¹And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, and [one] of the king's chief men, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam unto Mizpah, and there they ate bread together, in Mizpah.

¹Pada bulan tujuh tahun itu Ismael anak Netanya dan cucu Elisama pergi bersama sepuluh orang ke Mizpa untuk bertemu dengan Gedalya. (Ismael adalah seorang keturunan raja, salah seorang perwira tinggi kerajaan.) Sementara mereka semua makan bersama-sama,

²And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

²Ismael dan kesepuluh orang itu mencabut pedang mereka dan membunuh Gedalya, gubernur yang diangkat oleh orang Babel itu.

³And Ishmael smote all the Jews that were with him, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, the men of war.

³Ismael membunuh juga semua orang Yehuda yang ada bersama Gedalya di Mizpa, dan semua tentara Babel yang kebetulan berada di situ.

⁴And it came to pass the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

⁴Hari berikutnya, sebelum pembunuhan Gedalya diketahui orang,

⁵that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves; with oblations and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah.

⁵datanglah delapan puluh orang dari Sikhem, Silo, dan Samaria. Mereka telah mencukur janggut, merobek pakaian, dan menoreh-noreh badan mereka. Mereka membawa gandum dan kemenyan untuk dipersembahkan di Rumah TUHAN.

⁶And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went; and it came to pass when he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

⁶Maka keluarlah Ismael dari Mizpa dan pergi menemui mereka. Sambil menangis, ia berkata, "Mari pergi melihat Gedalya."

⁷And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, he and the men that were with him, slew them, [and cast them] into the midst of the pit.

⁷Segera setelah mereka sampai di tengah-tengah kota, Ismael dan orang-orangnya mulai membunuh mereka. Tapi sepuluh di antara mereka berkata kepada Ismael, "Jangan bunuh kami! Kami masih punya dua macam gandum, juga minyak zaitun, dan madu. Semuanya kami sembunyikan di luar kota." Karena itu Ismael tidak membunuh mereka, tapi yang lain dibunuhnya dan mayat mereka dilempar ke dalam sumur.

⁸But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Do not kill us, for we have hidden stores in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbore, and did not kill them among their brethren.

⁸(41:7)

⁹And the pit into which Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain by the side of Gedaliah was the one which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

⁹Sumur itu adalah sumur besar yang dibuat Raja Asa pada waktu ia diserang Baesa raja Israel.

¹⁰And Ishmael carried away captive all the remnant of the people that were in Mizpah, the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.

¹⁰Kemudian Ismael menangkap para putri raja dan semua orang yang masih ada di Mizpa yang telah diserahkan oleh Nebuzaradan kepada pengawasan Gedalya. Ismael menawan mereka lalu berangkat dengan mereka ke jurusan wilayah Amon.

¹¹And Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done;

¹¹Yohanan anak Kareah dan semua perwira yang bersama-sama dengan dia mendengar tentang kejahatan Ismael.

¹²and they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are at Gibeon.

¹²Maka mereka bersama anak buah mereka pergi mengejar dia, dan mendapati dia di kolam besar Gibeon.

¹³And it came to pass when all the people that were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad.

¹³Melihat Yohanan bersama perwira-perwira itu datang, para tawanan Ismael sangat gembira,

¹⁴And all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.

¹⁴lalu berbalik dan lari mendapatkan rombongan Yohanan.

¹⁵But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.

¹⁵Tapi Ismael dan delapan anak buahnya lolos, dan melarikan diri ke negeri Amon.

¹⁶Then Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, took all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon;

¹⁶Kemudian Yohanan dan perwira-perwiranya mengumpulkan para prajurit, wanita, anak-anak, dan para pegawai istana yang ditawan oleh Ismael setelah membunuh Gedalya.

¹⁷and they departed, and dwelt at Geruth-Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

¹⁷Mereka semua menjadi takut kepada orang Babel, karena Ismael telah membunuh Gedalya yang diangkat oleh raja Babel menjadi gubernur negeri itu. Jadi, mereka melarikan diri ke Mesir. Di tengah perjalanan, mereka berhenti di Kimham dekat Betlehem.

¹⁸because of the Chaldeans; for they feared them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had smitten Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

¹⁸(41:17)