1 Naba ke abantu bephondo lakwaJuda abâkhululwáyo ekuthinjweni kwelaseBhabheli, okuya babethinjwe ngukumkani uNebhukadenezare waseBhabheli. Ke kaloku babuyela eJerusalem nakwaJuda, elowo waya kwidolophu yakowabo.
2 Babekhokelwe nguZerubhabheli, uYeshuwa, uNehemiya, uSeraya, uRelaya, uModekayi, uBhileshan, uMispare, uBhigwayi, uRewum, noBhana.Nalu ke uludwe lwamaSirayeli awabuyayo ndawonye namanani awo:
3 inzala kaParoshe 2 172
4 ekaShefatiya 372
5 eka-Ara 775
6 ekaPahati-mowabhi ngomlibo kaYeshuwa noJowabhi 2 812
7 ekaElam 1 254
8 ekaZatu 945
9 ekaZakayi 760
10 ekaBhani 642
11 ekaBhebhayi 623
12 eka-Azegadi 1 222
13 eka-Adonikam 666
14 ekaBhigwayi 2 056
15 eka-Adin 454
16 eka-Atere ngoHezekiya 98
17 ekaBhezayi 323
18 ekaYora 112
19 ekaHashum 223
20 ekaGibhare 95
21 abantu baseBhetelehem 123
22 abaseNetofa 56
23 abaseAnatoti 128
24 abaseAzemavete 42
25 abaseKiriyati-yarim, eKefira, naseBheroti 743
26 abaseRama naseGebha 621
27 abaseMikimashe 122
28 abaseBhetele naseAyi 223
29 abaseNebho 52
30 abaseMagebhishe 156
31 abenye iElam 1 254
32 abaseHarim 320
33 abaseLodi, iHadide, neOno 725
34 abaseJeriko 345
35 abaseSena 3 630
36 Ababingeleli: inzala kaYedaya ngendlu kaYeshuwa 973
37 ekaImere 1 052
38 ekaPashure 1 247
39 ekaHarim 1 017
40 AbaLevi: inzala kaYeshuwa noKademiyeli ngomlibo kaHodaviya 74
41 Iimvumi: inzala ka-Asafu 128
42 Abalindi-masango endlu kaThixo: inzala kaShalum, uAtere, uTalemon, uAkubhi, uHatita, noShobhayi 139
43 Izicaka zendlu kaThixo: inzala kaZiya, uHasufa, uTabhayoti,
44 uKerose, uSiyaha, uPadon,
45 uLebhana, uHagabha, uAkubhi,
46 uHagabhi, uShalemayi, uHanan,
47 uGidele, uGahare, uRaya,
48 uRezin, uNekoda, uGazam,
49 u-Uza, uPaseya, uBhesayi,
50 uAsna, uMewunim, uNefusim,
51 uBhakebhuki, uHakufa, uHarure,
52 uBhazeluti, uMehida, uHasha,
53 uBhakose, uSisera, uTama,
54 uNeziya, noHatifa
55 Inzala yezicaka zikaSolomon: inzala kaSotayi, uSoferete, uPeruda,
56 uYala, uDakon, uGidele,
57 uShefatiya, uHatili, uPokerete-zebhayim, noAmi
58 Izicaka zendlu kaThixo nenzala yezicaka zikaSolomon 392
59 Aba balandelayo babesuka kwiidolophu zaseTele-mela, eTele-hasha, eKerubhi, eAdan, naseImere; kambe ke ababanga nako ukuluvelisa uludwe lwemilibo yezindlu zabo kwaSirayeli:
60 inzala kaDelaya nekaTobhiya nekaNekoda 652
61 Ke kwinzala yababingeleli: inzala kaHabhaya, uHakozi, noBhazilayi (umfo owayethathe intombi kaBhazilayi umGiliyadi waza wabizwa ngaloo mlibo)
62 Aba ke balukhangela uludwe lwemilibo yezindlu zakomawabo, kodwa ke zange balufumane, ngoko ke zange babandakanywe nobubingeleli, koko bathathwa *njengabanomlaza.
63 Ke umlawuli wayalela ukuba bangatyi mpela kwizinto ezingcwele, kude kubekho umbingeleli obalungiselelayo *ngeeurim neethumim.
64 Bebonke babengamashumi amane anambini amawaka namakhulu amathathu anamashumi amathandathu,
65 ngaphandle kwamawaka asixhenxe anamakhulu mathathu, mashumi mathathu anesixhenxe ezicaka ezingamadoda nezibhinqileyo. Ngokunjalo babeneemvumi ezingamakhulu amabini amadoda nababhinqileyo.
66 Kananjalo babenamahashe angamakhulu asixhenxe mashumi mathathu nesithandathu; iimeyile ezingamakhulu amabini mashumi mane nesihlanu;
67 iinkamela zingamakhulu amane mashumi mathathu nantlanu; iidonki zona zisisithandathu samawaka, amakhulu asixhenxe mashumi mabini.
68 Bakufika endlwini kaNdikhoyo eJerusalem ezinye zeenkulu zezindlu zakhupha umnikelo ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo, ukuze kuhlaziywe indlu kaThixo esizeni sayo.
69 Banikela ngokwamandla abo kuvimba, bagalela igolide ebunzima buziikhilogram ezimakhulu mahlanu, kunye nesiliva ebunzima buziikhilogram ezimawaka mabini namakhulu asibhozo, kunye nekhulu leminweba yababingeleli.
70 Ke kaloku ababingeleli, abaLevi, iimvumi, abalindi-masango, nezicaka zendlu kaThixo, bebonke baya kuma kwiidolophu zakumawabo, ndawonye nabanye abantu. Kananjalo ke nabanye abangamaSirayeli bema ngokweedolophu zakomawabo.