1Boke bakwa-Israyeli gade batlolwe erhelweni egade lisemtlolweni wamakhosi wakwa-Israyeli.
Abahlali beJerusalema
Abantu bakwaJuda gade bathunjwe basiwa eBhabheli ngenca yokungathembeki kwabo. 2Ababa ngebokuthoma ukubuyela eendaweni zabo ngemadorobheni bekungabanye bama-Israyeli, abaphristi, amaLevi neensebenzi zethempeli.
3EJerusalema kwahlala abanye bakwaJuda, bakwaBhenjamini, bakwa-Efrayimu nebakwaManase. Bona bekungilaba:
4u-Utayi, umsa ka-Amihudi omsa ka-Omri, umsa ka-Imri omsa kaBhani osizukulwana sakaPeretsi, umsa kaJuda;
5kebakwaTjhiloni kungu-Asaya olizibulo namadodanakhe;
6kebakwaZerarhi kunguJehiyeli.
Isibalo semindeni le besimakhulu amathandathu namatjhumi alithoba.
7BakwaBhenjamini kunguSalu, umsa kaMetjhulamu omsa kaHodaviya, umsa kaHasenuwa;
8uJibineya, umsa kaJerorhamu;
u-Ela, umsa ka-Uzi omsa kaMikiri
noMetjhulamu, umsa kaTjhafathiya omsa kaRewuyeli, umsa kaJibiniya.
9Iinzukulwana zabantwaba, bezimakhulu alithoba namatjhumi amahlanu nathandathu. Bona bebaziinhloko zemindeni.
10-13Abaphristi abagade bahlala eJerusalema kunguJedaya, uJehoyaribi, uJakini,
u-Adaya, umsa kaJerorhamu omsa kaPatjhirhuri, umsa kaMalikiya,
uMasayi, umsa ka-Adiyeli omsa kaJarhizera, umsa kaMetjhulamu omsa kaMetjhilemithi, umsa ka-Imeri.
U-Azariya, umsa kaRhilikiya omsa kaMetjhulamu, umsa kaTsadokhi omsa kaMerayothi, umsa ka-Arhithubi gade asikhulu sendlu kaZimu. Abaphristaba gade baziinhloko zemindeni. Bekumadoda anetlha nanekghono lokwenza umsebenzi wendlu kaZimu. Isibalo semindenabo besiyikulungwana namakhulu alikhomba namatjhumi asithandathu.
14AmaLevi agade ahlala eJerusalema
kunguTjhemaya, umsa kaRhatjhubi omsa ka-Azrikhamu, umsa kaRhatjhabiya okuziinzukulwana zakaMerari,
15uBhakhibhakhari, uRheretjhi, uGalali,
uMataniya, umsa kaMika omsa kaZikiri, umsa ka-Asafa,
16u-Obadiya, umsa kaTjhemaya omsa kaGalali, umsa kaJedutuni
noBherekiya, umsa ka-Asa omsa ka-Elkhana ogade ahlala emizini yamaNethofathi.
17Abalindisango abagade bahlala eJerusalema
kunguTjhalumu, u-Akhubu, uThalimoni, u-Arhimani nabozakwabo.
Ihlokwabo kunguTjhalumu. 18Bekube namhlanje basese balindisango ababekwe esangweni lekosi ngepumalanga yethempeli. Lo bekumndeni wabalindisango ukusukela ngesikhathi sokujanyiswa kwekampa yamaLevi erhalawumbeni. 19Yeke uTjhalumu umsa kaKhore omsa ka-Ebiyasafu umsa kaKhorarhi nabafowabo abamaKhorarhi, gade baphethe isikhundla sokugada imibunjwana yethempeli njengaboyisemkhulu abagade baqalene nokugada isango lethaberinakeli lakaSomnini. 20Erhalawumbeni uFiniyasi umsa ka-Eliyazari gade amrholabo noSomnini anaye.
21UZakariya umsa kaTjhalumu gade amlindisango esangweni elikhulu lethempeli. 22Sebaboke labo abakhethwa bona babe balindisango emibunjwaneni yethempeli, bebamakhulu amabili anetjhumi nambili. Gade bahlala emizanenabo lapha bebatloliswe khona.
UDavida nomboni uSamyela ngibo abenza isikhundla somlindisango bona sibe ngesesiphelani ethempelini. 23Ukusukela ngesikhatheso amaKhorarhi gade agada amasango wendlu kaSomnini ngokuya ngedlhego lawo.
24Abalindisango bebangemahlangothini womane wethempeli: ngepumalanga, ngetjingalanga, ngesewula nangetlhagwini. 25-26Abarholi abane babalindisango ababalwe ngehla gade baneenkhundla ezisiphelani ethempelini, kodwana abalindisango abangemizaneni bekumelwe banande beza ethempelini amalanga alikhomba ukuzokusizana nabarholabo. Labo-ke bekumaLevi begodu bebanikelwe ukuqala amarhayisi namadladla wendlu kaZimu. 27Bekuthi nabatjhayisako balale endlini kaZimu ngombana bebamele bayigade bebavule namasangwayo njalo ekuseni.
28Abanye babo gade baqale ipahla egade isetjenziselwa ukulotjha ethempelini. Gade babala iimpahlezo lokha nazingeniswako nalokha nazikhutjhwako. 29Abanye bebanikelwe umsebenzi wokutjheja enye ipahla yangethempelini okutjho ipahla ecwengileko, iflowuru esefiweko, iwayini, amafutha we-oliva, itjhwalo namakha.
30Kodwana bekubaphristi abathileko kwaphela ebegade bavunyelwe ukwenza umvango wamakha. 31UMatitiya umLevi olizibulo lakaTjhalumu umKhorarhi, gade abekwe bona abe mukiniyi wesikwa somnikelo.
32Abanye babomnakwabo abamaKhehathi gade baphethe umsebenzi wokulungisa isikwa esibekwa etafuleni qobe liSabatha. 33Labo abagade babavumi, baziinhloko zemindeni yamaLevi, bebahlala emalawini wethempeli lokha nabatjhayisileko ngombana gade kufuze bafunyanwe eduze nabafunwako ubusuku nemini.
34Boke labo bebaziinhloko zemindeni yamaLevi. Ngokuya ngokweenzukulwana, iinhloko zemindenezi bezihlala eJerusalema.
Aboyisemkhulu neenzukulwana zakaSawula
35EGibiyoni gade kuhlala uJehiyeli umsunguli weGibiyoni. Ibizo lomkakhe bekunguMaka. 36Amadodanakhe bekungu-Abidoni izibulo, uTsuri, uKhitjhi, uBhali, uNeri, uNadabi, 37uGedori, u-Arhiyo, uZakariya noMikhilothi. 38UMikhilothi wabeletha uTjhimiyamu. Nabo gade bahlala eduze kweenhlobo zabo eJerusalema.
39UNeri wabeletha uKhitjhi; uKhitjhi wabeletha uSawula. USawula wabeletha uJonathani, uMaliki-Tjhuwa, u-Abinadaba no-Etjhi-Bhali. 40Indodana kaJonathani bekunguMeribi-Bhali. UMeribi-Bhali wabeletha uMika. 41Amadodana kaMika kunguPitoni, uMeleki, uTarhireya no-Arhazi. 42U-Arhazi wabeletha uJara; uJara wabeletha u-Alemethi, u-Azimavethi noZimri. UZimri wabeletha uMotsa. 43UMotsa wabeletha uBhiniya onguyise kaRefaya uyise ka-Eliyasa onguyise ka-Atseli.
44U-Atseli gade anamadodana asithandathu, amabizwawo bekungu-Azrikhamu, uBhokeru, u-Itjhimayeli, uTjheyariya, u-Obadiya noRhanani. Boke labo bekumadodana ka-Atseli.
