Ababingeleli nabaLevi bakaBawo wethu Babuyela Emakhaya

Emva kokuba izizukulwana zababingeleli nabaLevi bakaBawo wethu zibhaliwe, udonga olugqityiweyo luyangcwaliswa: amaqela amabini amakhulu eemvumi anyuka ahambe ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo phezu kodonga, adibane etempileni. Imibingelelo nokuvuma ingoma kwenza uvuyo oluvakala kude ngaphandle kweYerusalem.

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Ngabo aba ke ababingeleli nabaLevi abenyuka noZerubhabheli unyana kaSalatiyeli noYeshuwa: uSeraya, uYeremiya, uEzra, uAmariya, uMaluki, uHatushi, uShekaniya, uRehum, uMeremoti, uIdo, uGinetoyi, uAbhiya, uMiyamin, uMahadiya, uBhiliga, uShemaya, uYoyaribhi, uYedaya, uSalu, uAmoki, uHilekiya, uYedaya—iintloko zababingeleli nezabazalwana babo ngemihla kaYeshuwa.

AbaLevi nguYeshuwa, uBhinuwi, uKademiyeli, uSherebhiya, uYuda, noMataniya, owathi kunye nabazalwana bakhe wakhokela iingoma zombulelo. UBhakebhukiya noUni, abazalwana babo, bema malunga nabo ngamaxesha abo omsebenzi. UYeshuwa wazala uYoyakim; uYoyakim wazala uEliyashibhi; uEliyashibhi wazala uYoyada; uYoyada wazala uYonatan; uYonatan wazala uYaduwa.

Ngemihla kaYoyakim, ngaba ababingeleli abaziintloko zezindlu zooyise: nguMeraya wendlu kaSeraya; nguHananiya owakaYeremiya; owakaEzra nguMeshulam; owakaAmariya nguYehohanan; owakaMaluki nguYonatan; owakaShebhaniya nguYosefu; owakaHarim nguAdena; owakaMerayoti nguHelekayi; owakaIdo nguZekariya; owakaGineton nguMeshulam; owakaAbhiya nguZikri; owakaMiniyamin nowakaMowadiya nguPiletayi; owakaBhiliga nguShamuwa; owakaShemaya nguYehonatan; owakaYoyaribhi nguMatenayi; owakaYedaya nguUzi; owakaSalayi nguKalayi; owakaAmoki nguEbhere; owakaHilekiya nguHashabhiya; owakaYedaya nguNataniyeli.

Ngemihla kaEliyashibhi, noYoyada, noYohanan, noYaduwa, iintloko zezindlu zabaLevi zabhalwa, kwanababingeleli ebudeni bolawulo lukaDariyo umPeresi. Iintloko zezindlu zabaLevi zabhalwa encwadini yemicimbi yemihla, kwada kwayimihla kaYohanan unyana kaEliyashibhi. ^a Iinkokeli zabaLevi nguHashabhiya, noSherebhiya, noYeshuwa unyana kaKademiyeli, kunye nabazalwana babo bemi malunga nabo, bedumisa bebulela, elinye iqela liphendula elinye, njengoko wayewisele umthetho uDavide umfo wakwaBawo wethu. UMataniya, noBhakebhukiya, noObhadiya, noMeshulam, noTalemon, noAkubhi, babengabagcini-masango abalinda iindawo zobuncwane ngasemasangweni. Aba bakhonza ngemihla kaYoyakim unyana kaYeshuwa unyana kaYotsadaki, nangemihla kaNehemiya irhuluneli noEzra umbingeleli nombhali.

Udonga Lusungulwa Ngovuyo Olukhulu

Ekusungulweni kodonga lwaseYerusalem, bafuna abaLevi apho babehleli khona, babazisa eYerusalem ukuba bawenze umthendeleko wokusungulwa ngovuyo—umbulelo, iingoma, amacangci, iihadi, nemirhubhe. Neemvumi zahlanganisana, zivela kwimimandla engqonge iYerusalem nakwimizana yamaNetopha, zivela eBhete-giligali nakumaphandle aseGebha naseAzemavete, kuba iimvumi zazizakhele imizana engqonge iYerusalem. Bakuba bezihlambulule ababingeleli nabaLevi, babahlambulula abantu, namasango, nodonga.

Ndaza ndanyusa iinkokeli zakwaYuda phezu kodonga, ndamisa amaqela amabini amakhulu eemvumi zombulelo. Elinye lahamba ngasekunene, phezu kodonga, lisinga esangweni leLindle. UHoshaya nesiqingatha seenkokeli zakwaYuda bazilandela, kunye noAzariya, noEzra, noMeshulam, noYuda, noBhenjamin, noShemaya, noYeremiya, nabanye oonyana bababingeleli benamaxilongo: nguZekariya unyana kaYonatan, unyana kaShemaya, unyana kaMataniya, unyana kaMikaya, unyana kaZakure, unyana kaAsafi, nabazalwana bakhe—uShemaya, noAzareli, noMilalayi, noGilalayi, noMahayi, noNataniyeli, noYuda, noHanani—benemithi yomculo kaDavide, umfo wakwaBawo wethu; uEzra umbhali wayehamba phambili. Esangweni lomthombo, benyuka ngqo ngezitephu zomzi kaDavide, benyuka ngokunyuka kodonga, bedlula indlu kaDavide, besiya eSangweni laManzi ngasempumalanga.

Iqela lesibini leemvumi lahamba ngasekhohlo; mna ndalandela nesiqingatha sabantu, phezu kodonga, sadlula iNqaba yeeOvini, sasinga koDonga Olubanzi, sadlula iSango lakwaEfrayim, iSango laseYeshana, iSango leeNtlanzi, iNqaba kaHananeli, iNqaba yeKhulu, sisiya eSangweni leeGusha, sema eSangweni leGcina. Amaqela omabini eemvumi zombulelo ema endlwini kaBawo wethu—kwanjengam, kunye nesiqingatha samagosa ayenam, nababingeleli uEliyakim, uMahaseya, uMiniyamin, uMikaya, uElihohenayi, uZekariya, noHananiya, benamaxilongo abo. Kananjalo uMahaseya, noShemaya, noElazare, noUzi, noYehohanan, noMalekiya, noElam, noEtsere. Zavuma ke iimvumi, zikhokelwa nguYezrahiya. Ngaloo mini babingelela imibingelelo emikhulu, baba nemihlali, kuba uBawo wethu wayebanike uvuyo olukhulu. Nabafazi nabantwana baba nemihlali, laza uvuyo lwaseYerusalem lwavakala mgama.

Ukunonophela Abo Bakhonza uBawo

Ngaloo mini kwamiselwa amadoda phezu kwamagumbi obuncwane, awemirhumo, neyeentlahlela, neyezishumi, ukuze abuthe emasimini emizi izabelo ezibelwe ngumthetho ababingeleli nabaLevi, kuba amaYuda ayevuya ngababingeleli nabaLevi ababekhonza. Bagcina isigxina soBawo wethu nesokuhlanjululwa, kwanjengokuba zenjenjalo iimvumi nabagcini-masango, njengoko babewisele umthetho uDavide nonyana wakhe uSolomon. Kaloku kwakudala, ngemihla kaDavide noAsafu, kwakukho iinkokeli zeengoma ezazikhokela indumiso nombulelo kuBawo wethu. Ngemihla kaZerubhabheli noNehemiya, onke amaSirayeli ayenika iimvumi nabagcini-masango izabelo zemihla ngemihla, aza abekela bucala isabelo sabaLevi, abo babekela bucala isabelo senzala ka-Aron.