Inkatho yokuqala yadla uJosefa ka -Asafa, neyesibili uGedaliya ; yena nabafowabo namadodana akhe babe yishumi nambili;

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

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.

UGedaliya wafunga kubo nakubantu babo , wathi kubo: Ningesabi izinceku zamaKaledi; hlalani ezweni , niyikhonze inkosi yaseBabele , kuyakuba kuhle kini.

Kepha kwathi ngenyanga yesikhombisa wafika u -Ishmayeli indodana kaNethaniya ka -Elishama wozalo lwenkosi , abantu abayishumi benaye , wamshaya uGedaliya waze wafa , kanye nabaJuda namaKaledi ayenaye eMispa.

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,

bathi kuye : Uyazi yini ukuthi uBahalisi inkosi yabantwana bakwa -Amoni uthume u -Ishmayeli indodana kaNethaniya ukuba akubulale na ? Kepha uGedaliya indodana ka-Ahikamu akabakholwanga.

Kepha uGedaliya indodana ka -Ahikamu wathi kuJohanani indodana kaKhareya: Awuyikwenza le nto, ngokuba ukhuluma amanga ngo-Ishmayeli.

Zonke izinduna zempi ezazisendle , zona nabantu bazo , sezizwile ukuthi inkosi yaseBabele imenzile uGedaliya indodana ka -Ahikamu umbusi ezweni nokuthi inikele kuye abesilisa , nabesifazane, nabantwana, nabayizimpofana bezwe abangathunjelwanga eBabele,

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

UJohanani indodana kaKhareya nazo zonke izinduna zempi ezazinaye base bethatha yonke insali yabantu ayeyibuyisile ku -Ishmayeli indodana kaNethaniya eMispa , yena esembulele uGedaliya indodana ka -Ahikamu, amadoda empi , nabesifazane, nabantwana, nabathenwa ayebabuyisile eGibeyoni.

ngenxa yamaKaledi , ngokuba babewesaba , lokhu u -Ishmayeli indodana kaNethaniya ebembulele uGedaliya indodana ka-Ahikamu, inkosi yaseBabele eyamenza umbusi ezweni.

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

U-Ishmayeli wabulala nabo bonke abaJuda ababe naye uGedaliya eMispa , namaKaledi, amadoda empi ayefunyanwa khona.

Kwathi ngosuku lwesibili esembulele uGedaliya, kungaziwa muntu,