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1 ✡Da month numba seven, Ishmael, Netaniah boy an Elishama grankid, come Mizpah side. He come from da king ohana, an befo time he was one officer fo da king. He come by Gedaliah, Ahikam boy, wit ten a his guys. Wen dey stay eat togedda ova dea, 2 Ishmael an his ten guys get up an jump Gedaliah wit dea swords an kill um. Gedaliah, you know, he da guy dat da Babylon king wen pick fo stay in charge a da land. 3 Ishmael dem kill all da odda Judah guys too dat stay wit Gedaliah Mizpah side, an da Babylon army guys dat stay dea too.
4 Da day afta dey kill Gedaliah, an befo odda peopo know bout dis, 5 had eighty guys dat wen shave off dea beards, rip dea clotheses, an cut dea body fo show dey stay sad inside. Dey come from Shekem, Shiloh, an Samaria. Dey bring wheat, barley, an incense fo make sacrifice inside da Temple Fo Da One In Charge. 6 Ishmael, Netaniah boy, go out from Mizpah fo meet dem, an he stay cry wen he go. Wen he meet dem, he tell: “Go come by Gedaliah, Ahikam boy.” 7 Wen dey go inside da town, Ishmael, Netaniah boy, an da guys dat stay wit him, start fo kill dem an throw dem inside one big hole fo keep watta. 8 But ten a da guys tell, “No kill us! Us guys get wheat an barley, oil an honey, dat stay stash inside one field, an dat worth plenny, you know! Ony us know wea we stash um!” So Ishmael guys let um go an no kill dem wit da oddas. 9 Dat hole wea dey throw all da mahke bodies a da guys Ishmael dem wen kill, an Gedaliah body too, az da same deep hole dat King Asa from Judah wen dig fo his peopo. He use da hole fo get watta wen dey fight King Baasha from Israel. Dass da hole dat Ishmael, Netaniah boy, fill up wit all da mahke bodies.
10 Ishmael catch all da odda peopo inside Mizpah, an make dem prisonas: da king girls, an all da odda peopo dat stay dea too. Nebuzaradan, da main officer fo guys dat guard da Babylon king, wen pick Gedaliah, Ahikam boy, fo stay in charge a dem. But Ishmael, Netaniah boy, wen make all da odda peopo dea come his prisonas an start fo take dem da odda side a da Jordan Riva, to da Ammon ohana land.
11 Johanan, Kareah boy, an all da army officers dat stay wit him, hear bout all da bad kine stuff dat Ishmael, Netaniah boy, stay do. 12 Dey take all dea guys, an go fo fight Ishmael, Netaniah boy. Dey catch um up nea da big pool Gibeon side. 13 Wen all da prisona guys dat Ishmael take wit him see Johanan an all da army guys wit him, dey come real happy. 14 All da peopo Ishmael make his prisonas Mizpah side, dey turn aroun an go by Johanan, Kareah boy. 15 But Ishmael an eight a his guys get away, an go by da Ammon peopo.
Da Judah Guys Run Away Egypt Side
16 Den Johanan, Kareah boy, an all da army officers dat stay wit him take all da Mizpah peopo dat still stay alive—da ones he wen rescue from Ishmael, Netaniah boy, afta Ishmael wen kill Gedaliah. Had da army guys, da wahines, da kids an ol peopo, an da palace guys dat he wen bring back from Gibeon. 17 An dey go way from dea. Dey stop at Gerut-Kimham nea Betlehem. Den dey go way from dea an go Egypt side 18 fo get away from da Babylon guys. Dey sked a da Babylon guys, cuz Ishmael wen kill Gedaliah, Ahikam boy, da guy da Babylon king wen pick fo stay in charge a da land.
✡ 41:1 41:1: 2Kings 25:25