¹Zvino nomwedzi wechinomwe Ishimaeri mwanakomana waNetania, mwanakomana waErishama worudzi rwamambo, mumwe wavanyai vakuru vamambo, wakauya ana varume vane gumi naye kuna Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami paMizipa, vakadyapo zvokudya pamwechete paMizipa.

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.

²Ipapo Ishimaeri mwanakomana waNetania navarume vane gumi vaiva naye vakasimuka, vakabaya Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami, mwanakomana waShafani, nomunondo, vakamuuraya, iye wakange agadzwa namambo weBhabhironi ave mubati wenyika iyo.

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.

³Ishimaeri akaurayawo vaJudha vose vaiva naye, naiye Gedharia paMizipa, navaKaradhea vakawanikwapo, vaiva varwi.

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.

⁴Zvino nezuva rechipiri rokuuraya kwake Gedharia, kusisina munhu wakazviziva,

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

⁵vamwe varume vakasvikapo vachibva Shekemu neShiro neSamaria, varume vana makumi masere, ndebvu dzavo dzakaveurwa nenguvo dzavo dzakabvarurwa, vakanga vazvicheka-chekawo, vakabata mumaoko avo zvipiriso zvohupfu nezvinonhuhwira, kuti vazviise mumba maJehovha.

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.

⁶Ipapo Ishimaeri mwanakomana waNetania wakabuda paMizipa kundovachingamidza, akafamba achingochema; zvino wakati achisangana navo, akati kavari, Uyai kuna Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami.

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.

⁷Zvino vakati vachisvika pakati peguta, Ishimaeri mwanakomana waNetania akavauraya, ndokuvakanda mukati megomba, iye navarume vaakanga anavo.

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.

⁸Asi pakati pavo pakanga pana varume vane gumi vakati kuna Ishimaeri, Musatiuraya, nekuti tine zvimwe zvatakaviga kusango, zvinoti, gorosi nebhari nemafuta nehuchi. Naizvozvo akarega, akasavauraya pakati pehama dzavo.

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.

⁹Zvino gomba iro makakandira Ishimaeri zvitunha zvavanhu vaakanga auraya, pamwechete naGedharia (ndiro rakanga raitwa namambo Asa nemhaka yokutya Bhaasha mambo waIsiraeri), Ishimaeri mwanakomana waNetania wakarizadza navakaurawa.

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.

¹⁰Ipapo Ishimaeri akatapa vanhu vose vakanga vasara paMizipa, vakaiswa naNebhuzaradhani mukuru wavarindi kuna Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami, ivo vakunda vamambo, navanhu vose vakanga vasara paMizipa; Ishimaeri mwanakomana waNetania wakavatapa, akabvapo achida kuenda kuvana vaAmoni.

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.

¹¹Asi Johwanani mwanakomana waKarea, navakuru vose vehondo vaiva naye, vakati vachinzwa zvakaipa zvose zvakaitwa naIshimaeri mwanakomana waNetania,

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;

¹²vakatora varume vose, vakandorwa naIshimaeri mwanakomana waNetania, vakamuwana ari pamvura zhinji iri paGibhiyoni.

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.

¹³Zvino vanhu vose vaiva naIshimaeri vakati vachiona Johwanani mwanakomana waKarea, navakuru vose vehondo vaiva naye, vakafara.

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.

¹⁴Naizvozvo vanhu vose vakanga vatapwa naIshimaeri paMizipa vakatendeuka vakadzoka, vakaenda kuna Johwanani mwanakomana waKarea.

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.

¹⁵Asi Ishimaeri mwanakomana waNetania wakatiza Johwanani ana varume vasere, akaenda kuvana vaAmoni

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

¹⁶Ipapo Johwanani mwanakomana waKarea navakuru vose vehondo vaiva naye vakatora vanhu vose vakanga vasara, vaakanga arwira kuna Ishimaeri mwanakomana waNetania paMizipa, ambouraya Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami, vaiti, varume varwi navakadzi navana navaranda, vaakanga adzosa paGibhiyoni.

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;

¹⁷Vakabva, vakandogara paGerutikimhami, riri paBheterehemu, vachiti vagozoenda Egipita,

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

¹⁸nokuda kwavaKaradhea, nekuti vakanga vachivatya, Ishimaeri mwanakomana waNetania zvaakauraya Gedharia mwanakomana waAhikami, wakange aitwa mubati wenyika iyo namambo weBhabhironi.

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.