii ciidammada ee isaga la jirtay oo dhammu waxay soo kexeeyeen dadkii hadhay ee uu dhammaan ka soo caymiyey Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah markuu Misfaah ku dilay Gedalyaah ina Ahiiqaam dabadeed, oo kuwaasu waxay ahaayeen raggii dagaalka, iyo naagihii, iyo carruurtii, iyo bohommadii ee uu ka soo celiyey Gibecoon. 17 Oo iyana intay tageen ayay Geeruud Kimhaam oo Beytlaxam ku ag yiil degeen, si ay u tagaan oo ay Masar u galaan reer Kaldayiin aawadood, 18 maxaa yeelay, iyagay ka cabsanayeen, waayo, Ismaaciil ina Netanyaah ayaa dilay Gedalyaah ina Ahiiqaam oo boqorkii Baabuloon uu dalka taliye uga dhigay.

41 In the seventh month Ishmael(A) 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, Ishmael(B) 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,(C) killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed(D) as governor over the land.(E) Ishmael also killed all the men of Judah who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Babylonian[a] soldiers who were there.

The day after Gedaliah’s assassination, before anyone knew about it, eighty men who had shaved off their beards,(F) torn their clothes(G) and cut(H) themselves came from Shechem,(I) Shiloh(J) and Samaria,(K) bringing grain offerings and incense(L) with them to the house of the Lord.(M) Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping(N) as he went. When he met them, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”(O) When they went into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.(P) But ten of them said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us! We have wheat and barley, olive oil and honey, hidden in a field.”(Q) So he let them alone and did not kill them with the others. Now the cistern where he threw all the bodies of the men he had killed along with Gedaliah was the one King Asa(R) had made as part of his defense(S) against Baasha(T) king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the dead.

10 Ishmael made captives of all the rest of the people(U) who were in Mizpah—the king’s daughters(V) 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.(W)

11 When Johanan(X) son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him heard about all the crimes Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed, 12 they took all their men and went to fight(Y) Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They caught up with him near the great pool(Z) in Gibeon. 13 When all the people(AA) Ishmael had with him saw Johanan son of Kareah and the army officers who were with him, they were glad. 14 All the people Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah(AB) turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah. 15 But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped(AC) from Johanan and fled to the Ammonites.

Flight to Egypt

16 Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers(AD) who were with him led away all the people of Mizpah who had survived,(AE) 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. 17 And they went on, stopping at Geruth Kimham(AF) near Bethlehem(AG) on their way to Egypt(AH) 18 to escape the Babylonians.[b] They were afraid(AI) of them because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah(AJ) son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed as governor over the land.

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 41:3 Or Chaldean
  2. Jeremiah 41:18 Or Chaldeans