Jeremiya 41:1-18
41 Naizvozvo mumwedzi wechinomwe Ishmaeri+ mwanakomana waNetaniya mwanakomana waErishama+ wevana voumambo+ nevarume vakuru vamambo nevamwe varume gumi vaaiva navo+ vakauya kwaiva naGedhariya mwanakomana waAhikamu kuMizpa.+ Uye ikoko vakatanga kudya zvokudya pamwe chete vari muMizpa.+
2 Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetaniya nevarume gumi vaaiva navo vakabva vasimuka, vakauraya Gedhariya mwanakomana waAhikamu mwanakomana waShafani nebakatwa.+ Naizvozvo akauraya munhu akanga agadzwa namambo weBhabhironi kuti atarisire nyika yacho.+
3 Ishmaeri akauraya vaJudha vose vaaiva navo, kureva vaiva naGedhariya, kuMizpa, nevaKadheya vaiva imomo, kureva varume vehondo.
4 Zvino rava zuva rechipiri Gedhariya aurayiwa, pakwakanga kusina kana munhu aiziva nezvazvo,+
5 kwakabva kwauya vamwe varume vachibva kuShekemu,+ nokuShiro+ uye nokuSamariya,+ varume makumi masere vakanga vakagera ndebvu dzavo,+ nguo dzavo dzakabvaruka, vakazvicheka-cheka,+ uye mumaoko avo maiva nechinopiwa chezviyo nezvinonhuhwirira zvichena, kuti vazviunze kuimba yaJehovha.+
6 Naizvozvo Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetaniya akabuda muMizpa kuti anovachingura, achifamba achichema.+ Paakangosangana navo akati kwavari: “Uyai kuna Gedhariya mwanakomana waAhikamu.”
7 Asi pavakangosvika pakati peguta, Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetaniya akavauraya, akavakanda mumugodhi wemvura, iye nevarume vaaiva navo.+
8 Asi pakati pavo paiva nevarume gumi vakakurumidza kuti kuna Ishmaeri: “Musatiuraya, nokuti tine pfuma yakavanzwa musango, gorosi nebhari nemafuta nouchi.”+ Naizvozvo akarega, uye haana kuvauraya pamwe nehama dzavo.
9 Zvino mugodhi wemvura umo Ishmaeri+ akakanda zvitunha zvose zvevarume vaakanga auraya wakanga uri mugodhi mukuru, uya wakanga waitwa naMambo Asa achitya Bhaasha mambo waIsraeri.+ Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetaniya akauzadza nevaya vakaurayiwa.
10 Ishmaeri akabva atapa vanhu vose vakanga vasara vaiva muMizpa,+ vanasikana vaMambo+ nevanhu vose vakanga vasara muMizpa,+ vakanga vachengeteswa Gedhariya mwanakomana waAhikamu+ naNebhuzaradhani mukuru wevarindi. Naizvozvo Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetaniya akavatapa, akaenda kuti ayambukire kuvanakomana vaAmoni.+
11 Kwapera nguva yakati, Johanani+ mwanakomana waKareya nevakuru vose vemauto ehondo+ vaaiva navo vakanzwa zvakaipa zvose zvakanga zvaitwa naIshmaeri mwanakomana waNetaniya.
12 Naizvozvo vakatora varume vose, vakaenda kunorwisa Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetaniya, vakamuwana pedyo nemvura zhinji yaiva muGibhiyoni.+
13 Vanhu vose vaiva naIshmaeri pavakangoona Johanani mwanakomana waKareya nevakuru vose vemauto ehondo vaaiva navo, vakatanga kufara.
14 Vanhu vose vakanga vatapwa naIshmaeri kuMizpa+ vakatendeuka, vakadzoka, vakaenda kuna Johanani mwanakomana waKareya.
15 Asi Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetaniya akatiza+ Johanani aine varume vasere, kuti aende kuvanakomana vaAmoni.
16 Johanani+ mwanakomana waKareya nevakuru vose vemauto ehondo vaaiva navo vakatora vanhu vose vakasara vokuMizpa vavakadzosa kubva kuna Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetaniya, paakanga auraya Gedhariya+ mwanakomana waAhikamu, varume vakasimba, varume vehondo, nemadzimai nevana vaduku nemachinda, vaakanga adzosa kubva kuGibhiyoni.
17 Naizvozvo vakaenda vakagara munzvimbo yeKimhamu yaiva pedyo neBhetrehema,+ kuti vapfuurire uye vapinde muIjipiti,+
18 nokuda kwevaKadheya;+ nokuti vakanga vava kuvatya,+ Ishmaeri mwanakomana waNetaniya zvaakanga auraya Gedhariya mwanakomana waAhikamu,+ akanga agadzwa namambo weBhabhironi kuti atarisire nyika yacho.+
