AmaSirayeli Ayabuya: Iintsapho zaseYerusalem

Emva kokuba ukuthinjwa kubizwe ngomgca omnye, uluhlu lujika luye kwabo babuya bahlala eYerusalem—ababingeleli, abaLevi, abagcini-masango ngamaqela endlwini kaBawo wethu, amadoda axuba iziqholo abhake isonka. Umlibo kaSawule uphindwa phambi kokuba liqale ibali.

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Onke amaSirayeli abhalwa ngokomlibo wokuzalwa kwawo, abhalwa encwadini yookumkani bakwaSirayeli. Ke uYuda wafuduselwa eBhabhilon ngenxa yokumeneza kwakhe. Abokuqala ukubuyela elifeni labo emizini yabo ngamaSirayeli, ababingeleli, abaLevi, nabakhonzi betempile. EYerusalem kwahlala abathile boonyana bakaYuda, nabakaBhenjamin, nabakaEfrayim noManase: uUthayi unyana ka-Amihude, unyana kaOmri, unyana kaImri, unyana kaBani, koonyana bakaPeretse, unyana kaYuda. KumaShilo: nguAsaya owamazibulo, noonyana bakhe. Koonyana bakaZera: nguYehuweli nabazalwana babo, amakhulu amathandathu anamanci asithoba. Koonyana bakaBhenjamin: nguSalu unyana kaMeshulam, unyana kaHodaviya, unyana kaHasenuwa, noIbheneya unyana kaYeroham; noEla unyana kaUzi, unyana kaMikri; noMeshulam unyana kaShefatiya, unyana kaRehuweli, unyana kaIbheniya, nabazalwana babo, ngokomlibo wabo wokuzalwa, amakhulu asithoba anamanci amahlanu anamithandathu. Bonke aba babeziintloko zezindlu zooyise.

Kubabingeleli: nguYedaya, noYehoyaribhi, noYakin, noAzariya unyana kaHilekiya, unyana kaMeshulam, unyana kaTsadoki, unyana kaMerayoti, unyana ka-Ahitubhi, umphathi oyintloko wendlu kaBawo wethu. noAdaya unyana kaYeroham, kaPashure, kaMalekiya; noMahasayi unyana ka-Adiyeli, kaYahezera, kaMeshulam, kaMeshilemiti, kaImere; nabazalwana babo, iintloko zezindlu zooyise, iwaka elinamakhulu asixhenxe anamanci mathandathu, amadoda anamandla okusebenza umsebenzi wendlu kaBawo wethu.

KubaLevi: nguShemaya unyana kaHashubhi, unyana ka-Azirikam, unyana kaHashabhiya, koonyana bakaMerari, noBhakebhakare, noHereshe, noGalali, noMataniya unyana kaMika, unyana kaZikri, unyana ka-Asafu; noObhadiya unyana kaShemaya, unyana kaGalali, unyana kaYedutun, noBherekiya unyana ka-Asa, unyana kaElikana, owayehleli emizini yamaNetofa.

Abagcini-masango: nguShalum, noAkubhi, noTalemon, noAhiman, nabazalwana babo; uShalum wayeyintloko. Unanamhla bema esangweni lokumkani, ngasempumalanga. Babengabagcini-masango beminquba yabaLevi. UShalum unyana kaKore, kaEbhiyazafu, kaKora, nabazalwana bakhe bendlu kayise, amaKora, babephethe umsebenzi wenkonzo, begcina imibundu yentente; ke ooyise babephethe umnquba kaBawo wethu, begcina umnyango. UPinehasi unyana kaElazare wayeyinkokeli phezu kwabo ngaphambili; uBawo wethu waba naye. UZekariya unyana kaMeshelemiya wayengumgcini-sango emnyango wentente yokuhlangana. Bonke aba, abanyulwayo baba ngabagcini-masango emasangweni, babengamakhulu amabini anesishumi anesibini, bebhalwe ngokomlibo wabo wokuzalwa emizini yabo. UDavide noSamuweli imboni babebamisele kwesi sikhundla sithenjiweyo. Bona noonyana babo babegcina amasango endlu kaBawo wethu, indlu yentente, njengabalindi. Abagcini-masango babemiswe ngeenxa zone: empumalanga, nasentshonalanga, nasentla, nasezantsi. Abazalwana babo basemizini yabo babeza ngemihla yosixhenxe, amaxesha ngamaxesha, beze kuba nabo. Aba bagcini-masango abane abakhulu, abaLevi, babephathiswe amagumbi nobuncwane bendlu kaBawo wethu. Babelala ubusuku bejikeleze indlu kaBawo wethu, kuba umlindo wawungowabo, naselokuvula, kusasa ngakusasa.

Abanye babephethe iimpahla zenkonzo, bezibala ngokuzingenisa nokuzikhupha. Abanye babephethe iimpahla, neempahla zengcwele, nomgubo ocoliweyo, newayini, neoli, nesiqhumiso, nobulawu. Abanye koonyana bababingeleli babeqhola ubulawu. UMatitiya, omnye wabaLevi, owamazibulo kaShalum umKora, wayephethe umsebenzi wokosa amaqebengwana. Abanye babazalwana bakaKehati babephethe ukulungisa izonka zemikrozo rhoqo ngesabatha. ^a

Ezi mvumi, iintloko zezindlu zabaLevi, zazihlala emagumbini asetempileni, zikhululekile kweminye imisebenzi—ziphethe emini nasebusuku. Aba babeziintloko zezindlu zabaLevi, iinkokeli ngokomlibo wabo wokuzalwa; babehleli eYerusalem.

Umlibo kaSawule: Ulanda eGibheyon

EGibheyon kwahlala uYehiyeli uyise kaGibheyon, igama lomkakhe linguMahaka, unyana wakhe wamazibulo nguAbhedon, kulandele uTsure, noKishe, noBhahali, noNere, noNadabhi, noGedore, noAhiyo, noZekariya, noMiklote. UMiklote wazala uShimeyam; nabo babehleli nabazalwana babo eYerusalem, malunga nabazalwana babo. UNere wazala uKishe, uKishe wazala uSawule, uSawule wazala uYonatan, noMalekishuwa, noAbhinadabhi, noEshebhahali. Unyana kaYonatan nguMeribhi-bhahali, uMeribhi-bhahali wazala uMika. Oonyana bakaMika nguPiton, noMeleki, noTareha, noAhazi. UAhazi wazala uYara; uYara wazala uAlemeti, noAzemavete, noZimri; uZimri wazala uMotsa. UMotsa wazala uBhineha; uRefaya wayengunyana wakhe, uElasa unyana wakhe, uAtseli unyana wakhe. UAtseli wayenoonyana abathandathu, amagama abo nguAzerikam, noBhokeru, noIshmayeli, noSheariya, noObhadiya, noHanan; ngabo abo oonyana bakaAtseli.