Jeremias 41

Te Ātetetanga ki a Keraria

1 Nā, i te whitu o ngā marama ka haere mai a Ihimaera tama a Netania, tama a Erihama, he uri kīngi, ko ia tētahi o ngā tino rangatira a te kīngi, me ōna hoa kotahi tekau, ki a Keraria tama a Ahikama, ki Mihipa. Nā, kei te kai taro rātou tahi ki reira, ki Mihipa. 2 Kātahi ka whakatika ake a Ihimaera tama a Netania, rātou ko ōna hoa kotahi tekau, ā, patua ana a Keraria tama a Ahikama, tama a Hapana ki te hoari, mate rawa, ā, ia i meinga nei e te kīngi o Papurōna hei kāwana mō te whenua. 3 Nā, i patua anō e Ihimaera ngā Hūrai katoa i a ia, i a Keraria, i Mihipa, rātou ko ngā Karari i kitea ki reira, arā ngā tāngata whawhai.

4 Nā, i te rua o ngā rā i muri i tāna whakamatenga i a Keraria, ā, kīhai i mōhiotia e tētahi tangata, 5 ka haere mai ētahi tāngata i Hekeme, i Hiro, i Hamaria, e waru tekau ngā tāngata, heu rawa ō rātou pāhau, haehae rawa ngā kākahu, he mea haehae anō hoki rātou, me ngā whakahere, me te whakakakara anō i ō rātou ringa hei tāpaenga ki te whare o Ihowā. 6 Nā, ka haere atu a Ihimaera tama a Netania i roto i Mihipa ki te whakatau i a rātou, me te tangi haere anō i a ia e haere ana. Ā, i tōna tūtakitanga ki a rātou, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Haere mai ki a Keraria tama a Ahikama." 7 Heoi, i tō rātou taenga ki roto ki te pā, ka patua rātou e Ihimaera tama a Netania, ā, makā ana e rātou ko ōna hoa ki roto ki te poka. 8 Otiia, tērā anō ētahi kotahi tekau i kitea i roto i a rātou, i kī atu ki a Ihimaera, "Kaua mātou e whakamatea; he taonga hoki a mātou kei te pārae, he wīti, he pārei, he hinu, he honi, kei te hunā." Nā, ka mutu tāna, ā, kīhai rātou i whakamatea e ia i roto i ō rātou tēina.

9 Nā, ko te poka i makā ai e Ihimaera ngā tinana katoa o ngā tāngata i patua nei e ia ki te taha o Keraria, ko tērā i hangā e Kīngi Aha i te wehi ki a Paaha, kīngi o Īharaira, whakakīia ana taua poka e Ihimaera tama a Netania ki te hunga i patua. 10 Kātahi ka whakaraua e Ihimaera ngā mōrehu katoa o te iwi i Mihipa, ngā tamāhine a te kīngi, me ngā mōrehu katoa i Mihipa, ko te hunga i meinga nei e Neputarārana rangatira o ngā kaitiaki, a Keraria tama a Ahikama hei kāwana mō rātou; whakaraua ana rātou e Ihimaera tama a Netania, ā, haere ana ia, whiti ana ki ngā tama a Āmona.

11 I te rongonga ia o Hohanana tama a Karea, rātou ko ngā rangatira katoa o ngā ope i a ia, ki te kino katoa i mahia e Ihimaera tama a Netania, 12 kātahi ka tango rātou i ngā tāngata katoa, ā, haere ana ki te whawhai ki a Ihimaera tama a Netania, ā, rokohanga atu ia i te taha o ngā wai nunui i Kipeono. 13 Ā, nō te kitenga o te hunga katoa i a Ihimaera i a Hohanana tama a Karea, i ōna hoa hoki, i ngā rangatira katoa o ngā ope, nā, ka koa rātou. 14 Ko te tino tahuritanga o te hunga katoa i whakaraua e Ihimaera i Mihipa, hoki ana, haere ana ki a Hohanana tama a Karea. 15 Engari ko Ihimaera tama a Netania i mawhiti atu i a Hohanana, rātou ko ngā tāngata tokowaru, ā, haere ana ki ngā tama a Āmona.

16 Kātahi ka mau a Hohanana tama a Karea, rātou ko ōna hoa, ko ngā rangatira katoa o ngā ope, i ngā mōrehu katoa o te iwi, i ērā o Mihipa i whakahokia mai e ia i a Ihimaera tama a Netania, i muri i tāna patunga i a Keraria tama a Ahikama – arā ngā tāngata whawhai, ngā wāhine, ngā tamariki, ngā unaka hoki i whakahokia mai e ia i Kipeono. 17 Ā, haere ana, noho ana i Kerutu Kimihama, i te taha o Pēterehema, he mea kia haere ai rātou ki Īhipa, 18 i te wehi ki ngā Karari; i wehi hoki rātou i a rātou, mō te patunga a Ihimaera tama a Netania i a Keraria tama a Ahikama, i meinga nei e te kīngi o Papurōna hei kāwana mō te whenua.

1 Now it came to pass 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 unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. 2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. 3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, to wit, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, the men of war.

4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, 5 that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah. 6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. 7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. 8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. 9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain, by the side of Gedaliah (the same was that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. 10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that 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.

11 But when 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, 12 then 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. 13 Now it came to pass that, 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. 14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah. 15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon. 16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that 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 slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, to wit, the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon. 17 And they departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt, 18 because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.