Uludwe lwabathinjwa ababuyileyo
1Naba ke abantu bephondo lakwaJuda abâkhululwáyo ekuthinjweni kwelaseBhabheli, okuya babethinjwe ngukumkani uNebhukadenezare waseBhabheli. Ke kaloku babuyela eJerusalem nakwaJuda, elowo waya kwidolophu yakowabo. 2Babekhokelwe nguZerubhabheli, uYeshuwa, uNehemiya, uSeraya, uRelaya, uModekayi, uBhileshan, uMispare, uBhigwayi, uRewum, noBhana.
Nalu ke uludwe lwamaSirayeli awabuyayo ndawonye namanani awo:
36Ababingeleli:
40AbaLevi:
41Iimvumi:
42Abalindi-masango endlu kaThixo:
43Izicaka zendlu kaThixo:
55Inzala yezicaka zikaSolomon:
59Aba balandelayo babesuka kwiidolophu zaseTele-mela, eTele-hasha, eKerubhi, eAdan, naseImere; kambe ke ababanga nako ukuluvelisa uludwe lwemilibo yezindlu zabo kwaSirayeli:
61Ke kwinzala yababingeleli:
62Aba ke balukhangela uludwe lwemilibo yezindlu zakomawabo, kodwa ke zange balufumane, ngoko ke zange babandakanywe nobubingeleli, koko bathathwa *njengabanomlaza. 63Ke umlawuli wayalela ukuba bangatyi mpela kwizinto ezingcwele, kude kubekho umbingeleli obalungiselelayo *ngeeurim neethumim.
64Bebonke babengamashumi amane anambini amawaka namakhulu amathathu anamashumi amathandathu, 65ngaphandle kwamawaka asixhenxe anamakhulu mathathu, mashumi mathathu anesixhenxe ezicaka ezingamadoda nezibhinqileyo. Ngokunjalo babeneemvumi ezingamakhulu amabini amadoda nababhinqileyo.
66Kananjalo babenamahashe angamakhulu asixhenxe mashumi mathathu nesithandathu; iimeyile ezingamakhulu amabini mashumi mane nesihlanu; 67iinkamela zingamakhulu amane mashumi mathathu nantlanu; iidonki zona zisisithandathu samawaka, amakhulu asixhenxe mashumi mabini.
68Bakufika endlwini kaNdikhoyo eJerusalem ezinye zeenkulu zezindlu zakhupha umnikelo ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo, ukuze kuhlaziywe indlu kaThixo esizeni sayo. 69Banikela ngokwamandla abo kuvimba, bagalela igolide ebunzima buziikhilogram ezimakhulu mahlanu, kunye nesiliva ebunzima buziikhilogram ezimawaka mabini namakhulu asibhozo, kunye nekhulu leminweba yababingeleli.
70Ke kaloku ababingeleli, abaLevi, iimvumi, abalindi-masango, nezicaka zendlu kaThixo, bebonke baya kuma kwiidolophu zakumawabo, ndawonye nabanye abantu. Kananjalo ke nabanye abangamaSirayeli bema ngokweedolophu zakomawabo.