1 Ka kgwedi ya bosupa, Ishmaele, mora Nethania, mora Elishama, wa leloko la borena, tona ya morena, a tla ho Gedalia, mora Akikame, Mitspe, a ena le batho ba leshome, mme ba dula teng dijong hammoho, Mitspe.
2 Yaba Ishmaele, mora Nethania, le batho ba leshome bao a nang le bona, ba ema, ba hlaba Gedalia, mora Akikame, mora Shafane, ka lerumo, ba mmolaya, e le eo morena wa Babilona a neng a mmeile ho disa naha;
3 le bona Bajuda kaofela ba neng ba le teng ho Gedalia, Mitspe, le Bakalde ba neng ba le teng, e le bahlabani, Ishmaele a ba bolaya.
4 Ka tsatsi la bobedi, ha Gedalia a setse a shwele, ho ntse ho sa tsebe motho,
5 ha tla batho ba Sikeme, le ba Silo, le ba Samaria, ba mashome a robileng meno e le mmedi, ba beotswe ditedu, le meaparo ya bona e hahotswe, ba phatsitswe, ba tshwere dinyehelo le dibano, ba di tlisa tlung ya Jehova.
6 Yaba Ishmaele, mora Nethania, o tswa Mitspe ho ya ba kgahlanyetsa, a ya a ntse a lla; yare ha a teana le bona, a ba bolella, a re: Tloong ho Gedalia, mora Akikame.
7 Eitse ha ba fihlile hare ho motse, Ishmaele, mora Nethania, a ba bolaya, a ba lahlela lemeneng, a ena le batho bao a nang le bona.
8 Empa batho ba leshome ba eba teng ho bona, ba bolella Ishmaele, ba re: O se ke wa re bolaya, hobane re na le moo re patileng koro naheng, le harese, le ole, le dinotshi. Yaba o a ba lesela, mme ha ba ka ba eshwa le ba habo bona.
9 Lemena leo Ishmaele a lahletseng ho lona ditopo kaofela tsa batho bao a ba bolaileng hammoho le Gedalia, ke leo morena Asa a neng a le entse ka ho tshaba Baesha, morena wa Iseraele; ke lona lemena leo Ishmaele a kileng a le tlatsa ditopo.
10 Yaba Ishmaele o ya le ba siilweng kaofela ba setjhaba ba neng ba le Mitspe, le baradi ba morena le ba setjhaba kaofela ba neng ba setse Mitspe, bao Nebusaradane, molaodi wa balebedi, a neng a ba beile tisong ya Gedalia, mora Akimane; Ishmaele, mora Nethania, a ya le bona, a tloha teng a lebile nqa naha ya bana ba Ammone.
11 Johanane, mora Karea, le balaodi kaofela ba neng ba le ho yena, ba utlwa diketso tsohle tse mpe tseo Ishmaele, mora Nethania, a di entseng.
12 Yaba ba nka batho ba bona kaofela, ba phalla ho lwantsha Ishmaele, mora Nethania; ba mo fihlela metsing a maholo a haufi le Gibeone.
13 Yare ha setjhaba kaofela se leng ho Ishmaele se bona Johanane, mora Karea, le balaodi kaofela ba leng ho yena, sa ithabela.
14 Setjhaba kaofela seo Ishmaele a neng a se tshwere Mitspe sa reteleha, sa sokoloha, sa ya ho Johanane, mora Karea.
15 Empa Ishmaele, mora Nethania, a phonyoha ho Johanane, a ena le batho ba robileng meno e le mmedi, mme a ya ho bana ba Ammone.
16 Yaba Johanane, mora Karea, le balaodi ba makgotla kaofela ba neng ba le ho yena, ba nka masala wohle a setjhaba ao Ishmaele, mora Nethania, a neng a a tlositse Mitspe, hobane a bolaye Gedalia, mora Akikame, e leng banna ba dinatla tsa ntwa, le basadi le bana, le maqhalaha, ba ba kgutlisa Gibeone;
17 mme ba tsamaya, ba ya dula tlung ya phapohelo ya Kimhame, maloka le Bethlehema, ba tle ba ntoo ya Egepeta, ka baka la ho tshaba Bakalde,
18 hobane ba ne ba ba tshaba, hobane Ishmaele, mora Nethania, o ne a bolaile Gedalia, mora Akikame, eo morena wa Babilona a neng a mmeile ho disa naha.