Zonke izinduna zempi , zona nabantu bazo , sezizwile ukuthi inkosi yaseBabele imenzile uGedaliya umbusi ezweni , zaya kuGedaliya eMispa : u- Ishmayeli indodana kaNethaniya, noJohanani indodana kaKhareya, noSeraya indodana kaThanihumeti waseNethofa , noJahazaniya indodana yomMahakha, bona nabantu babo.

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.

Wayesehamba uJeremiya, waya kuGedaliya, indodana ka-Ahikamu, eMispa, wahlala naye phakathi kwabantu ababesele ezweni.

zaya kuGedaliya eMispa : u-Ishmayeli indodana kaNethaniya , noJohanani noJonathani amadodana kaKhareya , noSeraya indodana kaThanihumeti , namadodana ka -Efayi waseNethofa , noJahazaniya indodana yomMahakha , bona nabantu babo.

bonke abaJuda babuya ezindaweni zonke ababexoshelwe kuzo , bafika ezweni lakwaJuda kuGedaliya eMispa, babutha kakhulu iwayini nezithelo.

UJohanani ind odana kaKhareya nazo zonke izinduna zempi ezazisendle beza kuGedaliya eMispa,

UJohanani indodana kaKhareya wakhuluma kuGedaliya eMispa ngasese , wathi: Mangihambe ngimbulale u -Ishmayeli indodana kaNethaniya , kungaziwa muntu ; ubeyakukubulalelani, ukuze bonke abaJuda ababuthene kuwe bahlakazake, insali yakwaJuda ichithwe, na?

Kwathi ngenyanga yesikhombisa u -Ishmayeli indodana kaNethaniya ka - Elishama, wozalo lwenkosi nowezikhulu zenkosi, wafika namadoda ayishumi kuGedaliya indodana ka -Ahikamu eMispa, badla khona isinkwa kanyekanye eMispa.

U-Ishmayeli indodana kaNethaniya waphuma eMispa ukubah langabeza, ehamba ekhala . Kwathi lapho esehlangana nabo , wathi kubo : Ngenani kuGedaliya indodana ka-Ahikamu.

U-Ishmayeli wayesethumba bonke abantu abaseleyo eMispa , amadodakazi enkosi nabo bonke abantu ababesele eMispa , uNebuzaradani induna yabalindi ayebanikele kuGedaliya indodana ka -Ahikamu, yebo, u-Ishmayeli indodana k aNethaniya wabathumba , wahamba ukuba adlulele kubantwana bakwa-Amoni.

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