Jeremias 41

1 Now in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring 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. 2 Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose, 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. 3 Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldean men of war who were found there.

4 The second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it, 5 men came 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 Yahweh’s house. 6 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went, and as he met them, he said to them, "Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam." 7 It was so, when they came into the middle of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, and cast them into the middle of the pit, he, and the men who were with him. 8 But 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. 9 Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of Gedaliah (this was that 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.

10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all of the people who were left 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.

11 But 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, 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 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. 14 So all the people who Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to 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 Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces who 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 killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—the men of war, with the women, the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon. 17 They departed and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt 18 because 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.

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.