1 Naba ababingeleli nabaLevi ababuya noZerubhabheli unyana kaShelatiyeli kunye noYeshuwa: uSeraya, uJeremiya, uEzra,
2 uAmariya, uMaluki, uHatushe,
3 uShekaniya, uRehum, uMeremoti,
4 uIdo, uGineton, uAbhiya,
5 uMiyamin, uMadiya, uBhilega,
6 uShemaya, uJoyaribhi, uYedaya,
7 uSalu, uAmoki, uHilekiya, noYedaya. Ezi ke ziinkokheli zababingeleli kunye namahlakani azo ngexesha likaYeshuwa.
8 AbaLevi yayinguYeshuwa, uBhinuwi, uKademiyeli, uSherebhiya, uJuda, kunye noMataniya. Yena kunye namahlakani akhe babejongene neengoma zokubulela.
9 UBhakebhukiya noUni namahlakani abo babemi bekhangelene nabo ezinkonzweni.
10 UYeshuwa yayinguyise kaYoyakim, uYoyakim enguyise kaEliyashibhi, uEliyashibhi enguyise kaJoyada,
11 uJoyada enguyise kaJonatan, uJonatan enguyise kaYaduwa.
12 Nazi iinkulu zemizi yababingeleli ngemihla kaYoyakim:kwaSeraya nguMeraya;kwaJeremiya nguHananiya;
13 kwaEzra nguMeshulam;kwa-Amariya nguYehohanan;
14 kwaMaluki nguJonatan;kwaShebhaniya nguJosefu;
15 kwaHarim nguAdena;kwaMerayoti nguHelekayi;
16 kwaIdo nguZakariya;kwaGineton nguMeshulam;
17 kwa-Abhiya nguZikri;kwaMiniyamin nakwaMowadiya nguPiletayi;
18 kwaBhilega nguShamuwa;kwaShemaya nguJonatan;
19 kwaJoyaribhi nguMatenayi;kwaJedaya ngu-Uzi;
20 kwaSalayi nguKalayi;kwa-Amoki nguHebhere;
21 kwaHilekiya nguHashabhiya;kwaYedaya nguNataniyeli.
22 Ke kaloku iinkulu zemizi yabaLevi ngemihla kaEliyashibhi, kaJoyada, kaJohanan, noYaduwa kunye nezababingeleli zabhaliswa ngexesha lolawulo lukakumkani uDariyo wasePeshiya.
23 Kanti ke iinkulu zemizi kwinzala yabaLevi ukuthi xhaxhe ngexesha likaJohanan unyana kaEliyashibhi zafakwa kwincwadi yeengcombolo zembali.
24 Iinkokheli zabaLevi yayinguHashabhiya, uSherebhiya, uYeshuwa unyana kaKademiyeli namahlakani abo, awayesima ekhangelene nabo esenza iindumiso nemibulelo, elinye iqela lithelela elinye ngokomyalelo kaDavide umfo wakwaThixo.
25 UMataniya, uBhakebhukiya, uObhadiya, uMeshulam, uTalmon, noAkubhi, babengabalindi-masango ababegada oovimba ngasemasangweni.
26 Babelungiselela ngemihla kaYoyakim unyana kaYeshuwa, kaYozadaki, nangemihla kaNehemiya umlawuli, noEzra umbingeleli ongumchazi-mthetho.
27 Ngethuba lonikezelo lodonga lwaseJerusalem abaLevi baya kufunwa apho babehlala khona, baza baziswa eJerusalem, ukuze balubhiyozele ngemihlali unikezelo olo ngeengoma zokubulela, becula bekhalisa amacangci, iihapu, nemirhubhe.
28 Neemvumi zaqokelelwa kummandla ojikeleze iJerusalem, nakwiilali zamaNetofa,
29 naseBhete-giligali, nakummandla waseGebha, naseAzemavete. Kaloku iimvumi ezo zazizenzele iilali kummandla ojikeleze iJerusalem.
30 Akuba ezihlambulule wona ngokwawo abaLevi ahlambulula nabantu, amasango, kwanodonga.
31 Iinkokheli zakwaJuda ndazidibanisa phezu kodonga. Ndamisela neekwayala ezinkulu zambini, zatsho ngemibongo. Enye yaqabela phezu kodonga, yajonga ngasekunene ekuyeni kwiSango lobuLongwe.
32 UHoshaya nesiqingatha seenkokheli zakwaJuda zalandela
33 kunye noAzariya, uEzra, uMeshulam,
34 uJuda, uBhenjamin, uShemaya, uJeremiya,
35 kunye nabanye ababingeleli, bephethe amaxilongo, uZakariya unyana kaJonatan, kaShemaya, kaMataniya, kaMikaya, kaZakure, ka-Asafu,
36 namahlakani akhe, uShemaya, uAzarele, uMilalayi, uGilalayi, uMayi, uNataniyeli, uJuda, noHanani, benezikhalisi ezamiselwa nguDavide umfo wakwaThixo. Ke loo mngcelele wawukhokelwa nguEzra umchazi-mthetho.
37 Xa bekwiSango loMthombo bathi ngqo ngezinyuko zesixeko sikaDavide, benyuka bekhangele eludongeni, bayidlula ngasentla indlu kaDavide, bajonga empuma kwiSango laManzi.
38 Ikwayala yesibini yona yaqhuba iyifulathele leyo yokuqala. Ndalandela ndiphezu kodonga ndinesiqingatha sabantu, sadlula iNqaba yamaZiko, saya kuDonga oluBanzi,
39 salidlula iSango lakwaEfrayim, nelikaYeshana kunye neleeNtlanzi, neNqaba kaHananeli, naleyo yeKhulu, see xhaxhe ngeSango leeGusha. Yaza ke yema kwiSango labaLindi.
40 Ke ezo kwayala zazisenza imibongo, zema ngeendawo zazo endlwini kaThixo, ngokunjalo nam ndinesiqingatha samagosa,
41 kunye nababingeleli – uEliyakim, uMaseya, uMiniyamin, uMikaya, uEliyohenayi, uZakariya, noHananiya, namaxilongo abo –
42 kanti ke noMaseya, uShemaya, uElazare, u-Uzi, uYohanan, uMalkiya, uElam, noEzere. Ikwayala yayintyiloza ibhexeshwa nguYezeraya.
43 Ngaloo mini ke benza amadini amaninzi bevuya, kuba uThixo ebathe jize ngovuyo olukhulu. Abafazi nabantwana nabo babechulumacha. Intsholo yemincili apho eJerusalem yayivakala nasekudeni.
44 Ngelo thuba ke kwamiselwa amadoda okujonga oovimba bemirhumo, ulibo, kunye nezishumi. Kumasimi angqonge iidolophu ayeza kuthatha isabelo sababingeleli nabaLevi, asizise koovimba ngokommiselo womthetho. Kaloku uJuda wayanelisekile lulungiselelo lwabo babingeleli nabaLevi.
45 Babemlungiselela uThixo wabo, beyenza nenkonzo yentlambululo, kwanjengeemvumi nabalindi-masango, ngokomyalelo kaDavide nonyana wakhe uSolomon.
46 Kaloku kwakudala ngemihla kaDavide noAsafu kwakukho ababhexeshi-kwayala xa kuculwa awokudumisa nokubonga uThixo.
47 Ngoko ke ngemihla kaZerubhabheli noNehemiya uSirayeli ephela wayikhupha imirhumo yemihla ngemihla, wanika iimvumi nabalindi-masango. Wazikhupha nezabelo zabanye abaLevi, kananjalo nabaLevi bazikhupha izabelo zenzala ka-Aron.