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.

¹O yılın yedinci ayında kral soyundan ve kralın baş görevlilerinden Elişama oğlu Netanya oğlu İsmail, on adamıyla birlikte Mispaya, Ahikam oğlu Gedalyanın yanına gitti. Orada, Mispada birlikte yemek yerlerken,

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.

²Netanya oğlu İsmaille yanındaki on adam ayağa kalkıp Babil Kralının ülkeye vali atadığı Şafan oğlu Ahikam oğlu Gedalyayı kılıçla öldürdüler.

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.

³İsmail Mispada Gedalyayla birlikte olan bütün Yahudileri ve oradaki Kildan askerlerini de öldürdü.

⁴It happened the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

⁴Gedalya öldürüldükten bir gün sonra, ölüm haberi duyulmadan önce

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.

⁵Şekemden, Şilodan, Samiriyeden sakallarını tıraş etmiş, giysilerini yırtmış, bedenlerinde yaralar açmış seksen adam geldi. RABbin Tapınağında sunmak için yanlarında tahıl, günnük getirmişlerdi.

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.

⁶Netanya oğlu İsmail Mispadan ağlaya ağlaya onları karşılamaya çıktı. Onları görünce, ‹‹Ahikam oğlu Gedalyaya gelin›› dedi.

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.

⁷Kente girince, Netanya oğlu İsmail ve yanındakiler onları öldürüp bir sarnıca attılar.

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.

⁸Ancak onlardan on kişi İsmaile, ‹‹Bizi öldürme!›› dediler, ‹‹Tarlada saklı buğdayımız, arpamız, zeytinyağımız ve balımız var.›› Böylece İsmail vazgeçip onları öbürleriyle birlikte öldürmedi.

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.

⁹İsmailin öldürdüğü adamların bedenlerini atmış olduğu sarnıç büyüktü. Kral Asa, bu sarnıcı İsrail Kralı Baaşadan korunmak için kazmıştı. Netanya oğlu İsmail orayı ölülerle doldurdu. aracılığıyla››.

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.

¹⁰İsmail, muhafız birliği komutanı Nebuzaradanın Ahikam oğlu Gedalyanın sorumluluğuna bıraktığı Mispadaki bütün halkı ve kral kızlarını tutsak aldı. Netanya oğlu İsmail tümünü tutsak alıp Ammonlulara sığınmak üzere yola çıktı.

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,

¹¹Kareah oğlu Yohanan ve yanındaki ordu komutanları, Netanya oğlu İsmailin işlediği cinayetleri duyunca,

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.

¹²bütün adamlarını alıp Netanya oğlu İsmaille savaşmaya gittiler. Givondaki büyük havuzun yakınında ona yetiştiler.

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.

¹³İsmailin yanındaki adamlar, Kareah oğlu Yohanan ve yanındaki ordu komutanlarını görünce sevindiler.

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.

¹⁴İsmailin Mispadan tutsak olarak götürdüğü herkes geri dönüp Kareah oğlu Yohanana katıldı.

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

¹⁵Netanya oğlu İsmail ve sekiz adamıysa Yohanandan kaçıp Ammonlulara sığındılar.

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:

¹⁶Kareah oğlu Yohananla yanındaki ordu komutanları sağ kalanların hepsini -Ahikam oğlu Gedalyayı öldüren Netanya oğlu İsmailden kurtarıp Givondan geri getirdiği yiğit askerleri, kadınları, çocukları, saray görevlilerini- Mispadan alıp götürdüler.

¹⁷and they departed, and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

¹⁷Kildaniler'den kaçmak için Mısır'a doğru yola çıktılar. Beytlehem yakınında, Gerut-Kimham'da durdular. Kildaniler'den korkuyorlardı. Çünkü Netanya oğlu İsmail, Babil Kralı'nın ülkeye vali atadığı Ahikam oğlu Gedalya'yı öldürmüştü.

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.