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.