Jeremija 41
1 A sedmoga mjeseca doðe Ismailo sin Netanije sina Elisamina, carskoga roda, i knezovi carevi, deset ljudi s njim, ka Godoliji sinu Ahikamovu u Mispu, i jedoše ondje u Mispi s njim.
Ishmael was a member of the king’s family. He had been one of King Zedekiah’s important officials. In October of that year, he went to Mizpah with ten other men to [talk with] Gedaliah. While they were eating together,
2 Potom usta Ismailo sin Netanijin i deset ljudi što bijahu s njim, i ubiše maèem Godoliju sina Ahikama sina Safanova; tako pogubiše onoga koga bješe postavio car Vavilonski nad zemljom.
Ishmael and the other ten men jumped up, and with their swords they killed Gedaliah—the man whom the king of Babylon had appointed to be their governor!
3 I sve Judejce koji bijahu s njim, s Godolijom, u Mispi, i Haldejce koji se zatekoše ondje, vojnike, pobi Ismailo.
Ishmael [and the other men] also killed all the Jews and the soldiers from Babylonia who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah.
4 A sjutradan pošto ubi Godoliju, dok još niko ne dozna,
The next day, before anyone had found out that Gedaliah had been murdered,
5 Doðoše ljudi iz Sihema, iz Siloma i iz Samarije, osamdeset ljudi, obrijane brade i razdrtijeh haljina i isparani po tijelu, i imahu u rukama dar i kad, da prinesu u dom Gospodnji.
eighty men from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria [cities] came to worship at the temple of Yahweh [in Mizpah]. They had shaved off their beards and torn their clothes and cut themselves [to show that they were mourning]. And they had brought grain offerings and incense [to burn on the altar].
6 Tada Ismailo sin Netanijin izide im na susret iz Mispe i iðaše plaèuæi, i sretavši se s njima reèe im: hodite ka Godoliji sinu Ahikamovu.
Ishmael went out of the city to meet them, crying as he went. When he reached them, he said, “Come [and see what has happened to] Gedaliah!”
7 A kad doðoše usred grada, pokla ih Ismailo sin Netanijin s ljudima koji bijahu s njim i baci ih u jamu.
But as soon as they had all entered the town, Ishmael and his men killed [most of] them and threw their corpses into a well.
8 A meðu njima se naðe deset ljudi koji rekoše Ismailu: nemoj nas pogubiti, jer imamo sakriveno blago u polju, pšenice i jeèma i ulja i meda. I ostavi ih, i ne pobi ih s braæom njihovom.
There were [only] ten of them whom they (spared/did not kill). They were not killed because they promised to Ishmael that [if he allowed them to remain alive, they would bring him] lots of wheat and barley and olive oil and honey that they had hidden.
9 A jama u koju pobaca Ismailo sva tjelesa ljudi koje pobi uz Godoliju bijaše ona koju naèini car Asa bojeæi se Vase cara Izrailjeva; i Ismailo sin Netanijin napuni je pobijenijeh ljudi.
The well where Ishmael’s men had thrown the corpses of the men whom they had murdered was the deep well that King Asa’s [men] had dug [in order that they would have water in the city] if the army of King Baasha of Israel would surround the city. Ishmael’s men filled that well with corpses.
10 I zarobi Ismailo sav ostatak naroda što bijaše u Mispi, kæeri careve i sav narod što bješe ostao u Mispi, nad kojim bješe postavio Nevuzardan zapovjednik stražarski Godoliju sina Ahikamova; i zarobivši ih Ismailo sin Netanijin poðe da prijeðe k sinovima Amonovijem.
Then Ishmael [and his men] captured the king’s daughters and some of the other people who had been left in Mizpah by Nebuzaradan in order that Gedaliah would take care of them. Ishmael and his men took those people and started back toward the Ammon area.
11 Ali Joanan sin Karijin i sve vojvode što bijahu s njim èuše sve zlo što uèini Ismailo sin Netanijin.
But Johanan and all the other leaders of the Israeli soldiers who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia heard about what Ishmael [and his men] had done.
12 Tada uzeše sve svoje ljude i poðoše da udare na Ismaila sina Netanijina, kojega naðoše kod velike vode u Gavaonu.
So they [immediately] went with all their men to stop them. They caught up with them at the large pool near Gibeon [city].
13 I sav narod što bješe s Ismailom kad vidje Joanana sina Karijina i sve vojvode što bjehu s njim, obradova se,
When all the people whom Ishmael and his men had captured saw Johanan and the soldiers who were with him, they [shouted] joyfully.
14 I sav narod što Ismailo zarobi iz Mispe obrnu se i otide k Joananu sinu Karijinu.
So all those who had been captured in Mizpah escaped, and they started to help Johanan.
15 A Ismailo sin Netanijin pobježe s osam ljudi od Joanana, i otide k sinovima Amonovijem.
But Ishmael and eight of his men escaped and fled to the Ammon area.
16 I tako Joanan sin Karijin i sve vojvode što bijahu s njim uzeše sav ostatak naroda što povratiše od Ismaila sina Netanijina, koji ubiv Godoliju sina Ahikamova bješe ih odveo iz Mispe, vojnike i žene i djecu i dvorane, i odvedoše ih iz Gavaona;
Then Johanan and the men who were with him [gathered together] all the people whom they had rescued at Gibeon. They included soldiers and women and children and some of the king’s palace officials. They were all people whom Ishmael [and his men] had captured after they had killed Gedaliah.
17 I otišavši stadoše u gostionici Himamovoj kod Vitlejema, da bi otišli i prešli u Misir,
They took them all to Geruth-Kimham [village] near Bethlehem. And they all prepared to go to Egypt.
18 Radi Haldejaca, jer ih se bojahu, što Ismailo sin Netanijin ubi Godoliju sina Ahikamova, kojega bješe postavio car Vavilonski nad zemljom.
They were worried about what the soldiers of Babylonia [would do to them when they found out] that Ishmael had killed Gedaliah, who had been appointed by the King of Babylonia to be their governor.
