Ababehlala eJerusalema

9UIsrayeli wonke wasebalwa ngezizukulwana; khangela-ke, zibhaliwe egwalweni lwamakhosi akoIsrayelia; kodwa abakoJuda bathunjelwa eBhabhiloni ngenxa yeziphambeko zabob.

2 Njalo abahlali bokuqala ababeselizweni labo emizini yabo kwakunguIsrayeli, abapristi, amaLevic, lamaNethinid. 3 Njalo eJerusalema kwahlala ababantwana bakoJuda lababantwana bakoBhenjamini lababantwana bakoEfrayimi loManasee: 4 U-Uthayi indodana kaAmihudi indodana kaOmri indodana kaImri indodana kaBani, wabantwana bakaPerezi indodana kaJudaf. 5 LakumaShilonig: UAsaya izibulo, lamadodana akhe. 6 Lakumadodana kaZerah: UJeyuweli labafowabo, amakhulu ayisithupha lamatshumi ayisificamunwemunye. 7 Lakumadodana akoBhenjamini: USalu indodana kaMeshulamu indodana kaHodaviya indodana kaHasenuwai; 8 loIbineya indodana kaJerohamu, loEla indodana kaUzi indodana kaMikiri, loMeshulamu indodana kaShefathiya indodana kaRehuweli indodana kaIbiniya; 9 labafowabo ngezizukulwana zabo, amakhulu ayisificamunwemunye lamatshumi amahlanu lesithuphaj. Wonke lamadoda ayeyizinhloko zaboyise endlini yaboyisek.

10 Lakubapristi: OJedaya, loJehoyaribi, loJakinil, 11 loAzariya indodana kaHilikhiya indodana kaMeshulamum indodana kaZadokin indodana kaMerayothio indodana kaAhitubip, umphathi wendlu kaNkulunkuluq, 12 loAdayar indodana kaJerohamus indodana kaPashurit indodana kaMalikiya, loMahasayi indodana kaAdiyeliu indodana kaJahizera indodana kaMeshulamu indodana kaMeshilemithi indodana kaImeriv, 13 labafowabo, izinhloko zendlu yaboyise, inkulungwane lamakhulu ayisikhombisa lamatshumi ayisithupha, abalamandla ngobungcwethi emsebenzini wenkonzo yendlu kaNkulunkulu.

14 LakumaLevi: UShemaya indodana kaHashubi indodana kaAzirikamu indodana kaHashabhiya, owamadodana kaMerariw, 15 loBakibakari, uHereshi, loGalalix, loMathaniya indodana kaMikay indodana kaZikiri indodana kaAsafiz, 16 loObhadiyaa indodana kaShemayab indodana kaGalali indodana kaJeduthunic, loBerekiya indodana kaAsa indodana kaElkana owahlala emizini yamaNetofad. 17 Labagcini bamasango oShaluma loAkubi loTalimoni loAhimani; lomfowabo uShaluma wayeyinhlokoe; 18 njalo kuze kube yilesisikhathi, babesesangweni lenkosi ngempumalanga, laba babengabagcini bamasango enkambeni yabantwana bakoLevif. 19 UShaluma indodana kaKore indodana kaEbiyasafi indodana kaKora, labafowabo, abendlu kayiseg, amaKora, basebephatha umsebenzi wenkonzo, abalindi beminyango yethente; laboyise baphatha ibandla leNkosi, abalindi bentubah. 20 UPhinehasi indodana kaEleyazare wayengumbusi phezu kwabo ngaphambili; iNkosi yayilayei. 21 UZekhariya indodana kaMeshelemiya wayengumgcinisango emnyango wethente lenhlanganoj. 22 Bonke labo abakhethwayo babangabagcinimasango emibundwini, babengamakhulu amabili letshumi lambilik; babhalwa ngezizukulwana zabo emizini yabo; oDavida loSamuwelil umboni ababamisa esikhundleni sabom. 23 Ngakho bona lamadodana abo baphatha amasango endlini yeNkosi, indlu yethente, ngemilindo. 24 Abalindi bamasango babekhona emimoyeni yomine, empumalanga, entshonalanga, enyakatho, leningizimu. 25 Labafowabo ababesemizini yabon babefanele beze okwensuku eziyisikhombisa izikhathi ngezikhathi kanye laboo. 26 Ngoba amaLevi la, abagcini bamasango abakhulu bobane, babesesikhundleni, babephethe amakamelo bephezu kwezindlu zenotho zendlu kaNkulunkulu.

27 Njalo babehlala ebusuku bezingelezele indlu kaNkulunkulu, ngoba umlindo wawuphezu kwabo, njalo bephethe ukuvulwa kwayo, ngitsho ikuseni ngekusenip. 28 Njalo abanye babo babephethe izitsha zenkonzo, ngoba ngenani bazingenisa, langenani bazikhupha. 29 Labanye babo babemiswe phezu kwezitsha, laphezu kwazo zonke izitsha ezingcwele, laphezu kwempuphu ecolekileyo lewayini lamafutha lempepha lamakhaq. 30 Abanye emadodaneni abapristi babehlanganisa-ke amafutha amakhar. 31 LoMathithiya kumaLevi, owayelizibulo likaShaluma umKoras, wayephathiswe umsebenzi wamaqebelengwana abhakwe emapanini. 32 Labanye babantwana bamaKohathi kubafowabo babephethe isinkwa sokubukiswa ukusilungisa isabatha ngesabathat. 33 Lalaba ngabahlabeleli, izinhloko zaboyise bamaLeviu, emakamelweni, bekhululekilev, ngoba emini lebusuku kwakuphezu kwabo ukuba semsebenziniw. 34 Laba bazinhloko zaboyise bamaLevi, izinhloko ngezizukulwana zabo; laba bahlala eJerusalema.

Izizukulwana zikaSawuli

35 EGibeyoni kwakuhlala-ke uyise kaGibeyoni, uJehiyeli; lebizo lomkakhe lalinguMahakax. 36 Lendodana yakhe elizibulo uAbidoni, loZuri loKishi loBhali loNeri loNadabi 37 loGedori loAhiyo loZekhariya loMikilothi. 38 UMikilothi wasezala uShimeyamu; laba labo bahlala eJerusalema maqondana labafowabo kanye labafowabo. 39 UNeri wasezala uKishi; uKishi wasezala uSawuli; uSawuli wasezala oJonathani loMaliki-Shuwa loAbinadaba loEshibhaliy. 40 Njalo indodana kaJonathani yayinguMeribi-Bhaliz; uMeribi-Bhali wasezala uMika. 41 Njalo amadodana kaMika: OPithoni loMeleki loTareyaa. 42 UAhazi wasezala uJarab; uJara wasezala oAlemethi loAzimavethi loZimri. UZimri wasezala uMoza. 43 UMoza wasezala uBineya, loRefaya indodana yakhe, uEleyasa indodana yakhe, uAzeli indodana yakhec. 44 Njalo uAzeli wayelamadodana ayisithupha; lala ngamabizo awo: OAzirikamu, uBhokeru, loIshmayeli, loSheyariya, loObhadiya, loHanani. La ayengamadodana kaAzeli.