Bilingual reading

Now in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring and one of the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.

Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldean men of war who were found there.

The second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the LORD’s house.

Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went, and as he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.”

It was so, when they came into the middle of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, and cast them into the middle of the pit, he, and the men who were with him.

But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.” So he stopped, and didn’t kill them among their brothers.

Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of Gedaliah (this was that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed.

Then Ishmael carried away captive all of the people who were left in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.

But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

Now when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, then they were glad.

So all the people who Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.

But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.

Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces who were with him took all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—the men of war, with the women, the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.

They departed and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt

because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.

وفي الشَّهرِ السَّابِع، جاءَ إِسْماعيلُ بنُ نَتَنْيا بنِ أَليشاماع، مِنَ النَّسلِ المَلَكِيّ، وبَعضُ عُظَماءِ المَلِكِ وعَشَرَةُ رِجالٍ معه إِلى جَدَلْيا بنِ أَحيقامَ في المِصْفاة، وأَكَلوا مَعه طَعامًا في المِصْفاة

ثُمَّ قامَ إِسماعيلُ بنُ نَتَنْيا والعَشَرَةُ الرِّجالُ الَّذينَ معَه وضَرَبوا جَدَلْيا بنَ أَحيقامَ بنِ شافانَ بِالسَّيفِ وقَتَلوه، وهو الَّذي وَلَّاه مَلِكُ بابِلَ على تِلكَ المِنطَقَة

وضَرَبَ إِسْماعيلُ جَميعَ اليَهودِ الَّذينَ كانوا معَه، أَي مع جَدَلْيا في المِصْفاة، والكَلْدانِيِّينَ الَّذينَ وُجدوا هُناكَ وكانوا رِجالَ حَرْب

وفي اليَومِ الثَّاني بَعدَ قَتْلِ جَدَلْيا، ولم يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ قد عَلِمَ بِه

أَتى رِجالٌ مِن شَكيمَ ومِن شيلوَ ومِنَ السَّامِرَة، وهم ثَمانونَ رَجُلًا مَحْلُقو اللِّحى مُمَزَّقو الثِّيابِ مُخَدَّشون، وبِأَيديهِم تَقدِمَةٌ وبَخورٌ لِيُقَرِّبوهما إِلى بَيتِ الرَّبّ

فخَرَجَ إِسْماعيلُ بنُ نَتَنْيا لِلِقائِهم مِنَ المِصْفاة، وكانَ يَسيرُ باكِيًا. ولَمَّا لَقِيَهم، قالَ لَهم: «هَلُمُّوا إِلى جَدَلْيا بنِ أَحيقام»

فلَمَّا دَخَلوا إِلى وَسَطِ المَدينة، ذَبَحَهم إِسْماعيلُ بنُ نَتَنْيا وأَلْقاهم في وَسَطِ الجُبّ، هو والرِّجالُ الَّذينَ معَه

وكانَ بَينَهم عَشرَةُ رِجالٍ قالوا لإِسْماعيل: «لا تَقتُلْنا فإِنَّ لَنا مُؤَنًا مَدْفونَةً في الحُقول، مِن حِنطَةٍ وشَعيرٍ وزَيتٍ وعَسَل». فعَدَلَ عن قَتلِهم بَينَ إِخوَتِهم

وكانَ الجُبُّ الَّذي أَلْقى فيه إِسْماعيلُ جَميعَ جُثَثِ الرِّجالِ الَّذينَ قَتَلَهم هو جُبَّ جَدَلْيا الَّذي صَنَعَه المَلِكُ آسا لِصَدِّ بَعْشا، مَلِكِ إِسْرائيل، فَمَلَأَه إِسْماعيلُ بنُ نَتَنْيا بِالقَتْلى

وسَبَى إِسْماعيلُ كُلَّ بَقِيَّةِ الشَّعبِ الَّذي في المِصْفاة، وبَناتِ المَلِكِ وكُلَّ الشَّعبِ الباقي في المِصفاة، الَّذي وَكَلَه نَبوزَرادان، رَئيسُ الحَرَس، إِلى جَدَلْيا بنِ أَحيقام. فسَباهم إِسْماعيلُ بنُ نَتَنْيا، وذَهَبَ عابِرًا إِلى بَني عَمُّون

فسَمِعَ يوحانانُ بنُ قاريحَ وجَميعُ قُوَّادِ الجُيوشِ الَّذينَ معَه بِكُلِّ الشَّرِّ الَّذي صَنَعَه إِسْماعيلُ بنُ نَتَنْيا

فأَخَذوا جَميعَ الرِّجالِ وذَهَبوا لِيُقاتِلوا إِسْماعيلَ بنَ نَتَنْيا، فصادَفوه عِندَ المِياهِ الغَزيرَةِ الَّتي بِجِبْعون

فلَمَّا رأَى كُلُّ الشَّعبِ الَّذي مع إِسْماعيلَ يوحانانَ ٱبنَ قاريح وجَميعَ قُوَّادِ الجُيوشِ الَّذينَ معَه فَرِحوا

وٱرتَدَّ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ الَّذي سَباه إِسْماعيلُ مِنَ المِصفاة، ورَجَعوا وٱنضَمُّوا إِلى يوحانانَ بنِ قاريح

أَمَّا إِسْماعيلُ بنُ نَتَنْيا فأَفلَتَ مع ثَمانِيَةِ رِجالٍ مِن وَجهِ يوحانان، وذَهَبَ إِلى بَني عَمُّون

فأَخَذَ يوحانانُ بنُ قاريحَ وجَميعُ قُوَّادِ الجُيوشِ الَّذينَ معَه كُلَّ بَقِيَّةِ شَعبِ المِصْفاةِ الَّذي ٱستَرَدَّه مِن إِسْماعيلَ بنِ نَتَنْيا، بَعدَ أَن قَتَلَ هٰذا جَدَلْيا بنَ أَحيقام، وهم أَبْطالٌ ورِجالُ حَربٍ ونِساءٌ وأَطْفالٌ وخِصْيان، مِمَّن أَرجَعَهم مِن جِبْعون

فساروا وتَوَقَّفوا في خانِ كِمْهامَ الَّتي بِجانِبِ بَيتَ لَحْم، لِيَنطَلِقوا ويَذهَبوا إِلى مِصْر

مِن وَجهِ الكَلْدانِيِّين، لِأَنَّهم خافوا مِنهم بِسَبَبِ قَتْلِ إِسْماعيلَ بنِ نَتَنْيا لِجَدَلْيا بنِ أَحيقامَ الَّذي ولَّاه مَلِكُ بابِلَ على كُلِّ تِلكَ الأَرض