Ayoyin Littafi Mai Tsarki game da Shaphan

Ya ba da waɗannan umarnai ga Hilkiya firist, da Ahikam ɗan Shafan, da Akbor ɗan Mikahiya, da Shafan magatakarda, da kuma Asahiya mai hidimar sarki, ya ce,

Nebukadnezzar sarkin Babilon ya zaɓi Gedaliya ɗan Ahikam, ɗan Shafan yă zama shugaban sauran mutanen da suka rage a Yahuda.

Ya ba da waɗannan umarnai ga Hilkiya, Ahikam ɗan Shafan, Abdon ɗan Mika, Shafan magatakarda da kuma Asahiya mai hidimar sarki.

Bugu da ƙari, Ahikam ɗan Shafan ya goyi bayan Irmiya, saboda haka ba a ba da shi ga mutane don su kashe shi ba.

Ya ba da wasiƙar ta hannun Eleyasa ɗan Shafan da Gemariya ɗan Hilkiya, waɗanda Zedekiya sarkin Yahuda ya aika wurin Sarki Nebukadnezzar a Babilon. Wasiƙar ta ce,

suka aika aka kawo Irmiya daga filin matsar. Suka miƙa shi ga Gedaliya ɗan Ahikam, ɗan Shafan, don yă kai shi gidansa. Saboda haka ya zauna a can a cikin mutanensa.

Amma, kafin Irmiya yă juya yă tafi, Nebuzaradan ya ƙara da cewa, “Ka koma wurin Gedaliya ɗan Ahikam, ɗan Shafan, wanda sarkin Babilon ya naɗa a kan garuruwan Yahuda, ka zauna da shi a cikin mutane, ko kuwa ka tafi duk inda ka ga dama.” Sa’an nan shugaban ya ba shi abinci da kuma kyauta sai ya bar shi ya tafi.

Gedaliya ɗan Ahikam, ɗan Shafan, ya yi rantsuwa don yă tabbatar musu da mutanensu. Ya ce, “Kada ku ji tsoron bauta wa Babiloniyawa. Ku zauna a ƙasar ku bauta wa sarkin Babilon, zai kuma yi muku amfani.

Sa’ad da dukan Yahudawan da suke a Mowab, Ammon, Edom da sauran ƙasashe suka ji cewa sarkin Babilon ya bar raguwa a Yahuda ya kuma naɗa Gedaliya ɗan Ahikam, ɗan Shafan gwamna a kansu,

sai Ishmayel ɗan Netaniya da mutum goma waɗanda suke tare da shi suka kashe Gedaliya ɗan Ahikam, ɗan Shafan, da takobi, suka kashe wannan da sarkin Babilon ya naɗa a matsayin gwamna a kan ƙasar.

Suka kuma kwashe dukan maza, mata da yara da ’ya’yan sarki mata waɗanda Nebuzaradan shugaban matsaran sarki ya bari tare da Gedaliya ɗan Ahikam, ɗan Shafan, da Irmiya annabi da kuma Baruk ɗan Neriya.

A gabansu ga dattawa saba’in na gidan Isra’ila tsaye a cikinsu, Ya’azaniya ɗan Shafan kuwa yana tsaye a cikinsu. Kowa yana da farantin ƙona turare a hannunsa, tulin hayaƙin turare mai ƙanshi ya tunnuƙe zuwa sama.