UNehemiya
12:1 Ke aba ngababingeleli nabaLevi, abenyuka noZerubhabheli
unyana kaShelatiyeli, noYeshuwa: nguSeraya, noYeremiya, noEzra,
12:2 uAmariya, noMaluki, noHatushe;
12:3 noShekaniya, noRehum, noMeremoti;
12:4 noIdo, noGineto, noAbhiya;
12:5 noMiyamin, noMahadiya, noBhiliga;
12:6 uShemaya, noYoyaribhi, noYedaya;
12:7 noSalu, noAmoki, noHilekiya, noYedaya. Aba yayiziintloko zababingeleli kunye
kubazalwana babo ngemihla kaYeshuwa.
12:8 AbaLevi nguYeshuwa, noBhinwi, noKademiyeli, noSherebhiya, noYuda, noKademiyeli,
UMataniya obephethe imibulelo, yena nabazalwana bakhe.
12:9 noBhakebhukiya, noUni; abazalwana babo babemalunga nabo ententeni
iiwotshi.
12:10 uYeshuwa wazala uYoyakim; uYoyakim wazala uEliyashibhi, noEliyashibhi.
wazala uYoyada,
12:11 UYoyada wazala uYonatan, uYonatan wazala uYaduwa.
12:12 Ke ngemihla kaYoyakim bekukho ababingeleli abaziintloko zezindlu zooyise
uSeraya, uMeraya; okaYeremiya nguHananiya;
12:13 okaEzra, nguMeshulam; oka-Amariya nguYohanan;
12:14 okaMeliku nguYonatan; okaShebhaniya nguYosefu;
12:15 okaHarim nguAdena; okaMerayoti nguHelekayi;
12:16 okaIdo nguZekariya; eGineton nguMeshulam;
12:17 eka-Abhiya inguZikri; okaMinyamin, ekaMowadi, nguPilitayi;
12:18 kaBhiliga nguShamuwa; okaShemaya inguYehonatan;
12:19 noYoyaribhi nguMatenayi; okaYedaya ingu-Uzi;
12:20 okaSalayi, nguKalayi; oka-Amoki nguEbhere;
12:21 okaHilekiya nguHashabhiya; ekaYedaya inguNataniyeli.
12:22 AbaLevi ngemihla kaEliyashibhi, noYoyada, noYohanan, noYaduwa;
kwabhalwa iintloko zezindlu zooyise, nababingeleli, ebukumkanini bukaYe
uDariyo umPersi.
12:23 Oonyana bakaLevi, iintloko zezindlu zooyise, babebhalwe encwadini ye
iincwadi zemihla ngemihla, kwada kwayimihla kaYohanan unyana kaEliyashibhi.
12:24 Ke iintloko zabaLevi: ibinguHashabhiya, noSherebhiya, noYeshuwa unyana.
bakwaKademiyeli nabazalwana babo malungana nabo, ukuba badumise, banikele
kubulela, ngokomthetho kaDavide, umfo wakwaThixo, umphathi phezu
ngokuchasene newadi.
12:25 uMataniya, noBhakebhukiya, no-Obhadiya, noMeshulam, noTalemon, noAkubhi,
abamasango begcina isigxina emigubasini yamasango.
12:26 Abo babekho emihleni kaYoyakim unyana kaYeshuwa, unyana kaYotsadaki.
nangemihla kaNehemiya ibamba, noEzra umbingeleli
umbhali.
12:27 Ke kaloku ekusungulweni kodonga lweYerusalem kwafunwa abaLevi
ezindaweni zabo zonke, ukuze babazise eYerusalem, ukuba bagcine uYehova
ukungcwaliswa ngovuyo, nemibulelo, nangeengoma;
ngamacangci, nemirhubhe, nangeehadi.
12:28 Bahlanganisana ndawonye oonyana beemvumi, zombini ezo;
kwithafa elijikeleze iYerusalem, nakwiilali zase
Netofa;
12:29 nasendlwini yaseGiligali, nasemasimini aseGebha
IAzemavete, ngokuba iimvumi zazizakhele imizi ngeenxa zonke
iYerusalem.
12:30 Bazihlambulula ababingeleli nabaLevi, bahlambulula uThixo
abantu, namasango, nodonga.
12:31 Ndabanyusa abathetheli bakwaYuda phezu kodonga, ndamisa ababini
Amaqela amakhulu ababulelayo, abathi omnye angasekunene
isandla eludongeni sijonge esangweni lezala.
12:32 Emva kwabo kwalandela uHoshaya, nesiqingatha sabathetheli bakwaYuda;
12:33 noAzariya, noEzra, noMeshulam;
12:34 uYuda, noBhenjamin, noShemaya, noYeremiya;
12:35 Koonyana bababingeleli bequpha amaxilongo; oko kukuthi, uZekariya
unyana kaYonatan, unyana kaShemaya, unyana kaMataniya, unyana ka
uMikaya, unyana kaZakure, unyana ka-Asafu;
12:36 nabazalwana bakhe: nguShemaya, noAzareli, noMilalayi, noGilalayi, noMahayi;
ooNataniyeli, noYuda, noHanani, beneempahla zokuvuma zikaDavide
umfo wakwaThixo, uEzra umbhali phambi kwabo.
12:37 Kwaye ngesango lomthombo eliphambi kwabo, benyuka badlula
Izinyuko zomzi kaDavide, ekunyukeni kodonga, phezu kwentaba
nendlu kaDavide, kwesa esangweni lamanzi ngasempumalanga.
12:38 Lathi ke elinye inkitha yababekubulela, lawela phezu kwabo;
ndasemva kwawo, ndinesiqingatha sabantu, phezu kodonga, ngapha nangapha
inqaba ende yamaziko, esa eludongeni olubanzi;
12:39 naphezu kwesango likaEfrayim, nesango elidala, nangaphezulu
isango leentlanzi, nenqaba ende kaHananeli, nenqaba ende kaHameha, nayo inqaba
bema esangweni lempahla emfutshane, bema esangweni lentolongo.
12:40 Ema ke ngoko amaqela amabini okubulela endlwini kaThixo;
nam, ndinesiqingatha sabaphathi;
12:41 nababingeleli; noEliyakim, noMahaseya, noMiniyamin, noMikaya, noEliyohenayi,
uZekariya, noHananiya, benamaxilongo;
12:42 noMahaseya, noShemaya, noElazare, noUzi, noYohanan, noElazare.
uMalekiya, noElam, noEzere. Iimvumi zavuma kakhulu, kunye noYizereya
umveleli wabo.
12:43 Babingelela ngaloo mini imibingelelo emikhulu, bavuya; ngokuba uThixo ubenako
babavuyisa ngovuyo olukhulu, abafazi nabantwana
bavuya kakhulu, ngokokude kwavakala ukuvuya kweYerusalem namgama.
12:44 Ke kaloku, ngelo xesha kwakukho abathile ababephethe amagumbi
noovimba, nobeziintlahlela, nobezishumi;
ukuba zihlanganiselwe kuzo, eziphuma emasimini emizi, izabelo zelizwe
Umyalelo kubabingeleli nabaLevi; ngokuba uYuda wabavuyela ababingeleli, nababingeleli
kubaLevi ababelindile.
12:45 Zasigcina iimvumi nabamasango isigxina soThixo wabo, nezicaka
ngokomthetho kaDavide, nomthetho wentlambululo
nguSolomon unyana wakhe.
12:46 Ngokuba ngemihla kaDavide noAsafu kwakudala, kukho iintloko zababingeleli
iimvumi, neengoma zendumiso nemibulelo kuThixo.
12:47 Onke amaSirayeli, ngemihla kaZerubhabheli, nangemihla kaNehemiya,
esinika iimvumi nabamasango isabelo sazo, into yemini ngangemini yayo;
bazingcwalisela izinto ezingcwele kubaLevi; nabaLevi
wabangcwalisela oonyana baka-Aron.