Abemi baseYerusalem
1Bahlala abathetheli babantu eYerusalem; abanye abantu bawisa amaqashiso, ukuba kungeniswe abe mnye kwabalishumi, ahlale eYerusalem kuwo umzi ongcwele, nezinye izahlulo ezisithoba zihlale kweminye imizi. 2Abantu bawasikelela amadoda onke aqhutywa yintliziyo ukuba ahlale eYerusalem.
3Zizo ezi iintloko zelizwe lakwaYuda, ezahlala eYerusalem; ke emizini yakwaYuda, yaba ngulowo wahlala elifeni lakhe, emizini yabo, ingamaSirayeli, nababingeleli, nabaLevi, nabakhonzi betempile, noonyana babakhonzi bakaSolomon. 4EYerusalem kwahlala ezoonyana bakaYuda, nezoonyana bakaBhenjamin. Koonyana bakaYuda: yanguAtaya, unyana kaUziya, unyana kaZekariya, unyana ka-Amariya, unyana kaShefatiya, unyana kaMahalaleli koonyana bakaPeretse; 5noMahaseya, unyana kaBharuki, unyana kaKoli-hoze, unyana kaHazaya, unyana ka-Adaya, unyana kaYoyaribhi, unyana kaZekariya, unyana womSheloni. 6Bonke oonyana bakaPeretse, ababehlala eYerusalem, ibingamakhulu amané, anamanci mathandathu anesibhozo, amadoda anobukroti.
7Ngabo aba oonyana bakaBhenjamin: ibinguSalu, unyana kaMeshulam, unyana kaYohedi, unyana kaPedaya, unyana kaKolaya, unyana kaMahaseya, unyana kaItiyeli, unyana kaYesaya. 8Emva kwakhe ibinguGabhayi-salayi, enamakhulu asithoba, anamanci mabini anesibhozo; 9noYoweli unyana kaZikri, umphathi kubo, noYuda unyana kaSenwa, engowesibini kubaphathi bomzi.
10Kubabingeleli: ibinguYedaya unyana kaYoyaribhi, noYakin, 11noSeraya, unyana kaHilekiya, unyana kaMeshulam, unyana kaTsadoki, unyana kaMerayoti, unyana ka-Ahitubhi, ingànga yendlu kaThixo, 12nabazalwana babo ababesenza umsebenzi wendlu, bengamakhulu asibhozo, anamanci mabini anababini; noAdaya unyana kaYeroham, unyana kaPelaleya, unyana ka-Amtsi, unyana kaZekariya, unyana kaPashure, unyana kaMalekiya, 13nabazalwana bakhe, iintloko zezindlu zooyise, bengamakhulu amabini, anamanci mané anababini; noAmashesayi, unyana ka-Azareli, unyana ka-Azayi, unyana kaMeshilemoti, unyana kaImere; 14nabazalwana babo, amagorha anobukroti, belikhulu elinamanci mabini anesibhozo; umphathi kubo ibinguZabhediyeli unyana kaGedolim.
15KubaLevi: ibinguShemaya unyana kaHashubhi, unyana ka-Azarikam, unyana kaHashabhiya, unyana kaBhuni, noShabhetayi, 16noYozabhadi, ababephethe umsebenzi ongaphandle wendlu kaThixo, kwiintloko zabaLevi; 17noMataniya unyana kaMika, unyana kaZabhedi, unyana ka-Asafu, obengumhlabeli wezokudumisa emthandazweni, noBhakebhukiya, obengowesibini kubazalwana bakhe, noAbheda, unyana kaShamuwa, unyana kaGalali, unyana kaYedutun. 18Bebonke abaLevi emzini ongcwele babengamakhulu amabini, anamanci asibhozo anabané.
19Abamasango: ibinguAkubhi, noTalemon, nabazalwana babo abagcina amasango, belikhulu elinamanci asixhenxe anababini.
20Amanye amaSirayeli, nababingeleli, nabaLevi, babekweminye imizi yonke yakwaYuda, elowo eselifeni lakhe. 21Ke abakhonzi betempile babehlala eOfele; abakhonzi abo betempile babephethwe nguTsiha noGishpa. 22Umphathi wabaLevi eYerusalem ibingu-Uziunyana kaBhani, unyana kaHashabhiya, unyana kaMataniya, unyana kaMika koonyana baka-Asafu, iimvumi, malunga nomsebenzi wendlu kaThixo. 23Ngokuba umthetho wokumkani ubuphezu kwabo, nomnqophiso wenene ubuphezu keemvumi malunga nento yemini ngangemini yayo. 24UPetaya unyana kaMeshezabheli, koonyana bakaZera, unyana kaYuda, ubesisandla sokumkani ezintweni zonke zabantu.
25Emizini nasemaphandleni ayo kwahlala inxenye yoonyana bakaYuda eKiriyati ka-Arbha namagxamesi ayo, naseDibhon namagxamesi ayo, naseKabhetseli nemizi yayo, 26naseYeshuwa, naseMolada, naseBhete-palete, 27naseHatsore-shuwali, naseBher-shebha namagxamesi ayo, 28naseTsikelage, naseMekona namagxamesi ayo, 29nase-Enrimon, naseTsora, naseYarmuti, 30naseZanowa, naseAdulam namagxamesi ayo, naseLakishe, nasemaphandleni ayo, naseAzeka namagxamesi ayo. Bahlala ke, bathabathela eBher-shebha besa emfuleni wakwaHinom.
31Oonyana bakaBhenjamin bathabathela eGebha, besa eMikimas, naseAya, naseBheteli namagxamesi ayo, 32naseAnatoti, naseNobhi, naseAnaniya, 33naseHatsore, naseRama, naseGitayim, 34naseHadidi, naseTsebhoyim, naseNebhalati, 35naseLode, naseOno emfuleni weengcibi. 36NakubaLevi kwaphuma amaqela kwaYuda, eza kwaBhenjamin.
