Abantu bakaBawo wethu Babuyela Ekhaya

Uluhlu lwababuyayo ekuthinjweni, usapho ngosapho nomzi ngomzi, ababingeleli, abaLevi, iimvumi, nabakhonzi betempile, bebonke bengama-42 360. Abanye abakwazi ukungqina umlibo wabo, baza bavinjelwa ekudleni kwababingeleli. Bakufika endlwini etshabaleleyo kaBawo wethu, iinkokeli zanikela ngesisa ekwakhiweni kwakhona.

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Ngaba ke aba abantu belizwe abenyuka bevela ekuthinjweni, abo wayebathimbele eBhabhilon uNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabhilon. Babuyela eYerusalem nakwelakwaYuda, elowo waya kowakowabo umzi. Beza noZerubhabheli, noYeshuwa, noNehemiya, noSeraya, noReyelaya, noMordekayi, noBhilishan, noMisipare, noBhigivayi, noRehum, noBhahana. Nali inani lamadoda akwaSirayeli:

Oonyana bakaParoshe, amawaka amabini, anekhulu, anamanci asixhenxe anamabini; oonyana bakaShefatiya, amakhulu amathathu, anamanci asixhenxe anamabini; oonyana bakaAra, amakhulu asixhenxe, anamanci asixhenxe anamahlanu; oonyana bakaPahati-mowabhi, kuloonyana bakaYeshuwa noYowabhi, amawaka amabini, anamakhulu asibhozo, anelishumi elinamabini; oonyana bakaElam, iwaka, anamakhulu amabini, anamanci mahlanu anamane; oonyana bakaZatu, amakhulu asithoba, anamanci mane anamahlanu; oonyana bakaZakayi, amakhulu asixhenxe anamanci mathandathu; oonyana bakaBhani, amakhulu amathandathu, anamanci mane anamabini; oonyana bakaBhebhayi, amakhulu amathandathu, anamanci mabini anamathathu; oonyana bakaAzegadi, iwaka, anamakhulu amabini, anamanci mabini anamabini; oonyana bakaAdonikam, amakhulu amathandathu anamanci mathandathu anamathandathu; oonyana bakaBhigivayi, amawaka amabini, anamanci mahlanu anamathandathu; oonyana bakaAdin, amakhulu amane, anamanci mahlanu anamane; oonyana bakaAtere, kuHezekiya, amashumi asithoba anesibhozo; oonyana bakaBhetsayi, amakhulu amathathu, anamanci mabini anamathathu; oonyana bakaYora, ikhulu neshumi elinamabini; oonyana bakaHashum, amakhulu amabini, anamanci mabini anamathathu; oonyana bakaGibhare, amashumi asithoba anamahlanu; amadoda aseBhetelehem, ikhulu neshumi elinamithathu; amadoda aseNetofa, amashumi mahlanu anamathandathu; amadoda aseAnatoti, ikhulu neshumi elinamabhozo; amadoda aseAzemavete, amashumi mane anamabini; amadoda aseKiriyati-arim, naseKefira, naseBheroti, amakhulu asixhenxe anamanci mane anamathathu; amadoda aseRama naseGebha, amakhulu amathandathu anamanci mabini ananye; amadoda aseMikmas, ikhulu neshumi elinamabini; amadoda aseBheteli naseAyi, amakhulu amabini, anamanci mabini anamathathu; amadoda aseNebho, amashumi mahlanu anamabini; amadoda aseMagibhishe, ikhulu anamanci mahlanu anamathandathu; oonyana bakaElam omnye, iwaka, anamakhulu amabini, anamanci mahlanu anamane; oonyana bakaHarim, amakhulu amathathu anamanci mabini; amadoda aseLodi, naseHadide, naseOno, amakhulu asixhenxe, anamanci mabini anamahlanu; amadoda aseYeriko, amakhulu amathathu, anamanci mane anamahlanu; amadoda aseSenaha, amawaka amathathu, anamakhulu amathandathu anamanci mathathu.

Ababingeleli: oonyana bakaYedaya, bendlu kaYeshuwa, amakhulu asithoba, anamanci asixhenxe anamathathu; oonyana bakaImere, iwaka, anamanci mahlanu anamabini; oonyana bakaPashuri, iwaka, anamakhulu amabini, anamanci mane anesixhenxe; oonyana bakaHarim, iwaka neshumi elinesixhenxe.

AbaLevi: oonyana bakaYeshuwa noKademiyeli, kuloonyana bakaHodaviya, amashumi asixhenxe anamane. Iimvumi: oonyana baka-Asafu, abalikhulu elinamashumi mabini anesibhozo. Abagcini-masango: inzala kaShalum, noAtere, noTalemon, noAkubhi, noHatita, noShobhayi—iyonke ilikhulu elinamashumi mathathu anesithoba.

Abakhonzi basetempileni: oonyana bakaTsiha, oonyana bakaHasufa, oonyana bakaTabhahoti, oonyana bakaKerose, oonyana bakaSiyaha, oonyana bakaPadon, oonyana bakaLebhana, oonyana bakaHagabha, oonyana bakaAkubhi, oonyana bakaHagabhi, oonyana bakaShamelayi, oonyana bakaHanan, oonyana bakaGidele, oonyana bakaGahare, oonyana bakaReya, oonyana bakaRetsin, oonyana bakaNekoda, oonyana bakaGazam, oonyana baka-Uza, oonyana bakaPaseya, oonyana bakaBesayi, oonyana baka-Asna, oonyana bakaMehunim, oonyana bakaNefisim, oonyana bakaBhakebhuki, oonyana bakaHakufa, oonyana bakaHarhure, oonyana bakaBhatseluti, oonyana bakaMehida, oonyana bakaHarsha, oonyana bakaBharekose, oonyana bakaSisera, oonyana bakaThema, oonyana bakaNetsiya, noonyana bakaHatifa.

Oonyana babakhonzi bakaSolomon: oonyana bakaSotayi, oonyana bakaHasoferete, oonyana bakaPeruda, oonyana bakaYahala, oonyana bakaDarkon, oonyana bakaGidele, oonyana bakaShefatiya, oonyana bakaHatili, oonyana bakaPokerete-hatsebhayim, noonyana baka-Ami. Bonke abakhonzi basetempileni noonyana babakhonzi bakaSolomon baba ngamakhulu amathathu anamashumi asithoba anamibini.

Naba ke abanyuka besuka eTele-mela, naseTele-harsha, naseKerubhi, naseAdan, nase-Imere, kodwa abakwazi kungqina ukuba bona okanye iintsapho zabo bangamaSirayeli: oonyana bakaDelaya, oonyana bakaTobhiya, noonyana bakaNekoda, abangamakhulu omathandathu anamashumi mahlanu anamibini. Koonyana bababingeleli: oonyana bakaHabhaya, oonyana bakaHakotse, noonyana bakaBharzilayi, owazeka intombi kaBharzilayi umGiliyadi, wathabatha igama laloo ntsapho. Bawafuna amagama abo ezincwadini zomlibo wokuzalwa, abawafumana, ngenxa yoko bakhutshwa ebubingelelini njengabaziinqambi. Irhuluneli yabaxelela ukuba bangakudli ukudla okungcwele kangcwele, ade eme umbingeleli oneeUrim neeTumim. ^a

Isikhungu sonke ndawonye saba ngamashumi amane anamabini amawaka, anamakhulu mathathu anamashumi mathandathu, ngaphandle kwabakhonzi babo nabakhonzazana babo, abangamawaka asixhenxe anamakhulu mathathu anamashumi mathathu anesixhenxe; babenezimvumi ezingamakhulu amabini, ezindoda nezibhinqa. Amahashe abo ayengamakhulu asixhenxe anamashumi mathathu anesithandathu, oondlebende babo bengamakhulu amabini anamashumi mane anesihlanu, iinkamela zabo zingamakhulu amane anamashumi mathathu anesihlanu, namaesile abo engamawaka amathandathu anamakhulu asixhenxe anamashumi mabini.

Bathi bakufika endlwini kaBawo wethu eYerusalem, iintloko zezindlu ezithile zanikela ngeminikelo yokuqhutywa yintliziyo yendlu kaBawo wethu, ukuze bayakhe endaweni yayo. Njengoko babenako, banika ebuncwaneni bomsebenzi iidrarhima zegolide ezingamashumi omathandathu amawaka, anawaka-nye, nesilivere emalunga neeponti ezingamawaka mathandathu anamakhulu mabini anamashumi mahlanu, nezambatho zababingeleli ezilikhulu.

Ababingeleli, nabaLevi, nenxenye yabantu, neemvumi, nabagcini-masango, nabakhonzi basetempileni bahlala emizini yabo—onke amaSirayeli esemizini yawo.