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.