UNehemiya 11

11 ¹Abaholi babehlala eJerusalema; abanye benza inkatho ukuze balethe oyedwa kwabayishumi ukuba ahlale eJerusalema, umuzi oNgcwele, kusale izingxenye eziyisishiyagalolunye kweziyishumi emadolobheni. ²Abantu babusisa onke amadoda azinikela ngokuzithandela ukuba ahlale eJerusalema.

³Yilaba abaholi besifundazwe ababehlala eJerusalema; kodwa emadolobheni akwaJuda, kwahlala kwaba yilowo nalowo endaweni yakhe, emizini yabo—u-Israyeli, abapristi, amaLevi, izinceku zethempeli, nenzalo yezinceku zikaSolomoni. ⁴Abanye benzalo kaJuda nekaBhenjamini babehlala eJerusalema. KoyakwaJuda: u-Athaya indodana ka-Uziya, indodana kaZakariya, indodana ka-Amariya, indodana kaShefathiya, indodana kaMahalaleli, enzalweni kaPherezi; ⁵no-Maseya indodana kaBharuki, indodana kaKholi-hoze, indodana kaHazaya, indodana ka-Adaya, indodana kaJowariba, indodana kaZakariya, indodana womShiloni. ⁶Yonke inzalo kaPherezi eyayihlala eJerusalema yayingamadoda anamandla angu-468.

⁷KoyakwaBhenjamini: uSalu indodana kaMeshulamu, indodana kaJowedi, indodana kaPhedaya, indodana kaKholaya, indodana kaMaseya, indodana ka-Ithiyeli, indodana kaJeshaya, ⁸emva kwakhe kwaba noGabayi noSalayi—bebonke bengu-928. ⁹UJoweli indodana kaZikiri wayebaphethe; uJuda indodana kaHasenuwa wayengowesibili ekuphatheni umuzi.

¹⁰Kubapristi: uJedaya indodana kaJowariba, uJakini, ¹¹uSeraya indodana kaHilikiya, indodana kaMeshulamu, indodana kaZadoki, indodana kaMerayothi, indodana ka-Ahithubi, induna enkulu yendlu kaBaba wethu; ¹²nabafowabo ababenza umsebenzi wendlu, bengu-822; no-Adaya indodana kaJerohamu indodana kaPhelaliya indodana ka-Amzi indodana kaZakariya indodana kaPhashuri indodana kaMalikiya, ¹³nabafowabo, izinhloko zemindeni—bengu-242; no-Amashsayi indodana ka-Azareli, indodana ka-Ahzayi, indodana kaMeshilemothi, indodana ka-Imeri, ¹⁴nozakwabo, amaqhawe anamandla—bengu-128; umphathi wabo kwakunguZabhdiyeli indodana kaHagedolimi.

¹⁵KumaLevi: uShemaya indodana kaHashubi, indodana ka-Azrikamu, indodana kaHashabiya, indodana kaBhuni; ¹⁶noShabhethayi noJozabhadi, abangezinhloko zamaLevi, babephethe umsebenzi wangaphandle wendlu kaBaba wethu; ¹⁷noMathaniya indodana kaMika, indodana kaZabhdi, indodana ka-Asafu, owayehola ekubongeni nasemkhulekweni; uBhakbhukiya, owesibili phakathi kozakwabo; no-Abhda indodana kaShamuwa, indodana kaGalali, indodana kaJeduthuni. ¹⁸Onke amaLevi omuzi oNgcwele ayengu-284.

¹⁹Abalindimasango—u-Akubi, uThalimoni, nozakwabo ababelinda emasangweni—babengu-172.

²⁰Abanye bakwa-Israyeli, abapristi, namaLevi babesemadolobheni onke akwaJuda, kwaba yilowo nalowo efeni lakhe. ²¹Izinceku zethempeli zazihlala e-Ofeli, kanti uZiha noGishpa babephethe izinceku zethempeli.

²²U-Uzi indodana kaBhani, indodana kaHashabiya, indodana kaMathaniya, indodana kaMika, owenzalo ka-Asafu, wayephethe amaLevi eJerusalema, abahlabeleli ababephethe umsebenzi wendlu kaBaba wethu. ²³Ngokuba kwakukhona umyalo ovela enkosini ngabo, nesabelo esimisiwe sansuku zonke sabahlabeleli. ²⁴UPhethahiya indodana kaMeshezabeli, owenzalo kaZera indodana kaJuda, wayesesandleni senkosi ezindabeni zonke eziphathelene nabantu.

²⁵Mayelana nemizana namasimu ayo, abanye benzalo kaJuda babehlala eKiriyathi-arba nemizana yayo, eDibhoni nemizana yayo, eJekabhezeli nemizi yayo, ²⁶eJeshuwa, eMolada, eBhethi-pheleti, ²⁷eHazari-shuwali, eBherishebha nemizana yayo, ²⁸eZikilagi, eMekona nemizana yayo, ²⁹e-Eni-rimoni, eZora, eJarmuthi, ³⁰eZanowa, e-Adulamu nemizana yayo, eLakishi namasimu ayo, e-Azeka nemizana yayo. Ngakho bahlala kusukela eBherishebha kuze kufike eSigodini saseHinomu. ³¹Inzalo kaBhenjamini yahlala kusukela eGebha kuqhubeke, eMikimashi, e-Aya, eBhetheli nemizana yayo, ³²e-Anathothi, eNobi, e-Ananiya, ³³eHazori, eRama, eGithayimi, ³⁴eHadidi, eZebhoyimi, eNebhalati, ³⁵eLodi, nase-Ono, iSigodi sezingcweti. ³⁶Ezinye izigaba zamaLevi ezazivela kwaJuda zabelwa kwaBhenjamini.