Inkosi yayala uHilikiya umpristi , no-Ahikamu indodana kaShafani , no- Akibori indodana kaMikhaya, noShafani umbhali, no-Asaya inceku yenkosi , ithi:

Abantu abaseleyo ezweni lakwaJuda abashiyiwe nguNebukadinesari inkosi yaseBabele, phezu kwabo wenza uGedaliya indodana ka -Ahikamu kaShafani abe ngumbusi.

Inkosi yayala oHilikiya , no-Ahikamu indodana kaShafani , no-Abidoni indodana kaMika, noShafani umbhali, no-Asaya inceku yenkosi, yathi:

Kepha isandla sika -Ahikamu, indodana kaShafani , sasinoJeremiya ukuba bangamnikeli esandleni sabantu ukumbulala.

ngesandla sika-Eleyasa indodana kaShafani noGemariya indodana kaHilikiya abathunywa nguSedekiya , inkosi yakwaJuda , eBabele kuNebukadinesari inkosi yaseBabele, athi:

UBaruki wayesefunda encwadini amazwi kaJeremiya endlini kaJehova ekamelweni l ikaGemariya indodana kaShafani umbhali egcekeni lasenhla ngasesikhaleni sesango elisha lendlu kaJehova ezindlebeni zabantu bonke.

UMikhaya indodana kaGemariya kaShafani wezwa onke amazwi kule ncwadi,

wehlela endlini yenkosi ekamelweni lombhali ; bheka, kwakuhlezi khona zonke izikhulu , u-Elishama umbhali , noDelaya indodana kaShemaya , no- Elinathani indodana ka-Akibori, noGemariya indodana kaShafani, noSedekiya indodana kaHananiya, zonke izikhulu.

bathuma bamkhipha uJeremiya egcekeni letilongo , bamnikeza kuGedaliya indodana ka-Ahikamu kaShafani ukuba amyise ekhaya; wayesehlala phakathi kwabantu.

Engakabuyi, yathi: Buyela kuGedaliya indodana ka -Ahikamu kaShafani , inkosi yaseBabele emenze abe ngumbusi phezu kwemizi yakwaJuda , uhlale naye p hakathi kwabantu ; noma lapho kulungile emehlweni akho ukuya khona, yiya lapho . Induna yabalindi yayisimnika umphako nesipho , yamvumela ukuba ahambe.

UGedaliya indodana ka-Ahikamu kaShafani wafunga kubo nakubantu babo , wathi: Ningesabi ukukhonza amaKaledi : hlalani ezweni , niyikhonze inkosi yaseBabele, kuyakuba kuhle kini.

Futhi lapho bonke abaJuda ababekwaMowabi , naphakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Amoni, nakwa-Edomi, nababesemazweni onke sebezwile ukuthi inkosi yaseBabele ishiyile insali kwa Juda nokuthi ibeke phezu kwabo uGedaliya indodana ka-Ahikamu kaShafani ukuba abe ngumbusi phezu kwabo,

Wayesesuka u -Ishmayeli indodana kaNethaniya namadoda ayi shumi ayenaye, bamshaya uGedaliya indodana ka -Ahikamu kaShafani ngenkemba , bambulala, yena inkosi yaseBabele ebimenze umbusi ezweni.

abesilisa, nabesifazane, nabantwana, namadodakazi enkosi , nabo bonke abantu uNebuzaradani induna yab alindi ayebashiyile kuGedaliya indodana ka-Ahikamu kaShafani, noJeremiya umprofethi, noBaruki indodana kaNeriya,

Kwakumi phambi kwabo abantu abangamashumi ayisikhombisa bamalunga endlu yakwa -Israyeli, naphakathi kwabo uJahazaniya indodana kaShafani, kwaba yilowo nalowo enomcengezi wakhe womlilo esandleni sakhe, nephunga lefu lempepho lenyuka.