Yeremiya
40: 1 Ijambo ryaje kuri Yeremiya rivuye kuri Uwiteka, nyuma ya Nebuzaradani Uwiteka
umutware w'abazamu yari yaramuretse ava i Rama, igihe yari yamutwaye
guhambirwa ku ngoyi mu bintu byose byajyanywe bunyago
Yerusalemu na Yuda, bajyanywe bunyago i Babuloni.
2 Umutware w'abarinzi afata Yeremiya, aramubwira ati “Uwiteka
Imana yawe yatangaje ibibi aha hantu.
3 Uwiteka arazana, akora nk'uko yabivuze.
kuko wacumuye Uwiteka, ariko ukaba utumviye ijwi rye,
Ni cyo gitumye iki kintu kiza kuri wewe.
4: 4 Noneho, uyu munsi ndakurekuye ku ngoyi yari iboshye
ukuboko kwawe. Niba ari byiza kuri wowe kuza iwanjye i Babuloni,
ngwino; kandi nzakureba neza, ariko niba bikubabaje
ngwino tujyane i Babiloni, ihangane: dore igihugu cyose kiri imbere yawe:
aho bigaragara ko ari byiza kandi bikworoheye kujya, ngaho genda.
5: 5 Atarasubira inyuma, aravuga ati “Subira i Gedaliya
mwene Ahikamu mwene Shafani, umwami wa Babiloni yaremye
umutware w'imigi y'u Buyuda, agumane na we mu bantu:
cyangwa ujye ahantu hose bisa nkaho bikworoheye kugenda. Kapiteni rero
w'umuzamu yamuhaye ibiryo n'ibihembo, aramureka.
6 Yeremiya ajya kwa Gedaliya mwene Ahikamu i Mizpa; aratura
hamwe na we mu bantu basigaye mu gihugu.
40: 7 Noneho abatware bose b'ingabo bari mu gasozi, ndetse
bo n'abantu babo, bumvise ko umwami wa Babiloni yagize Gedaliya Uhoraho
mwene Ahikamu guverineri mu gihugu, kandi yari yaramwiyeguriye abantu, kandi
abagore, n'abana, n'abakene bo mu gihugu, muri bo batari bo
ajyanwa mu bunyage i Babuloni;
8 Bageze i Gedaliya kwa Mizpa, ndetse na Ishimayeli mwene Netaniya,
na Yohanani na Yonatani mwene Kareya, na Seraya mwene
Tanhumeti n'abahungu ba Efayi Netofati, na Yezaniya mwene
w'Abamakahati, bo n'abantu babo.
9 Gedaliya mwene Ahikamu mwene Shafani arabirahira
abagabo babo, baravuga bati: 'Ntutinye gukorera Abakaludaya: bature mu gihugu,
ukorere umwami wa Babiloni, bizakubera byiza.
40 Nayo jewe, nzoba i Mizipa, kugira ngo nkorere Abakaludaya,
Azaza iwacu, ariko mwebwe muteranya divayi, n'imbuto zo mu mpeshyi n'amavuta,
ubishyire mu bikoresho byawe, uture mu migi yawe ufite
cyafashwe.
Mu buryo nk'ubwo, igihe Abayahudi bose bari i Mowabu, no mu Bamoni,
no muri Edomu, kandi byari mu bihugu byose, bumvise ko umwami wa
Babuloni yari yarasize abasigaye mu Buyuda, kandi ko yabashyizeho
Gedaliya mwene Ahikamu mwene Shafani;
40 Abayuda bose basubira mu turere twose bari bajyanywe,
agera mu gihugu cy'u Buyuda, i Gedaliya, i Mizipa, araterana
vino n'imbuto zo mu cyi cyane.
40 Yohanani mwene Kareya, n'abayobozi bose b'ingabo
Abari mu mirima, baza i Gedaliya i Mizpa,
40:14 Aramubwira ati: "Uzi neza ko Baali umwami w'Uwiteka?"
Abamoni bohereje Ishimayeli mwene Netaniya ngo akwice? Ariko
Gedaliya mwene Ahikamu ntiyizera.
40:15 Yohanani mwene Kareya abwira Gedaliya i Mizpa rwihishwa,
Ndabinginze, ndagusabye, kandi nzica Ishimayeli mwene
Netaniya, kandi nta muntu uzabimenya: ni iki gitumye akwica, ngo
Abayahudi bose bateraniye kuri wewe bagomba gutatana, kandi Uwiteka
abasigaye muri Yuda bararimbuka?
40 Gedaliya mwene Ahikamu abwira Yohanani mwene Kareya ati:
Ntukore iki kintu, kuko uvuga ibinyoma kuri Ishimayeli.