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.

¹Now it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and one of the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to 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.

²Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

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

³Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with him, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.

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

⁴It happened 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, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Yahweh.

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

⁶Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it happened, as he met them, he said to them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

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

⁷It was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men who were with him.

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 those who said to Ishmael, Don’t kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he stopped, and didn’t kill them among their brothers.

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.

⁹Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of Gedaliah (the same was who which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed.

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.

¹⁰Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people who were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the 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,

¹¹But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who 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.

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

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

¹³Now it happened that, when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, then they were glad.

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

¹⁴So all the people who 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 took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon:

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

¹⁷and they departed, and lived in 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 were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.