Waɗanda Suka Zauna a Birni Mai Tsarki

Urushalima tana bukatar mazauna, saboda haka aka jefa kuri'a domin iyali ɗaya cikin goma su koma cikin garun, mutane kuma suka sa wa waɗanda suka ba da kansu albarka. Babin ya lissafa waɗanda suka zauna a can — shugabanni, firistoci, Lawiyawa, masu tsaron ƙofa, mawaƙa — da ƙauyukan da sauran mutanen Yahuza da Biliyaminu suka cika.

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Shugabanni suka zauna a Urushalima; sauran kuwa suka jefa ƙuri'a don su kawo ɗaya cikin goma yă zauna a Urushalima, birni mai tsarki, suka bar tara cikin goma a garuruwa. Mutanen kuwa suka albarkaci dukan mazan da suka ba da kansu da yardar rai don su zauna a Urushalima.

Ga shugabannin lardin da suka zauna a Urushalima; amma a garuruwan Yahuda kowa ya zauna a kan mallakarsa, a garuruwansu — Isra'ila, da firistoci, da Lawiyawa, da bayin haikali, da zuriyar bayin Sulemanu. Waɗansu daga zuriyar Yahuda da Benyamin suka zauna a Urushalima. Daga Yahuda, akwai Ataya ɗan Uzziya, ɗan Zakariya, ɗan Amariya, ɗan Shefatiya, ɗan Mahalalel, daga zuriyar Ferez; da Ma'asehiya ɗan Baruk, ɗan Kol-hoze, ɗan Hazaya, ɗan Adaya, ɗan Yohiyarib, ɗan Zakariya, ɗan mutumin Shilo. Dukan zuriyar Ferez da suka zauna a Urushalima mutum 468 ne, maza masu ƙarfi.

Daga Benyamin, akwai Sallu ɗan Meshullam, ɗan Yohed, ɗan Fedahiya, ɗan Kolaya, ɗan Ma'asehiya, ɗan Itiyel, ɗan Yeshahiya, a bayansa kuma, Gabbai da Sallai — duka mutum 928. Yowel ɗan Zikri shi ne shugabansu; Yahuda ɗan Hassenuwa kuwa shi ne na biyu bisa birnin.

Daga cikin firistoci, akwai Yedahiya ɗan Yohiyarib, da Yakin, da Serahiya ɗan Hilkiya, ɗan Meshullam, ɗan Zadok, ɗan Merahiyot, ɗan Ahitub, babban shugaban gidan Ubanmu; da 'yan'uwansu da suke aikin gidan, mutum 822; da Adaya ɗan Yeroham ɗan Felaliya ɗan Amzi ɗan Zakariya ɗan Fashhur ɗan Malkiya, da 'yan'uwansa, shugabannin iyalai, mutum 242; da Amashsai ɗan Azarel, ɗan Ahzai, ɗan Meshillemot, ɗan Immer, da abokan aikinsu, jarumawa masu ƙarfi, mutum 128; shugabansu kuwa shi ne Zabdiyel ɗan Haggedolim.

Daga cikin Lawiyawa, akwai Shemahiya ɗan Hasshub, ɗan Azrikam, ɗan Hashabiya, ɗan Bunni; da Shabbetai da Yozabad, daga cikin shugabannin Lawiyawa, su ne suka lura da aikin waje na gidan Ubanmu; da Mattaniya ɗan Mika, ɗan Zabdi, ɗan Asaf, wanda yake jagorar godiya da addu'a; da Bakbukiya, na biyu a cikin abokan aikinsa; da Abda ɗan Shammuwa, ɗan Galal, ɗan Yedutun. Dukan Lawiyawan da suke a birni mai tsarki mutum 284 ne.

Masu gadin ƙofofi, wato Akkub, da Talmon, da abokan aikinsu da suke tsaro a ƙofofi, mutum 172 ne.

Sauran Isra'ila, da firistoci, da Lawiyawa kuwa suna a dukan garuruwan Yahuda, kowa a kan gādonsa. Bayin haikali kuwa suka zauna a Ofel, Ziha da Gishfa kuma su ne shugabannin bayin haikali.

Uzzi ɗan Bani, ɗan Hashabiya, ɗan Mattaniya, ɗan Mika, daga zuriyar Asaf, shi ne shugaban Lawiyawan da suke a Urushalima, wato mawaƙan da suke lura da aikin gidan Ubanmu. Gama akwai umarni daga sarki game da su, da tabbataccen rabon kowace rana domin mawaƙan. Fetahiya ɗan Meshezabel, daga zuriyar Zera ɗan Yahuda, shi ne wakilin sarki cikin kowane al'amari game da mutane.

Game da ƙauyuka tare da gonakinsu kuwa, waɗansu daga zuriyar Yahuda suka zauna a Kiriyat-arba da ƙauyukanta, da Dibon da ƙauyukanta, da Yekabzeyel da ƙauyukanta, da a Yeshuwa, da a Molada, da a Bet-felet, da a Hazar-shuwal, da a Beyersheba da ƙauyukanta, da a Ziklag, da a Mekona da ƙauyukanta, da a En-rimmon, da a Zora, da a Yarmut, da Zanowa, da Adullam da ƙauyukansu, da Lakish da gonakinta, da Azeka da ƙauyukanta. Ta haka suka zauna daga Beyersheba har zuwa Kwarin Hinnom. Zuriyar Benyamin kuwa suka zauna daga Geba zuwa gaba, a Mikmash, da Aiya, da Betel da ƙauyukanta, da Anatot, da Nob, da Ananiya, da Hazor, da Rama, da Gittahim, da Hadid, da Zebohim, da Neballat, da Lod, da Ono, Kwarin Masu Sana'a. Aka kuma ba Benyamin waɗansu rukunan Lawiyawa daga Yahuda.