Eyoku-1 yeziKronike
9:1 Onke ke amaSirayeli abebhalwe ngokwemilibo yokuzalwa; nanzo zikho
zibhalwe encwadini yookumkani bakwaSirayeli nabakwaYuda, abathinjwayo
baye eBhabheli ngenxa yokreqo lwabo.
9:2 Ke bona abokuqala babehlala ezindlwini zabo
Yayizizixeko, amaSirayeli, ababingeleli, abaLevi, namaNethini.
9:3 EYerusalem kwahlala oonyana bakaYuda, nabakoonyana bakaYuda
nguBhenjamin, koonyana bakaEfrayim, nabakwaManase;
9:4 u-Utayi, unyana ka-Amihudi, unyana kaOmri, unyana kaImri, unyana ka-Amihudi.
nguBhani, koonyana bakaPeretse, unyana kaYuda.
9:5 NakumaShilo; uAsaya izibulo, noonyana bakhe.
9:6 nakoonyana bakaZera; UYehuweli nabazalwana babo ibingamakhulu amathandathu, anashumi-nye
Amashumi aluthoba.
9:7 Koonyana bakaBhenjamin; nguSalu unyana kaMeshulam, unyana ka
uHodaviya unyana kaHasenuwa,
9:8 noIbheneya unyana kaYeroham, noEla unyana kaUzi, unyana
nguMikri, noMeshulam unyana kaShefatiya, unyana kaRehuweli, unyana
kaIbheniya;
9:9 nabazalwana babo ngokweenzala zabo: amakhulu asithoba anamanci asithoba
amashumi amahlanu anesithandathu. Onke loo madoda abeziintloko zezindlu zooyise endlwini ka
ooyise.
9:10 nakubabingeleli; noYedaya, noYehoyaribhi, noYakin;
9:11 noAzariya, unyana kaHilekiya, unyana kaMeshulam, unyana kaTsadoki;
unyana kaMerayoti, unyana ka-Ahitubhi, inganga yendlu kaThixo;
9:12 noAdaya, unyana kaYeroham, unyana kaPashure, unyana kaMalekiya;
noMahaseya, unyana ka-Adiyeli, unyana kaYazera, unyana kaMeshulam;
unyana kaMeshilemiti, unyana kaImere;
9:13 nabazalwana babo, iintloko zezindlu zooyise, iwaka elinamnye
amakhulu asixhenxe anamanci mathandathu; amadoda anobukroti emsebenzini wenkonzo
yendlu kaThixo.
9:14 nakubaLevi; nguShemaya unyana kaHashubhi, unyana ka-Azerikam, yena
unyana kaHashabhiya, koonyana bakaMerari;
9:15 noBhakebhakare, noHereshe, noGalali, noMataniya unyana kaMika, umthetheli.
unyana kaZikri, unyana ka-Asafu;
9:16 no-Obhadiya, unyana kaShemaya, unyana kaGalali, unyana kaYedutun;
noBherekiya unyana ka-Asa, unyana kaElikana, obehleli kwelo zwe
imizi yamaNetofa.
9:17 Abamasango: nguShalum, noAkubhi, noTalemon, noAhiman, noTalemon.
Abazalwana babo nguShalum inkulu;
9:18 kude kube ngoku, babehleli esangweni lokumkani empumalanga, bengabamasango
amaqela oonyana bakaLevi.
9:19 noShalum, unyana kaKore, unyana ka-Abhiyasafu, unyana kaKora,
Abazalwana bakhe bendlu kayise, amaKora, bephethe ibandla
umsebenzi wenkonzo yaba ngabagcini bamasango omnquba;
ooyise phezu komkhosi kaYehova, bengabagcini bomnyango.
9:20 UPinehasi, unyana kaElazare, waye eyinganga yabo ngenxa engaphambili;
uYehova waba naye.
9:21 UZekariya unyana kaMeshelemiya wayengowesango ekungeneni kwetempile
umnquba wokuhlangana.
9:22 Bonke bephela, behleliwe ukuba babe ngabagcini bamasango, babengamakhulu amabini
neshumi elinambini. Abo babebhalwe emilibeni yokuzalwa kwabo emizaneni yabo.
abamiselwa nguDavide noSamuweli imboni, esikhundleni sabo.
9:23 Bona ke nabantwana babo bebephethe amasango endlu
indlu kaYehova, indlu yomnquba, ngokokugcina.
9:24 Babekho abamasango ngamacala omane, ngasempumalanga, ngasentshonalanga, ngasentla, nangasempumalanga
mazantsi.
9:25 Balandela abazalwana babo emizaneni yabo
iintsuku ezisixhenxe amaxesha ngamaxesha kunye nabo.
9:26 Kuba aba baLevi, abamasango abane abaziintloko, babezigxina zabo, benomsebenzi omiselweyo
yayiphethe amagumbi nobuncwane bendlu kaThixo.
9:27 Ukulala, babeyijikeleza indlu kaThixo;
phezu kwabo, kunabo ukuyivula imiso ngemiso.
9:28 Kubo bekukho abaphethe iimpahla zenkonzo;
kufuneka izingenise kwaye iphume ngebali.
9:29 Kubo ke kwakukho abathile ababemiselwe ukuphatha iimpahla, kwanezinye izinto zonke
neempahla zengcwele, nomgubo ocoliweyo, newayini, nesiqhumiso
ioli, nentlaka yokuqhumisa, nobulawu.
9:30 Koonyana bababingeleli bekukho abacola ubuqholo bobulawu.
9:31 noMatitiya, omnye wakubaLevi, obengowamazibulo kaShalum umLevi
Isigxina sikaKora phezu kwezinto ebezenziwe ngeepani.
9:32 nakubazalwana babo, koonyana bakaKehati, bephela
izonka zokubonisa, ukuze kulungiswe iisabatha ngeesabatha.
9:33 Zizo ezo iimvumi, iintloko zezindlu zooyise zabaLevi
ababehlala emagumbini babekhululekile;
imini nobusuku.
9:34 Zizo ezo iintloko zezindlu zooyise zabaLevi, ziziintloko ngokweentloko zabo
izizukulwana; abo babehleli eYerusalem.
9:35 EGibheyon kwakuhleli uyise kaGibheyon, uYehiyeli, ogama lomkakhe belinguYehiyeli.
Mahaka,
9:36 Unyana wakhe wamazibulo nguAbhedon, yanguTsure, noKishe, noBhahali, noNere,
Nadabhi,
9:37 noGedore, noAhiyo, noZekariya, noMikeloti.
9:38 uMikeloti wazala uShimeham. Kwaye nabo bahlala kunye nabazalwana babo
eYerusalem, malungana nabazalwana babo.
9:39 UNere wazala uKishe; uKishe wazala uSawule; uSawule wazala uYonatan;
UMalekishuwa, noAbhinadabhi, noEshbhahali.
9:40 Unyana kaYonatan nguMeribhahali, uMeribhahali wazala uMika.
9:41 Oonyana bakaMika nguPiton, noMeleki, noTareya, noAhazi.
9:42 uAhazi wazala uYara; uYara wazala uAlemete, noAzemavete, noZimri;
uZimri wazala uMotsa;
9:43 UMotsa wazala uBhineha; noRefaya unyana wakhe, nguEleyasa unyana wakhe, nguAtsele unyana wakhe
unyana.
9:44 UAtsele ubenoonyana abathandathu; ngawo la amagama abo: nguAzerikam, noBhokeru,
uIshmayeli, noShehariya, no-Obhadiya, noHanan: ngabo abo oonyana
Azel.