Jeremiya unosunungugwa
1 Dama lakazha kuna Jeremiya lidwa kuna Yahwe shule Nebuzaradani ntungamili we balindi asino kun'sunungula kuti ayende ku Rama. Wakatola Jeremiya akasungwa nge dziketani ali pakati kwe basungwa bose be Jerusalema ne be Juda bakabe betapigwa ku Bhabhiloni. 2 Ntungamili we balindi wakatola Jeremiya ngono kandwa kati, “Yahwe Ndzimu uwo baleba nge kwakayipa ngekwe pathu ipapa, 3 naikobo Yahwe bazhisa kakale bashingikadza sekwa bakaleba ngoti makatjinyila Yahwe, amuzoteedza hwi labo, ndizo bubi gwa muwila. 4 Ngwenu bona, ndokusunungula mu ketani dzi mu maboko awo. Ha kwakakululwamila mbeli kuko kuti uzhe nami ku Bhabhiloni, izha, ndowokutjengeta ngono ha kusakakululwamila mbeli kuko kuyenda ku Bhabhiloni, letja! Bona, shango yose i mbeli kuko, yenda kwakalulwama mbeli kuko.” 5 Ne kwakajalo kwati Jeremiya wakati asathu kati unoyenda Nebuzaradani kapapha kati, “Yenda kuna Gedaliya nkololo wa Ahikamu, nkololo wa Shafani iye mambo we Bhabhiloni waakabiga kutungamila mizi mikulu ye Juda, unogala naye pakati kwe bathu kene uyende kumwe ne kumwe kwaunoshaka.” 6 Ipapo Jeremiya kayenda kuna Gedaliya nkololo wa Ahikamu ku Mizipa kanogala naye pakati kwe bathu bakabe basala mu shango.
Gedaliya unobulawa
(2 Bomambo 25:22-24)7 Ngwenu kwakati batungamili be babhayani bakabe bali ku shango, ibo ne balume babo behwa kuti mambo we Bhabhiloni wakabiga Gedaliya nkololo wa Ahikamu nlauli we shango kakale wambiga ntungamili we balume ne bakadzi ne bana bakabe bali bashayi basina tjabo mu shango bakabe basatapigwa ku Bhabhiloni, 8 bakayenda kuna Gedaliya ku Mizipa, kwakabe kuli bo Ishimaeli nkololo wa Nethaniya na Johanani nkololo wa Kareya na Seraya nkololo wa Tanihumeti ne bakololo ba Efayi we Netofa na Jezaniya nkololo wa Maaka ne balume babo. 9 Gedaliya nkololo wa Ahikamu, nkololo wa Shafani katuna kugadzikanya mimoyo yabo ne balume babo eti, “Musitje kushingila Bakhaladiya. Galani mu shango, shingilani mambo we Bhabhiloni, ngono kowomululwamila. 10 Koga nge kwangu, ndowogala ku Mizipa kumumilila mbeli kwe Bakhaladiya banowozha kutili, koga imwi kubunganyani nkumbi we zhambi ne mitjelo ye tjilimo ne mafuta ngono muzwibiganye mu hali dzenyu, mugale mu mizi yenyu mikulu yamatapa.”
11 Kwakati Bajuta bose mu Moabu ne Amoni ne Edomu ne shango dzimwe behwa kuti mambo we Bhabhiloni wasiya limbelimbe mu Juda kakale wabiga Gedaliya nkololo wa Ahikamu, nkololo wa Shafani kube nlauli wabo, 12 bakabgwilila bose ku shango ye Juda kuna Gedaliya ku Mizipa bedwa ku shango dzose dzabakabe bapalalila kudzili. Ngono bakakubunganya nkumbi we zhambi ne mitjelo ye tjilimo minjinji kwazo.
Gedaliya unobulawa
(2 Bomambo 25:25-26)13 Johanani nkololo wa Kareya ne batungamili bose be babhayani bakabe bali ku shango, bakazha kuna Gedaliya ku Mizipa 14 ngono bakandwa bakati, “Apa unoziba kuti Bhaalisi mambo we Baamoni batumila Ishimaeli nkololo wa Nethaniya kuti akubulaye kene?” Koga Gedaliya nkololo wa Ahikamu kasibadume.
15 Ipapo Johanani nkololo wa Kareya kalebeleka nge kwakasumbikala na Gedaliya ku Mizipa kati, “Ima ndiyende ndinobulaya Ishimaele nkololo wa Nethaniya kusina unoziba nge kwako. Ini akafanila kukubulaya kuti Bajuta bose bakakukubunganila bapalale, ne limbelimbe le Juda lilobe kene?” 16 Koga Gedaliya nkololo wa Ahikamu kadwa Johanani nkololo wa Kareya kati, “Usithame uijalo! Ngoti tjaunoleba ngekwa Ishimaele ate malebeswa.”
Jeremiah Stays with Gedaliah
1 The Lord spoke to me after Nebuzaradan, the commanding officer, had set me free at Ramah. I had been taken there in chains, along with all the other people from Jerusalem and Judah who were being taken away as prisoners to Babylonia.
2 The commanding officer took me aside and said, “The Lord your God threatened this land with destruction, 3 and now he has done what he said he would. All this happened because your people sinned against the Lord and disobeyed him. 4 Now, I am taking the chains off your wrists and setting you free. If you want to go to Babylonia with me, you may do so, and I will take care of you. But if you don't want to go, you don't have to. You have the whole country to choose from, and you may go wherever you wish.”
5 When I did not answer, Nebuzaradan said, “Go back to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylonia has made governor of the towns of Judah. You may stay with him and live among the people, or you may go anywhere you think you should.” Then he gave me a present and some food to take with me, and let me go on my way. 6 I went to stay with Gedaliah in Mizpah and lived among the people who were left in the land.
Gedaliah, Governor of Judah
(2 Kings 25.22-24)7 Some of the Judean officers and soldiers had not surrendered. They heard that the king of Babylonia had made Gedaliah governor of the land and had placed him in charge of all those who had not been taken away to Babylonia—the poorest people in the land. 8 So Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai from Netophah, and Jezaniah from Maacah went with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah. 9 Gedaliah said to them, “I give you my word that there is no need for you to be afraid to surrender to the Babylonians. Settle in this land, serve the king of Babylonia, and all will go well with you. 10 I myself will stay in Mizpah and be your representative when the Babylonians come here. But you can gather and store up wine, fruit, and olive oil, and live in the villages you occupy.” 11 Meanwhile, all the Israelites who were in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and other countries, heard that the king of Babylonia had allowed some Israelites to stay on in Judah and that he had made Gedaliah their governor. 12 So they left the places where they had been scattered, and returned to Judah. They came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and there they gathered in large amounts of wine and fruit.
Gedaliah Is Murdered
(2 Kings 25.252 26)13 After this, Johanan and the leaders of the soldiers who had not surrendered came to Gedaliah at Mizpah 14 and said to him, “Don't you know that King Baalis of Ammon has sent Ishmael to murder you?” But Gedaliah did not believe it. 15 Then Johanan said privately to him, “Let me go and kill Ishmael, and no one will know who did it. Why should he be allowed to murder you? That would cause all the Jews who have gathered around you to be scattered, and it would bring disaster on all the people who are left in Judah.”
16 But Gedaliah answered, “Don't do it! What you are saying about Ishmael is not true!”