1 IZikhronike 25

25 ¹UDavide namakhosana empi bahlukanisa abanye bamadodana ka-Asafi, nakaHemani, nakaJeduthuni ukuba benze inkonzo, ababeprofetha ngamahabhu, ngezigubhu zezintambo, nangamasimbali. Isibalo sabo, ngokwemisebenzi yabo, sasinje: ²Amadodana ka-Asafi: uZakuri, uJosefa, uNethaniya, no-Asharela, amadodana ka-Asafi — behola ngu-Asafi, beprofetha ngokuqondisa kwenkosi. ³Amadodana kaJeduthuni: uGedaliya, uZeri, uJeshaya, uShimeyi, uHashabiya, noMathithiya — beyisithupha, beholwa nguyise uJeduthuni, beprofetha ngehabhu, bebonga bedumisa uBaba wethu. ⁴KuHemani, amadodana kaHemani: uBhukiya, uMathaniya, u-Uziyeli, uShebuweli, uJerimoti, uHananiya, uHanani, u-Eliyatha, uGidalti, uRomamti-ezeri, uJoshbhekasha, uMaloti, uHothiri, noMahaziyoti. ⁵Bonke laba babengamadodana kaHemani, umboni wenkosi, abanikwa ngokwezwi likaBaba wethu ukuphakamisa uHemani. UBaba wethu wamnika uHemani amadodana ayishumi nane namadodakazi amathathu. ⁶Bonke laba babengaphansi kokuqondisa kukayise ekuhlabeleleni endlini kaBaba wethu, ngamasimbali, ngamahabhu, nangezigubhu zezintambo, ngenkonzo yendlu kaBaba wethu; u-Asafi, uJeduthuni, noHemani babengaphansi kokuqondisa kwenkosi. ⁷Isibalo sabo, kanye nezihlobo zabo ezaziqeqeshelwe ukuhlabelela kuBaba wethu — bonke benekhono — sasingama-288. ⁸Base benza inkatho ngemisebenzi yabo, abancane nabakhulu ngokufanayo, umfundisi nomfundi ngokufanayo.

⁹Inkatho yokuqala yaphumela u-Asafi, kuJosefa; eyesibili, uGedaliya kanye nabafowabo namadodana akhe, beyishumi nambili. ¹⁰eyesithathu yaya kuZakuri, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ¹¹eyesine yaya ku-Iziri, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ¹²eyesihlanu yaya kuNethaniya, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ¹³eyesithupha yaya kuBhukiya, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ¹⁴eyesikhombisa yaya kuJesarela, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ¹⁵eyesishiyagalombili yaya kuJeshaya, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ¹⁶eyesishiyagalolunye yaya kuMathaniya, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ¹⁷eyeshumi yaya kuShimeyi, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ¹⁸eyeshumi nanye yaya ku-Azareli, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ¹⁹eyeshumi nambili yaya kuHashabiya, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ²⁰eyeshumi nantathu yaya kuShubayeli, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ²¹eyeshumi nane yaya kuMathithiya, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ²²eyeshumi nanhlanu yaya kuJeremoti, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ²³eyeshumi nesithupha yaya kuHananiya, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ²⁴eyeshumi nesikhombisa yaya kuJoshbhekasha, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ²⁵eyeshumi nesishiyagalombili yaya kuHanani, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ²⁶eyeshumi nesishiyagalolunye yaya kuMaloti, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ²⁷eyamashumi amabili yaya ku-Eliyatha, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ²⁸eyamashumi amabili nanye yaya kuHothiri, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ²⁹eyamashumi amabili nambili yaya kuGidalti, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ³⁰eyamashumi amabili nantathu yaya kuMahaziyoti, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili; ³¹eyamashumi amabili nane yaya kuRomamti-ezeri, amadodana akhe nabafowabo, beyishumi nambili.