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Isi­me­me­ze­lo si­ka­Ko­re­si

1Kwa­thi ngo­mnya­ka wo­ku­qa­la ka­Ko­re­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­ya, eku­gcwa­li­se­ke­ni1 kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si ngo­mlo­mo ka­Je­re­mi­yaa, iNko­si ya­vu­sa umo­ya ka­Ko­re­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­ya uku­thi edlu­li­se isi­me­me­ze­lo embu­swe­ni wa­khe wo­nke, nja­lo la­ngo­mbha­lob, esi­thi:

2 Utsho nja­lo uKo­re­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­ya: INko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu, ingi­ni­ki­le yo­nke imi­bu­so yo­mhla­ba; la­yo ingi­la­yi­le uku­ya­khe­la indlu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma eko­Ju­dac.

3 Ngu­ba­ni opha­ka­thi kwe­nu ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­yo? UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe ka­be la­ye, enyu­ke­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma eko­Ju­da, akhe indlu ye­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li (u­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu) ose­Je­ru­sa­le­mad.

4 La­lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ose­le­yo la­ku­yi­phi ye­zi­nda­wo la­pho ahla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe kho­na, ka­ku­thi aba­ntu be­nda­wo ya­ki­bo ba­mse­ke­le nge­si­li­va, la­nge­go­li­de, la­nge­mpa­hla, la­nge­zi­fu­yo, ka­nye lo­mni­ke­lo we­si­hle we­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ese­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

Uku­bu­ye­la kwa­ma­Ju­da eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

5 Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ba­ko­Ju­da lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, la­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi, la­ye wo­nke uNku­lu­nku­lue aye­vu­se umo­ya wa­khe, uku­thi be­nyu­ke­le ukwa­kha indlu ye­Nko­si ese­Je­ru­sa­le­maf.

6 La­bo bo­nke aba­be­ba­pha­hli­le ba­qi­ni­sa iza­ndla za­bo nge­zi­tsha ze­si­li­va, nge­go­li­de, nge­mpa­hla, la­nge­zi­fu­yo, la­nge­zi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu, nga­pha­ndle kwa­kho ko­nke okwa­ku­ni­ke­lwe nge­si­hleg.

7 UKo­re­si inko­si la­ye wa­khu­pha izi­tsha ze­ndlu ye­Nko­sih, uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri aye­zi­khu­phe eJe­ru­sa­le­ma wa­zi­fa­ka endli­ni ya­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­khei.

8 UKo­re­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­ya wa­se­zi­khu­pha nge­sa­ndlaj si­ka­Mi­thi­re­da­thik umpha­thi­si­khwa­ma owa­zi­ba­le­la uShe­shi­ba­za­ri isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ko­Ju­dal.

9 Le­li-ke li­na­ni la­zo: Imi­ga­nu ye­go­li­de enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thum, imi­ga­nu ye­si­li­va eyi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, izi­ngqa­mu ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye,

10 inke­zo ze­go­li­de ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, ezi­nye inke­zo ze­si­li­va ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne le­tshu­mi, ezi­nye izi­tsha ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne.

11 Zo­nke izi­tsha ze­go­li­de le­ze­si­li­va za­zi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nhla­nu la­ma­khu­lu ama­ne. Zo­nke le­zi uShe­shi­ba­za­ri wa­ze­nyu­sa la­la­bo aba­be­nyu­swe eku­thu­njwe­ni be­ve­la eBha­bhi­lo­ni be­si­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

Ama­bi­zo aba­bu­ya eku­thu­njwe­ni

2La­ba-ke nga­ba­ntwa­na be­sa­be­lo abe­nyu­ka be­su­ka eku­thu­njwe­ni kwa­la­bo aba­be­thu­nji­wea uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni aye­ba­thu­mbe­le eBha­bhi­lo­ni, aba­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma lo­Ju­da, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo emzi­ni wa­ki­bob;

2 aba­fi­ka lo­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­lic, uJe­shu­wa, uNe­he­mi­ya, uSe­ra­ya, uRe­he­la­ya, uMo­de­kha­yid, uBi­li­sha­ni, uMi­si­pa­ri, uBi­gi­va­yi, uRe­hu­ma, uBa­ha­na. Ina­ni la­ma­do­da esi­zwe sa­koI­sra­ye­li:

3 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Pa­ro­shie, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li le­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­mbi­li.

4 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­She­fa­thi­ya, ama­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­mbi­lif.

5 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­rag, ama­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­nhla­nuh.

6 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Pa­ha­thi-Mo­wa­bii, a­ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Je­shu­wa-Jo­wa­bij, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li le­tshu­mi la­mbi­lik.

7 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koE­la­mu, inku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­nel.

8 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Za­thu, ama­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­num.

9 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Za­ka­yi, ama­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­phan.

10 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ba­ni, ama­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­mbi­lio.

11 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Be­ba­yip, ama­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thuq.

12 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­zi­ga­dir, inku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­lis.

13 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­do­ni­ka­mut, ama­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha le­si­thu­phau.

14 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bi­gi­va­yiv, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu le­si­thu­phaw.

15 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­di­nix, ama­khu­lu ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­ney.

16 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­te­ri, ba­ko­He­ze­khi­ya, ama­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­liz.

17 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Be­za­yia, ama­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thub.

18 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Jo­ra, ikhu­lu le­tshu­mi la­mbi­li.

19 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­shu­mac, ama­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thud.

20 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Gi­ba­ri, ama­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­nhla­nu.

21 Aba­ntwa­na be­Bhe­the­le­he­mae, ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thuf.

22 Ama­do­da eNe­to­fag, ama­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu le­si­thu­phah.

23 Ama­do­da eA­na­tho­thii, ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li.

24 Aba­ntwa­na beA­zi­ma­ve­thi, ama­tshu­mi ama­ne la­mbi­li.

25 Aba­ntwa­na be­Ki­ri­ya­tha­ri­mijk, iKe­fi­ral, le­Bhe­ro­thim, ama­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nta­thu.

26 Aba­ntwa­na be­Ra­man le­Ga­bao, ama­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nye.

27 Ama­do­da eMi­ki­ma­sip, ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li.

28 Ama­do­da eBhe­the­li leA­yiq, ama­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thur.

29 Aba­ntwa­na be­Ne­bo, ama­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­mbi­lis.

30 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­gi­bi­shi, ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu le­si­thu­phat.

31 Aba­ntwa­na bo­mu­nye uE­la­mu, inku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­neu.

32 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ri­mi, ama­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li.

33 Aba­ntwa­na be­Lo­div, iHa­di­diw, leO­nox, ama­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nuy.

34 Aba­ntwa­na be­Je­ri­ko, ama­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­nuz.

35 Aba­ntwa­na be­Se­na­haa, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thub.

36 Aba­pri­sti. Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Je­da­yac be­ndlu ka­Je­shu­wa: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­nta­thud.

37 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­me­ri: Inku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­mbi­lie.

38 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Pa­shu­ri: Inku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne le­si­kho­mbi­saf.

39 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ri­mi: Inku­lu­ngwa­ne le­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sag.

40 Ama­Le­vi. Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Je­shu­wah lo­Ka­di­mi­ye­lii, ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Ho­da­vi­ya: Ama­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ne.

41 Aba­hla­be­le­li. Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­sa­fij: Ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lik.

42 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­li­ndi ba­ma­sa­ngol. Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Sha­lu­ma, aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­te­ri, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ta­li­mo­ni, aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­ku­bi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ti­ta, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Sho­ba­yi, bo­nke ba­be­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nyem.

43 Ama­Ne­thi­nin. Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Zi­hao, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­su­fa, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ta­bha­wo­thi,

44 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ke­ro­si, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­ya­ha, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Pa­do­ni,

45 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Le­ba­na, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ga­ba, aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­ku­bi,

46 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ga­bi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Sha­mi­la­yi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­na­ni,

47 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Gi­de­li, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­ha­ri, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Re­ya­ya,

48 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Re­zi­ni, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ne­ko­da, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­za­ma,

49 aba­ntwa­na ba­koU­za, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Pha­se­yap, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­sa­yi,

50 aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­si­na, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Me­wu­ni­mi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ne­fu­si­mi,

51 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ba­ki­bu­ki, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ku­fa, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ri­hu­ri,

52 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ba­zi­lu­thi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Me­hi­da, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ri­sha,

53 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ba­rko­si, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­se­ra, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Tha­ma,

54 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ne­zi­ya, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ti­fa.

55 Aba­ntwa­na be­zi­nce­ku zi­ka­So­lo­mo­niq. Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­So­ta­yi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­so­fe­re­thi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Pe­ru­da,

56 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ja­ha­la, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Da­rko­ni, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Gi­de­li,

57 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­She­fa­thi­ya, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­thi­li, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Po­ke­re­thi-Ha­ze­ba­yi­mir, aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mi.

58 Wo­nke ama­Ne­thi­ni la­ba­ntwa­na be­zi­nce­ku zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni ba­be­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­mbi­li.

59 La­la­ba yi­la­bo abe­nyu­ka be­ve­la eTe­li-Me­la, iTe­li-Ha­ri­sha, iKe­ru­bi, iA­da­ni, iI­me­ris, ko­dwa ba­be­nge­la­ku­tsho indlu ya­bo­yi­se, le­nza­lo ya­bo, uku­thi ba­ve­la koI­sra­ye­lit:

60 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­De­la­ya, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­To­bi­ya, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ne­ko­da: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­mbi­liu.

61 Le­ba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ba­pri­sti, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ba­ya, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ko­ziv, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ba­ri­zi­la­yi, owa­tha­tha umfa­zi ema­do­da­ka­zi­ni ka­Ba­ri­zi­la­yi umGi­le­ya­di, wa­se­bi­zwa nge­bi­zo la­wow.

62 La­ba ba­di­nga uku­bha­lwa kwa­bo olu­hlwi­ni lwa­ba­bha­li­we­yo nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na, ko­dwa ka­ba­tho­la­ka­la­nga; ba­se­be­khu­tshwa ebu­pri­sti­ni nje­nga­ba­ngco­li­le­yo.

63 Umbu­si wa­se­si­tsho ku­bo uku­thi ba­nga­dli okwe­zi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le­ngcwe­lex, ku­ze ku­su­ku­me umpri­sti oleU­ri­mi le­Thu­mi­miy.

64 Iba­ndla lo­nke li­nda­wo­nye la­li­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha,

65 nga­pha­ndle kwe­nce­ku za­bo le­nce­ku­ka­zi za­bo; le­zi za­zi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­kho­mbi­sa; ba­be­la­ba­hla­be­le­li la­ba­hla­be­le­li­ka­zi aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­liz.

66 Ama­bhi­za abo aye­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­thu­pha; imbo­ngo­lo za­bo zi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­nu;

67 ama­ka­me­la abo enga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nhla­nu; oba­bhe­mi be­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­thu­pha la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li.

68 Le­nhlo­kwe­ni za­bo­yi­se, eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­bo endli­ni ye­Nko­si ese­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, za­ni­ke­le­la indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­si­hle uku­yi­mi­sa enda­we­ni ya­yo.

69 Za­ni­ke­la ngo­kwa­ma­ndla azo esi­khwa­me­ni so­mse­be­nzia inhla­mvu ze­go­li­deb ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­nyec, la­ma­ma­ne* esi­li­va azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, le­zi­gqo­ko za­ba­pri­sti ezi­li­khu­lud.

70 Aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi lengxe­nye ya­ba­ntu la­ba­hla­be­le­li la­ba­li­ndi ba­ma­sa­ngo la­ma­Ne­thi­ni ba­se­be­hla­la emi­zi­ni ya­bo, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke emi­zi­ni ya­khe.

Ukwa­khi­wa kwe­la­thi lo­ku­ni­ke­lwa kwe­mi­ni­ke­lo

3Isi­fi­ki­le inya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sa, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li se­be­se­mi­zi­ni, aba­ntu ba­bu­tha­na nje­nga­mu­ntu mu­nye eJe­ru­sa­le­maa.

2 Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma uJe­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Jo­za­da­ki la­ba­fo­wa­bo aba­pri­sti, lo­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­li indo­da­na ka­Sa­la­ti­ye­li la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ba­kha ila­thi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li uku­ze ba­ni­ke­le imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa phe­zu kwa­lo, nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yo emla­ywe­ni ka­Mo­zi­sib umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc.

3 Ba­se­be­mi­sa ila­thi ezi­se­ke­lwe­ni za­lo, ngo­ba ukwe­sa­ba kwa­ku­phe­zu kwa­bo nge­nxa ya­ba­ntu be­li­zwe, ba­se­be­ni­ke­la eNko­si­ni imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa phe­zu kwa­lo, imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa eku­se­ni la­nta­mba­mad.

4 Ba­se­be­se­nza umkho­si wa­ma­du­mbae nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yof, ba­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa insu­ku nge­nsu­ku nge­na­ni, nje­ngo­mkhu­ba, uda­ba lo­su­ku ngo­su­ku lwa­log.

5 La­nge­mva kwa­lo­kho umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa nja­lo­nja­loh, lo­we­ku­thwa­se­ni kwe­zi­nya­ngai, lo­we­mi­kho­si yo­nke emi­si­we­yo ye­Nko­si eya­yi­ngcwe­li­si­we, lo­wa­khe wo­nke owa­ni­ke­la nge­si­hle umni­ke­lo we­si­hle eNko­si­nij.

6 Ngo­su­ku lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sa ba­qa­li­sa uku­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa eNko­si­ni, ko­dwa isi­se­ke­lo se­the­mpe­li le­Nko­si sa­si­ngaka­be­kwak.

7 Ba­se­be­ni­ka ima­li ku­ba­ba­zi ba­ma­tshe la­ku­ba­ba­zi be­zi­go­do, lo­ku­dla lo­ku­na­thwa­yo la­ma­fu­tha ku­ma­Si­do­ni la­ku­ma­Ti­rel uku­ze ba­le­the izi­go­do ze­mi­se­da­ri zi­ve­la eLe­bha­no­ni be­zi­sa elwa­ndle eJo­pham, ngo­kwe­mvu­mo ka­Ko­re­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­ya ku­bon.

Ukwa­khi­wa kwe­the­mpe­li ku­ya­qa­li­swa

8 La­ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li wo­ku­fi­ka kwa­bo endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, nge­nya­nga ye­si­bi­li, ba­qa­li­sa oZe­ru­bha­bhe­li indo­da­na ka­Sa­la­ti­ye­lio lo­Je­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Jo­za­da­kip, le­nsa­li ya­ba­fo­wa­bo, aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi, la­bo bo­nke aba­be­bu­yi­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma be­ve­la eku­thu­njwe­ni; ba­se­be­mi­sa ama­Le­vi ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li ku­si­ya phe­zu­luq uko­nga­me­la umse­be­nzi we­ndlu ye­Nko­sir.

9 Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma oJe­shu­wa, ama­do­da­na akhe, la­ba­fo­wa­bos, uKa­di­mi­ye­li la­ma­do­da­na akhet, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da, nje­ngomu­ntu mu­nye uko­nga­me­la abe­nzi bo­mse­be­nzi endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu, ama­do­da­na ka­He­na­da­div, ama­do­da­na abo la­ba­fo­wa­bo ama­Le­vi.

10 Aba­khi se­be­be­ki­le isi­se­ke­lo se­the­mpe­li le­Nko­si, ba­mi­sa aba­pri­sti be­gqo­ki­lew be­le­zi­mpo­ndox, la­ma­Le­vi, ama­do­da­na kaA­sa­fi, ele­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yo, uku­du­mi­sa iNko­siy, nje­ngo­kwe­za­ndla zi­ka­Da­vi­da inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­liz.

11 Ba­phe­ndu­la­na ngo­ku­hla­be­la be­du­mi­sa be­bo­nga iNko­sia, ngo­ba ilu­ngi­le, ngo­ba umu­sa wa­yo umi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni kuI­sra­ye­lib. Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­me­me­za ngo­ku­me­me­za oku­khu­lu eku­yi­du­mi­se­ni iNko­si, ngo­ba isi­se­ke­lo se­ndlu ye­Nko­si sa­se­si­be­ki­we.

12 Ko­dwa aba­ne­ngi ba­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi le­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se, aba­da­la aba­be­yi­bo­ni­le indlu yo­ku­qa­la, isi­se­ke­lo sa­li­ndlu se­si­be­ki­we eme­hlwe­ni abo, ba­kha­la inye­mbe­zi nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu; ko­dwa aba­ne­ngi ba­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi ngo­ku­me­me­za nge­nto­ko­zoc.

13 Ngo­ku­nja­lo aba­ntu ka­be­hlu­ka­ni­sa­nga umsi­ndo wo­ku­me­me­za kwe­nto­ko­zo lo­msi­ndo wo­ku­kha­la kwa­ba­ntu, ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­kla­ba­la­la ngo­ku­kla­ba­la­la oku­khu­lu, umsi­ndo wa­ze we­zwa­ka­la kha­tsha­na.

Izi­tha za­ba­ko­Ju­da zi­ya­ba­hlu­pha ekwa­khe­ni kwa­bo

4Kwa­thi izi­tha za­ko­Ju­da lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni se­zi­zwi­le uku­thi aba­ntwa­na bo­ku­thu­njwa ba­be­sa­khe­la iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ithe­mpe­lia,

2 ba­se­be­so­nde­la ku­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­li le­nhlo­kwe­ni za­bo­yi­se ba­thi ki­bo: Ka­sa­khe la­ni, ngo­ba si­ya­mdi­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu nje­nga­ni, sa­mhla­be­la ku­su­ke­la ensu­kwi­ni zi­kaE­sa­ri­ha­do­ni inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya owa­se­nyu­se­la la­phab.

3 Ko­dwa uZe­ru­bha­bhe­li lo­Je­shu­wa le­zi­nye inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se za­koI­sra­ye­li ba­thi ki­bo: Ka­yi­si­kho kwe­nu la­thic ukwa­khe­la uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu indlud, ko­dwa yi­thi so­dwa esi­za­kwa­khe­la iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li nje­ngo­ku­si­la­ya kwe­nko­si uKo­re­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­yae.

4 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi aba­ntu ba­le­lo­li­zwef ba­do­ndi­sa iza­ndla za­ba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da, ba­be­sa­bi­sa ekwa­khe­nig.

5 Ba­se­be­ba­qa­tshe­la abe­lu­le­ki uku­fu­bi­sa ice­bo la­bo zo­nke izi­nsu­ku zi­ka­Ko­re­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­ya, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­bu­se­ni ku­ka­Da­ri­yu­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­yah.

6 Eku­bu­se­ni-ke ku­kaA­ha­su­we­ru­si, eku­qa­le­ni ko­ku­bu­sa kwa­khe, ba­bha­la isi­ma­nga­le­lo be­me­le­ne la­ba­hla­li ba­ko­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­mai.

7 Nja­lo ensu­kwi­ni zi­kaA­tha­ki­se­ki­si oBi­shi­la­mu, uMi­thi­re­da­thi, uTa­be­ye­li la­ba­nye aba­ki­bo ba­bha­le­la uA­tha­ki­se­ki­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­yaj; lo­mbha­lo we­ncwa­dik wa­wu­bha­lwe nge­si­Si­ri­ya, uhu­nyu­tshwe nge­si­Si­ri­yal.

8 URe­hu­ma umla­wu­li lo­Shi­mi­sha­yi umbha­li ba­bha­la incwa­di be­me­le­ne le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma kuA­tha­ki­se­ki­si inko­si, nga­li­ndle­la:

9 Kho­no­kho uRe­hu­ma umla­wu­li lo­Shi­mi­sha­yi umbha­li la­ba­nye ba­ba­nga­ne ba­bo, ama­Di­na­yim, amaA­fa­ri­sa­thi­ki, ama­Tha­ri­phe­lin, amaA­fa­ri­sio, amaA­ri­khe­vi, ama­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, ama­Shu­sha­ni­kip, ama­De­ha­vi, amaE­la­muq,

10 le­zi­nye izi­zwe uA­si­na­pha­rir omkhu­lu lo­du­mi­le­yo azi­thu­mba­yo wa­zi­hla­li­sa emzi­ni ongo­we­Sa­ma­ri­yas, le­zi­nye phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­la, la­kha­the­sit.

11 Le yi­kho­phi ye­ncwa­di aba­yi­thu­me­za ku­ye, kuA­tha­ki­se­ki­si inko­si:

Izi­nce­ku, ama­do­da anga­ne­no ko­mfu­la, la­nge­si­kha­thi esi­nje.

12 Ka­kwa­zi­we enko­si­ni uku­thi ama­Ju­da enyu­ka eve­la ku­we esi­za ki­thi ase­fi­ki­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, aya­wa­kha lo­wo­mu­zi ovu­ke­la­yo lo­mu­bi, ase­qe­di­sa imi­du­li, avu­se­le­la izi­se­ke­lo.

13 Kha­the­si ka­kwa­zi­we enko­si­ni uku­thi uba lu­mu­zi usa­khi­wa le­mi­du­li iphe­le, ka­ba­yi­ku­pha umthe­lo, ima­li eyi­mfa­ne­lo, le­ma­li ye­ndle­la, fu­thi uza­li­ma­za isi­khwa­ma sa­ma­kho­siu.

14 Kha­the­si nje­ngo­ba si­si­dla itshwa­yi etshwa­yi­ni le­si­go­dlo nja­lo ka­ku­si­fa­ne­la­nga uku­thi si­bo­ne ihla­zo le­nko­si, nga­kho si­thu­me­le sa­ya­zi­sa inko­si;

15 uku­ze ku­hlo­lwe egwa­lwe­ni lwe­zi­nda­ba za­bo­yi­hlo. Nga­kho uza­tho­la egwa­lwe­ni lwe­zi­nda­ba, wa­zi uku­thi lu­mu­zi ungu­mu­zi ovu­ke­la­yo, oli­ma­za­yo ema­kho­si­ni le­ma­zwe­ni, be­nza uku­hla­mu­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­wo kwa­se­zi­nsu­kwi­ni ze­ka­de­ni. Nga­kho lu­mu­zi wa­chi­thwa.

16 Si­ya­ya­zi­sa inko­si uku­thi uba lu­mu­zi usa­khi­wa, le­mi­du­li ya­wo iphe­le, nga­lo­kho ka­wu­yi­ku­ba le­sa­be­lo nga­ne­no ko­mfu­la.

17 Inko­si ya­thu­ma impe­ndu­lo ku­Re­hu­ma umla­wu­li lo­Shi­mi­sha­yi umbha­li la­ba­nye ba­ba­nga­ne ba­bo aba­hla­la eSa­ma­ri­ya la­ba­nye aba­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­la:

Uku­thu­la, la­nge­si­kha­thi esi­njev.

18 Incwa­di ela­yi­thu­me­la ki­thi ifu­ndi­we ngo­ku­ca­ci­le­yo pha­mbi kwa­miw.

19 Umla­yo wa­su­be­kwa yi­mi, ba­se­be­di­nga ba­tho­la uku­thi ku­su­ke­la ensu­kwi­ni ze­ndu­lo lu­mu­zi uzi­pha­ka­mi­se­le ama­kho­si, lo­mvu­ke­la lo­ku­hla­mu­ka kwe­nzi­we pha­ka­thi kwa­wo.

20 Kwa­ke kwa­ba kho­na ama­kho­si ala­ma­ndla phe­zu kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma aye­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­lax; lo­mthe­lo, ima­li eyi­mfa­ne­lo, le­ma­li ye­ndle­la kwa­phi­wa wo­nay.

21 Kha­the­si be­ka­ni umthe­tho ukwe­nza uku­thi la­ba­ba­ntu ba­ye­ke­le uku­ze lu­mu­zi unga­khi­wa ku­ze kwe­nzi­we umthe­tho yi­mi.

22 Nja­lo qa­phe­la­ni uku­thi li­nga­ye­ke­thi­si ekwe­nze­ni lo­khu. Ku­nga­ni uko­na­ka­la ku­za­khu­la ku­kho uku­li­nya­zwa kwa­ma­kho­si?

23 Kho­no­kho, ku­su­ke­la ikho­phi ye­ncwa­di kaA­tha­ki­se­ki­si inko­si isi­fu­ndi­we pha­mbi kwa­bo­Re­hu­ma lo­Shi­mi­sha­yi umbha­li la­ba­nga­ne ba­bo, ba­ya ma­si­nya­ne eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ku­ma­Ju­da, ba­be­nza ba­ye­ke­la nge­nga­lo la­ma­ndla.

24 Kho­no­kho we­ma umse­be­nzi we­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ese­Je­ru­sa­le­ma; wa­su­si­ma kwa­ze kwa­ba ngu­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li wo­ku­bu­sa ku­ka­Da­ri­yu­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­ya.

Uku­qhu­be­ka ko­mse­be­nzi wo­kwa­kha ithe­mpe­li

5Aba­pro­fe­thi, oHa­ga­yi umpro­fe­thia lo­Ze­kha­ri­ya indo­da­na kaI­dob, ba­se­be­pro­fe­tha ku­ma­Ju­da aye­ko­Ju­da la­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ebi­zwe­ni li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li phe­zu kwa­wo.

2 Kho­no­kho kwa­su­ka oZe­ru­bha­bhe­li indo­da­na ka­Sa­la­ti­ye­lic lo­Je­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Jo­za­da­kid, ba­qa­la ukwa­kha indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ese­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, nja­lo ka­nye la­bo aba­pro­fe­thi ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu be­ba­se­ke­la.

3 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi kwa­fi­ka ki­bo oTa­the­na­yi umbu­si nga­ne­no ko­mfu­la lo­She­tha­ri-Bo­ze­na­yie, la­ba­nga­ne ba­bo, ba­khu­lu­ma ka­nje ki­bo: Ngu­ba­ni obe­ke umthe­tho ki­ni wo­kwa­kha li­ndlu lo­ku­qe­di­sa lu­mdu­lif?

4 Sa­se­si­ba­tshe­la ngo­ku­nja­lo: Ngo­ba­ni ama­bi­zo aba­ntu aba­kha le­si­sa­khi­wog?

5 Ko­dwa ili­hlo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo la­li­phe­zu kwa­ba­da­la ba­ma­Ju­da, uku­thi ka­ba­be­nza­nga be­me, ize ifi­ke le­yo­nda­ba ku­Da­ri­yu­sih, ba­ze ba­bu­yi­se­le-ke incwa­di nga­yoi.

6 Ikho­phi ye­ncwa­di oTa­the­na­yi umbu­si nga­ne­no ko­mfu­la lo­She­tha­ri-Bo­ze­na­yi la­ba­nga­ne ba­khe amaA­fa­ri­sa­thi­ki aye­nga­ne­no ko­mfu­la aba­yi­thu­me­la ku­Da­ri­yu­si inko­sij;

7 ba­thu­me­za incwa­di ku­ye, nja­lo kwa­bha­lwa ka­nje ku­yo:

Ku­Da­ri­yu­si inko­si, uku­thu­la ko­nke.

8 Ka­kwa­zi­we enko­si­ni uku­thi sa­ya esa­be­lwe­ni sa­ko­Ju­da, endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu omkhu­lu, eya­khi­we nga­ma­tshe ama­khu­lu, izi­go­do se­zi­fa­ki­we emi­du­li­ni; nja­lo lu­mse­be­nzi uye­nzi­wa ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa, uphu­me­le­la esa­ndle­ni sa­bo.

9 Sa­se­si­ba­bu­za la­bo­ba­da­la sa­khu­lu­ma ka­nje ku­bo: Ngu­ba­ni obe­ke umthe­tho ki­ni wo­kwa­kha li­ndlu lo­ku­qe­di­sa lu­mdu­lik?

10 Nja­lo sa­ba­bu­za ama­bi­zo abo uku­ze si­kwa­zi­se, uku­ze si­bha­le ama­bi­zo aba­ntu aba­zi­nhlo­ko za­bo.

11 La­ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­bu­yi­se­la ili­zwi ki­thi be­si­thi: Thi­na si­yi­zi­nce­ku zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu lo­mhla­ba, sa­kha indlu eya­ya­khi­we imi­nya­ka emi­ne­ngi pha­mbi kwa­lo­khu, inko­si enku­lu ya­koI­sra­ye­li eya­ya­kha ya­yi­qe­dal.

12 Ko­dwa emva kwa­lo­kho oba­ba ba­mthu­ku­the­li­sa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lum, wa­ba­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, umKha­la­di­yan, owa­chi­tha li­ndlu, wa­thu­mbe­la aba­ntu eBha­bhi­lo­ni.

13 Ko­dwa ngo­mnya­ka wo­ku­qa­la ka­Ko­re­si inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, uKo­re­si inko­si wa­mi­sa umthe­tho wo­kwa­kha li­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luo.

14 Nja­lo le­zi­tsha ze­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ezi­nge­ze­go­li­de le­si­li­va uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri aye­zi­the­the wa­zi­su­sa ethe­mpe­li­ni eli­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma wa­zi­le­tha ethe­mpe­li­ni le­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, le­zo uKo­re­si inko­si wa­zi­khu­pha ethe­mpe­li­ni le­Bha­bhi­lo­nip, za­ni­kwa ole­bi­zo eli­ngu­She­shi­ba­za­ri aye­mbe­ke uku­thi abe ngu­mbu­siq.

15 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Tha­tha le­zi­zi­tsha, uye­zi­be­ka ethe­mpe­li­ni eli­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, le­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­ya­khi­we enda­we­ni ya­yo.

16 Nga­kho uShe­shi­ba­za­ri lo wa­fi­ka wa­be­ka izi­se­ke­lo ze­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ese­Je­ru­sa­le­mar; nja­lo ku­su­ke­la ku­le­so­si­kha­thi ku­ze ku­be kha­the­si ilo­khu isa­khi­wa, ka­yi­ka­phe­lis.

17 Nga­kho-ke uba ku­lu­ngi­le enko­si­ni ka­ku­hlo­li­si­swe endli­ni yo­ku­li­gu­gu kwe­nko­si ekho­na eBha­bhi­lo­ni uku­thi ku­nga­ba yi­ku­thi umthe­tho we­nzi­wa yi­ni ngu­Ko­re­si inko­si wo­kwa­kha li­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Ka­yi­thu­me­le-ke inta­ndo ye­nko­si ki­thi ma­ye­la­na la­li­ntot.

Ukwa­khi­wa lo­ku­hla­nju­lu­lwa kwe­the­mpe­li

6UDa­ri­yu­si inko­si wa­se­mi­sa umthe­tho, ba­se­be­phe­nya endli­ni ye­zi­ngwa­lo la­pho okwa­ku­be­kwe kho­na oku­li­gu­gu eBha­bhi­lo­nia.

2 Kwa­se­ku­tho­la­ka­la eA­ki­me­tha, esi­go­dlwe­nib esi­se­si­ga­be­ni sa­ma­Me­dec, incwa­di ego­qwa­yo, okwa­ku­bha­lwe pha­ka­thi kwa­yo isi­khu­mbu­zo nga­li­ndle­la:

3 Ngo­mnya­ka wo­ku­qa­la ka­Ko­re­si inko­si, uKo­re­si inko­si wa­mi­sa umthe­tho: Indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ese­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ka­ya­khi­we li­ndlu enda­we­ni la­pho aba­ni­ke­la kho­na imi­ni­ke­lo, le­zi­se­ke­lo za­yo zi­za­be­kwa ngo­ku­qi­ni­le­yo; uku­pha­ka­ma kwa­yo ku­be zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, ubu­ba­nzi ba­yo bu­be zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha;

4 ibe le­mi­zi­la emi­tha­thu ya­ma­tshe ama­khu­lu lo­mzi­la we­zi­go­do ezi­ntsha. Izi­ndle­ko zi­za­phi­wa-ke zi­ve­la endli­ni ye­nko­sid.

5 Fu­thi le­zi­tsha ze­go­li­de le­ze­si­li­va ze­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri azi­khu­pha ethe­mpe­li­ni eli­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma wa­zi­le­tha eBha­bhi­lo­ni, ka­zi­bu­yi­se­lwe zi­si­we ethe­mpe­li­ni eli­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, enda­we­ni ya­yo, uzi­be­ke endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue.

6 Kha­the­si, Ta­the­na­yi, mbu­si wa­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­la, She­tha­ri-Bo­ze­na­yif, la­ba­nga­ne be­nu amaA­fa­ri­sa­thi­kig, aba­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­la, ba­ni­ni kha­tsha­na la­la­pho.

7 Uye­ke­le­ni umse­be­nzi wa­li­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; umbu­si wa­ma­Ju­da la­ba­da­la ba­ma­Ju­da ka­ba­khe li­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu enda­we­ni ya­yo.

8 Fu­thi umthe­tho umi­swa yi­mi nge­li­za­kwe­nze­la aba­da­la ba­la­ma­Ju­da ekwa­khi­we­ni kwa­li­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uku­thi empa­hle­ni ze­nko­sih ezi­ve­la emthe­lwe­ni wa­nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­la, izi­ndle­ko zi­phi­we la­ma­do­da ma­si­nya­ne uku­ze anga­mii.

9 Lo­ku­swe­la­ka­la­yo, ko­ku­bi­li ama­jo­ngo­si le­zi­nqa­ma la­ma­wu­ndlu ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­se­lwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu, ingqo­lo­yi, itshwa­yi, iwa­yi­ni, la­ma­fu­tha, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­ba­pri­sti aba­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ka­ba­ku­ni­kwe insu­ku nge­nsu­ku ku­nga­phu­thi,

10 uku­ze ba­ni­ke­le imi­ni­ke­lo ye­phu­nga eli­mna­ndi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu, ba­khu­le­ke­le impi­lo ye­nko­si le­ya­ma­do­da­na ayoj.

11 Fu­thi umthe­tho umi­swe yi­mi wo­ku­thi lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ogu­qu­la le­li­li­zwi, ka­ku­hwa­tshwe ugo­do endli­ni ya­khe, apha­ka­nyi­swe abe­the­lwe phe­zu kwa­lo; le­ndlu ya­khe ye­nzi­we inqu­mbi yo­mqu­ba nge­nxa ya­lo­khuk.

12 Lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu owe­nze ibi­zo la­khe li­hla­le la­pho ka­chi­the lo­ba yi­yi­phi inko­si lo­ba aba­ntu aba­za­kwe­lu­la isa­ndla sa­bo uku­gu­qu­la lo­ku­chi­tha li­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ese­Je­ru­sa­le­ma. Mi­na Da­ri­yu­si ngi­mi­se umthe­tho, ka­kwe­nzi­we ma­si­nya­nel.

13 Kho­no­kho uTa­the­na­yi umbu­si nga­ne­no ko­mfu­la, uShe­tha­ri-Bo­ze­na­yi, la­ba­nga­ne ba­bo be­nza nja­lo ma­si­nya­ne nje­nga­lo­kho uDa­ri­yu­si inko­si aye­ku­thu­me­le.

14 Aba­da­la ba­ma­Ju­da ba­se­be­sa­kha nja­lo ba­phu­me­le­la nge­si­pro­fe­tho si­ka­Ha­ga­yi umpro­fe­thi lo­Ze­kha­ri­ya indo­da­na kaI­dom. Ba­kha ba­qe­da nje­ngo­ko­mla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li la­ngo­ko­mla­yo ka­Ko­re­sin, lo­Da­ri­yu­sio, loA­tha­ki­se­ki­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­yap.

15 Li­ndlu ya­si­phe­la ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu enya­nge­ni kaA­da­ri, okwa­ku­ngu­mnya­ka we­si­thu­pha wo­ku­bu­sa ku­ka­Da­ri­yu­si inko­siq.

16 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi la­ba­nye aba­ntwa­na bo­ku­thu­njwa, ba­se­be­se­nza ukwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­lwa kwa­li­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­nto­ko­zor.

17 Ba­ni­ke­le­la ukwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­lwa kwa­li­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu inku­nzi ezi­li­khu­lu, inqa­ma ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li, ama­wu­ndlu anga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne; le­zi­mpo­ngo ze­mbu­zi ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li zi­ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, ngo­kwe­na­ni le­zi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­lis.

18 Ba­se­be­mi­sa aba­pri­sti nge­zi­ga­ba za­bot, la­ma­Le­vi nga­ma­qe­mbu awou, enko­nzwe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ese­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yo egwa­lwe­ni lu­ka­Mo­zi­siv.

19 Aba­ntwa­na bo­ku­thu­njwa be­nza le­pha­si­ka ngo­lwe­tshu­mi la­ne lwe­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­law.

20 Ngo­ba aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi ba­be­zi­hla­mbu­lu­le nda­wo­nye, bo­nke ba­be­hla­mbu­lu­ki­lex. Ba­hla­be­la bo­nke aba­ntwa­na bo­ku­thu­njwa ipha­si­ka, la­ba­fo­wa­bo aba­pri­sti, la­bo ngo­kwa­boy.

21 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­dla aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­be­bu­yi­le eku­thu­njwe­ni, la­bo bo­nke aba­be­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­le ku­boz lo­ku­ngco­li­le­yo kwe­zi­zwe ze­li­zwe, uku­di­nga iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lia.

22 Be­nza umkho­si we­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa nge­nto­ko­zo; ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­be­nze ba­tho­ko­zab, ya­phe­ndu­le­la ki­bo inhli­zi­yoc ye­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya, uku­qi­ni­sa iza­ndla za­bo emse­be­nzi­ni we­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lid.

UE­zra uya eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

7Le­mva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto, eku­bu­se­ni ku­kaA­tha­ki­se­ki­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­yaa, uE­zra indo­da­na ka­Se­ra­ya, indo­da­na kaA­za­ri­ya, indo­da­na ka­Hi­li­khi­ya,

2 indo­da­na ka­Sha­lu­ma, indo­da­na ka­Za­do­ki, indo­da­na kaA­hi­tu­bi,

3 indo­da­na kaA­ma­ri­ya, indo­da­na kaA­za­ri­ya, indo­da­na ka­Me­ra­yo­thi,

4 indo­da­na ka­Ze­ra­hi­ya, indo­da­na kaU­zi, indo­da­na ka­Bu­ki,

5 indo­da­na kaA­bi­shu­wa, indo­da­na ka­Phi­ne­ha­si, indo­da­na kaE­le­ya­za­re, indo­da­na kaA­ro­ni umpri­sti oyi­nhlo­kob.

6 UE­zra lo we­nyu­ka esu­ka eBha­bhi­lo­ni; nja­lo wa­ye­ngu­mbha­li oyi­ngci­tshi emla­ywe­ni ka­Mo­zi­si, uJe­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li aye­wu­ni­ki­lec. Inko­si ya­si­mni­ka so­nke isi­ce­lo sa­khe, nje­ngo­kwe­sa­ndla si­ka­Je­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe esi­phe­zu kwa­khed.

7 Kwa­se­ku­se­nyu­ka aba­nye ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li la­ba­ba­pri­stie la­ma­Le­vi la­ba­hla­be­le­li la­ba­li­ndi­ma­sa­ngo la­ma­Ne­thi­nif ba­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ngo­mnya­ka we­si­kho­mbi­sa kaA­tha­ki­se­ki­si inko­si.

8 Wa­se­fi­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma nge­nya­nga ye­si­hla­nu okwa­ku­ngu­mnya­ka we­si­kho­mbi­sa we­nko­si.

9 Ngo­ba ngo­lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­la wa­qa­la ukwe­nyu­ka esu­ka eBha­bhi­lo­ni, la­ngo­lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga ye­si­hla­nu wa­fi­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ngo­kwe­sa­ndla esi­hle si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe phe­zu kwa­kheg.

10 Ngo­ba uE­zra wa­ye­lu­ngi­se inhli­zi­yo ya­khe uku­di­nga umla­yo we­Nko­si lo­ku­we­nzah, lo­ku­fu­ndi­sa umthe­tho le­si­mi­so koI­sra­ye­lii.

11 Le-ke yi­kho­phi ye­ncwa­di inko­si uA­tha­ki­se­ki­si ayi­ni­ka uE­zra umpri­sti, umbha­li, umbha­li wa­ma­zwi emi­la­yo ye­Nko­si lo­we­zi­mi­so za­yo kuI­sra­ye­li.

12 UA­tha­ki­se­ki­si inko­si ya­ma­kho­sij kuE­zra umpri­sti, umbha­li wo­mla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu, uku­thu­la oku­phe­le­le­yo, la­nge­si­kha­thi esi­njek:

13 Umthe­tho umi­swa yi­mi wo­ku­thi wo­nke ozi­tha­nde­la­yo embu­swe­ni wa­mi esi­zwe­ni sa­koI­sra­ye­li la­ba­pri­sti ba­so la­ma­Le­vi uku­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­ma anga­ha­mba la­wel.

14 Ngo­ba uthu­nyi­we yi­nko­si la­ba­ce­bi­si ba­yo aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ukuya­hlo­li­si­sa ngo­Ju­da la­nge­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ngo­ko­mla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ose­sa­ndle­ni sa­khom,

15 lo­ku­thwa­la isi­li­va le­go­li­de inko­si la­ba­ce­bi­si ba­yo aba­ku­ni­ke­le nge­si­hle ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lin onda­wo ya­khe yo­ku­hla­la ise­Je­ru­sa­le­mao,

16 la­lo lo­nke isi­li­va le­go­li­de onga­ku­tho­la esi­ga­be­ni so­nke se­Bha­bhi­lo­ni lo­mni­ke­lo we­si­hle wa­ba­ntu la­ba­pri­stip aba­ni­ke­le­la indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo ese­Je­ru­sa­le­ma nge­si­hleq,

17 uku­thi uthe­nge ma­si­nya­ne nga­li­ma­li izi­nku­nzi, izi­nqa­ma, ama­wu­ndlu, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­dlar, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­kho yo­ku­na­thwa­yos, uku­ni­ke­le phe­zu kwe­la­thi le­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ese­Je­ru­sa­le­mat.

18 Lo­ku­ku­lu­nge­le­yo we­na la­ba­fo­we­nu uku­kwe­nza nge­si­li­va le­go­li­de eli­se­le­yo, kwe­nze­ni lo­khu ngo­kwe­nta­ndo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nu.

19 Le­zi­tsha ezi­ni­ke­lwe ku­we zo­mse­be­nzi we­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, zi­ni­ke­le ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

20 Lo­ku­nye oku­swe­le­ka­yo endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho oku­fa­ne­le uku­phe, uza­ku­ni­ka ku­ve­la endli­ni ye­no­tho ye­nko­si.

21 Mi­na-ke Atha­ki­se­ki­si inko­si, umla­yo umi­swe yi­mi ku­bo bo­nke aba­pha­thi be­zi­khwa­ma aba­nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­la uku­thi ko­nke uE­zra umpri­sti, umbha­li wo­mla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu, aza­ku­ce­la ki­ni, kwe­nzi­we ma­si­nya­neu,

22 ku­ze ku­fi­ke ku­ma­tha­le­nta* esi­li­va ali­khu­lu, nja­lo ku­ze ku­fi­ke ku­ma­kho­ri* engqo­lo­yi ali­khu­lu, nja­lo ku­ze ku­fi­ke ku­ma­bha­thi* ali­khu­lu ewa­yi­ni, nja­lo ku­ze ku­fi­ke ku­ma­bha­thi ali­khu­lu ama­fu­tha, le­tshwa­yi eli­nge­la­si­mi­sov.

23 Ko­nke oku­ngo­ko­mla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu ka­kwe­nze­lwe indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu ngo­ku­khu­tha­la, ngo­ba ku­nga­ni ku­za­ku­ba lo­la­ka phe­zu ko­mbu­so we­nko­si la­ma­do­da­na ayow?

24 Fu­thi si­ya­la­zi­sa ma­ye­la­na la­bo bo­nke aba­pri­sti, la­ma­Le­vi, aba­hla­be­le­li, aba­li­ndi­ma­sa­ngo, ama­Ne­thi­ni, le­nce­ku za­li­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ka­ku­la­gu­nya uku­be­ka phe­zu kwa­bo umthe­lo, ima­li eyi­mfa­ne­lo, le­ma­li ye­ndle­lax.

25 We­na-ke Ezra, ngo­kwe­nhla­ka­ni­pho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ese­sa­ndle­ni sa­khoy, be­ka oma­ntshi la­ba­hlu­le­li aba­za­kwa­hlu­le­la bo­nke aba­ntu aba­nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­la, bo­nke aba­ya­zi­yo imi­la­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khoz; lo­nga­ya­zi­yo li­mfu­ndi­sea.

26 Wo­nke-ke onga­we­nzi­yo umla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho lo­mla­yo we­nko­si, isi­gwe­bo ka­se­nzi­we ngo­ku­khu­tha­la phe­zu kwa­khe, ku­nga­ba ngo­ku­fa, lo­ba ngo­ku­xo­tshwa, lo­ba ngo­ku­tha­the­lwa impa­hla, lo­ba nge­zi­bo­pho.

27 Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­ba­bab eya­ku­fa­ka ka­nje enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­nko­si uku­ce­ci­sa indlu ye­Nko­si ese­Je­ru­sa­le­mac,

28 eye­lu­le umu­sa ki­mi pha­mbi kwe­nko­sid la­ba­ce­bi­si ba­yo la­pha­mbi kwa­zo zo­nke izi­ndu­na ezi­la­ma­ndla ze­nko­sie. Mi­na-ke nga­qi­ni­swa ngo­kwe­sa­ndla se­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi phe­zu kwa­mi, nga­bu­tha koI­sra­ye­li inhlo­ko ukwe­nyu­ka la­mif.

Aba­ha­mba loE­zra

8La­ba-ke zi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se, lo­mbha­lo wo­se­ndo lwa­bo abe­nyu­ka la­mi be­su­ka eBha­bhi­lo­ni eku­bu­se­ni ku­kaA­tha­ki­se­ki­si inko­si.

2 Ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Phi­ne­ha­si: UGe­ri­sho­mua. Ku­ma­do­da­na kaI­tha­ma­rib: UDa­ni­ye­lic. Ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Da­vi­da: UHa­thu­shid.

3 Ku­ma­do­da­na ka­She­ka­ni­yae, ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Pa­ro­shif: UZe­kha­ri­ya, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye kwa­bha­lwa ngo­mbha­lo wo­se­ndo, kwa­be­si­li­sa, ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu.

4 Ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Pa­ha­thi-Mo­wa­bi: UE­li­yo­we­na­yi, indo­da­na ka­Ze­ra­hi­ya, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye abe­si­li­sa aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­lig.

5 Ku­ma­do­da­na ka­She­ka­ni­ya: Indo­da­na ka­Ja­ha­zi­ye­li, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye abe­si­li­sa aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thuh.

6 Nja­lo ku­ma­do­da­na kaA­di­ni: UE­be­di indo­da­na ka­Jo­na­tha­ni, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye abe­si­li­sa aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nui.

7 La­ku­ma­do­da­na kaE­la­mu: UJe­sha­ya indo­da­na kaA­tha­li­ya, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye abe­si­li­sa aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­saj.

8 La­ku­ma­do­da­na ka­She­fa­thi­ya: UZe­bha­di­ya indo­da­na ka­Mi­ka­ye­li, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye abe­si­li­sa aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lik.

9 Ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Jo­wa­bi: UO­bha­di­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­hi­ye­li, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye abe­si­li­sa aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li le­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lil.

10 La­ku­ma­do­da­na ka­She­lo­mi­thi: Indo­da­na ka­Jo­si­fi­ya, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye abe­si­li­sa aba­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha.

11 La­ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Be­ba­yi: UZe­kha­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Be­ba­yi, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye abe­si­li­sa aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lim.

12 La­ku­ma­do­da­na kaA­zi­ga­di: UJo­ha­na­ni indo­da­na ka­Ha­ka­ta­ni, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye abe­si­li­sa aba­li­khu­lu le­tshu­min.

13 La­ku­ma­do­da­na oku­ci­na kaA­do­ni­ka­mu, oma­bi­zo abo yi­la: OE­li­fe­le­ti, uJe­hi­ye­li, lo­She­ma­ya, nja­lo ka­nye la­bo abe­si­li­sa aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­phao.

14 La­ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Bi­gi­va­yi: OU­tha­yi lo­Za­bu­di, nja­lo ka­nye la­bo abe­si­li­sa aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sap.

15 Nga­se­ngi­ba­bu­tha­ni­sa nga­se­mfu­le­ni oya eA­ha­vaq, sa­mi­sa inka­mba kho­na insu­ku ezi­nta­thu. Nga­na­nze­le­la aba­ntu la­ba­pri­sti, nja­lo ka­ngi­tho­la­nga la­pho aba­ma­do­da­na ka­Le­vir.

16 Nga­se­ngi­thu­ma kuE­li­ye­ze­ri, kuA­ri­ye­li, ku­She­ma­ya, la­kuE­li­na­tha­ni, la­ku­Ja­ri­bi, la­kuE­li­na­tha­ni, la­ku­Na­tha­ni, la­ku­Ze­kha­ri­yas, la­ku­Me­shu­la­mu, izi­nhlo­ko, la­ku­Jo­ya­ri­bi, la­kuE­li­na­tha­ni, aba­qe­di­si­sa­yot,

17 nga­se­ngi­ba­la­ye­la kuI­do, inhlo­ko enda­we­ni iKa­si­fi­ya, nga­fa­ka ama­zwi emlo­nywe­ni wa­bo uku­thi ba­thi kuI­do, la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ama­Ne­thi­ni enda­we­ni iKa­si­fi­ya, uku­thi ba­si­le­the­le izi­kho­nzi ze­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu.

18 Ba­se­be­si­le­the­la ngo­kwe­sa­ndla esi­hle si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu phe­zu kwe­thu umu­ntu oqe­di­si­sa­you ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­Ma­hli indo­da­na ka­Le­vi indo­da­na kaI­sra­ye­liv; lo­She­re­bi­ya la­ma­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, itshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­liw;

19 lo­Ha­sha­bhi­yax, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye uJe­sha­ya ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­Me­ra­ri, aba­fo­wa­bo la­ma­do­da­na abo, ama­tshu­mi ama­bi­liy;

20 la­ku­ma­Ne­thi­niz, uDa­vi­da le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla aba­be­wa­ni­ke­le emse­be­nzi­ni wa­ma­Le­vi, ama­Ne­thi­ni anga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, wo­nke awo abi­zwa nga­ma­bi­zoa.

21 Nga­se­ngi­me­me­ze­la uku­zi­la uku­dla kho­nab emfu­le­ni iA­ha­vac uku­ze si­zi­tho­be pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thud, si­zi­di­nge­le ku­ye indle­la eqo­ndi­le­yo thi­na la­ba­ntwa­nya­na be­thu la­zo zo­nke impa­hla ze­thue.

22 Ngo­ba nga­ba le­nhlo­ni uku­ce­la enko­si­ni ibu­tho la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za uku­si­nce­da ezi­the­ni endle­le­ni; ngo­ba sa­si­yi­tshe­li­le inko­si si­si­thi: Isa­ndla si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu si­phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nkef aba­mdi­nga ku­be oku­hleg, ko­dwa ama­ndla akhe lo­la­ka lwa­khe ku­phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­mde­la­yoh.

23 Nga­kho sa­zi­la uku­dla sa­di­nga ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu nge­nxa ya­lo­khu; wa­se­nce­nge­ka nga­thii.

24 Nga­se­ngi­se­hlu­ka­ni­sa aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li ku­nhlo­ko za­ba­pri­sti, oShe­re­bi­yaj, uHa­sha­bhi­ya, la­ba­li­tshu­mi ku­ba­fo­wa­bo ka­nye la­bok.

25 Nga­se­ngi­ba­li­nga­ni­se­la isi­li­va le­go­li­de le­zi­tshal, umni­ke­lo we­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thum, inko­si la­ba­ce­bi­si ba­yo le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke owa­ye­kho­na aba­be­ku­ni­ke­len;

26 nga­se­ngi­li­nga­ni­sa esa­ndle­ni sa­bo ama­tha­le­nta* esi­li­va anga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, la­ma­tha­le­nta ali­khu­lu ezi­tsha ze­si­li­va, la­ma­tha­le­nta ego­li­de ali­khu­lu,

27 le­mi­ga­nu ye­go­li­de enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­lio ku­ze ku­be zi­nhla­mvu ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, le­zi­tsha ezi­mbi­li ze­thu­si eli­kha­zi­mu­la­yo eli­hle eli­lo­yi­se­ka nje­nge­go­li­dep.

28 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ki­bo: Li­ngcwe­le eNko­si­niq, le­zi­tsha zi­ngcwe­ler; le­si­li­va le­go­li­de ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo we­si­hle eNko­si­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­ba­bas.

29 Ku­lo­ndo­lo­ze­ni li­ku­gci­ne li­ze li­ku­li­nga­ni­se pha­mbi kwe­ndu­na ya­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi le­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ba­koI­sra­ye­li eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ema­ka­me­lwe­ni endlu ye­Nko­sit.

30 Aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi ba­se­be­se­mu­ke­la isi­si­ndo se­si­li­va le­go­li­de le­zi­tsha, uku­ze ba­ku­se eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu.

31 Sa­su­ka-ke emfu­le­ni iA­ha­vau ngo­lwe­tshu­mi la­mbi­li lwe­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­la uku­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­mav. Le­sa­ndla si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu sa­si­phe­zu kwe­thu, wa­si­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni se­si­tha lo­mca­tha­mi endle­le­niw.

32 Sa­fi­ka-ke eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, sa­hla­la kho­na insu­ku ezi­nta­thux.

33 Kwa­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­ne isi­li­va le­go­li­de le­zi­tsha kwa­li­nga­ni­swa endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thuy nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Me­re­mo­thiz indo­da­na kaU­ri­ya umpri­stia, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye uE­le­ya­za­re indo­da­na ka­Phi­ne­ha­si, nja­lo ka­nye la­bo oJo­za­ba­di indo­da­na ka­Je­shu­wab, lo­No­wa­di­ya indo­da­na ka­Bi­nu­wi, ama­Le­vic,

34 nge­na­ni nge­si­si­ndo sa­kho ko­nke; la­so so­nke isi­si­ndo sa­bha­lwa nga­le­so­si­kha­thi.

35 Aba­ntwa­na bo­ku­thu­njwa aba­be­bu­yi­le eku­thu­njwe­ni ba­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lid, ama­jo­ngo­si ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li nge­nxa kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, izi­nqa­ma ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­si­thu­pha, ama­wu­ndlu anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­si­kho­mbi­sa, izi­mpo­ngo ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li za­ba ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no; ko­nke kwa­ku­ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa eNko­si­nie.

36 Ba­se­be­ni­ka imi­the­tho ye­nko­sif ku­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­nko­sig la­ku­ba­bu­sih nga­ne­no ko­mfu­la; ba­se­ke­la aba­ntu le­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui.

UE­zra we­nza umkhu­le­ko wo­ku­vu­ma izo­no za­ba­ntu

9Kwa­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwa­le­zi­zi­nto, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­so­nde­la ki­mi zi­si­thi: Aba­ntu ba­koI­sra­ye­li la­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi ka­ba­ze­hlu­ka­ni­sa­nga le­zi­zwe za­ma­zwea ngo­kwe­zi­ne­ngi­so za­zob, eza­ma­Kha­na­ni, ama­He­thi, ama­Pe­ri­zi, ama­Je­bu­sic, amaA­mo­ni, ama­Mo­wa­bi, ama­Gi­bhi­the, la­maA­mo­rid.

2 Ngo­ba ba­zi­tha­the­le ema­do­da­ka­zi­ni azo bo­na la­ma­do­da­na aboe, ya­ze ya­xu­ba­na inza­lo engcwe­lef le­zi­zwe za­ma­zweg; ye­bo, isa­ndla se­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla la­ba­bu­si sa­si­nge­so­ku­qa­la ku­le­si­si­pha­mbe­koh.

3 Kwa­thi ngi­si­zwa lo­lu­da­ba nga­da­bu­la ise­mba­tho sa­mi le­bha­tshi la­mi, nga­ngco­thu­la okwe­nwe­le ze­kha­nda la­mi le­nde­vu za­mii, nga­hla­la pha­nsi nga­thi­thi­ba­laj.

4 Kwa­se­ku­bu­tha­na ki­mi wo­nke othu­thu­me­la nga­ma­zwi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li nge­nxa ye­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­ba­thu­njwak; nga­se­ngi­hla­la ngi­thi­thi­be­lel kwa­ze kwa­ba ngu­mni­ke­lo wa­ku­si­hlwam.

5 Kwa­thi ngo­mni­ke­lo wa­ku­si­hlwa nga­su­ku­ma eku­tho­tshi­swe­ni kwa­mi, le­ku­da­bu­le­ni kwa­mi ise­mba­tho sa­mi le­bha­tshi la­mi, nga­gu­qa nga­ma­do­lo amin, nge­lu­le­la iza­ndla za­mi eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mio,

6 nga­thi: Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ngi­le­nhlo­ni, ngi­ya­nge­ki­le uku­pha­ka­mi­se­la ubu­so ba­mi ku­we, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ngo­ba ubu­bi be­thu ba­ndi­le nga­phe­zu kwe­kha­ndap, le­ca­la le­thu se­li­khu­le kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ma­zu­lwi­niq.

7 Ku­su­ke­la ensu­kwi­ni za­bo­ba­ba be­si­pha­ka­thi kwe­ca­la eli­khu­lu ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlar, la­nge­nxa yo­bu­bi be­thu thi­na, ama­kho­si ethu, aba­pri­sti be­thu, si­ni­ke­lwe esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­kho­si ama­zwe, enke­mbe­ni, eku­thu­njwe­nis, le­ku­pha­ngwe­ni, le­hla­zwe­ni lo­bu­so, nje­nga­la­mu­hlat.

8 Kha­the­si-ke ngo­kwe­si­kha­tsha­na umu­sa we­nzi­we yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, uku­si­tshi­ye­la uku­phe­pha, lo­ku­si­ni­ka isi­kho­nkwa­ne enda­we­ni ya­yo engcwe­leu, uku­ze uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu akha­nyi­se­le ame­hlo ethu, nja­lo asi­ni­ke imvu­se­le­lo enci­nya­ne ebu­gqi­li­ni be­thuv.

9 Ngo­ba si­yi­zi­gqi­li, ka­nti ebu­gqi­li­ni be­thu uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ka­si­tshi­ya­ngaw, ko­dwa use­lu­le­le umu­sa pha­mbi kwa­ma­kho­si ePe­ri­si­ya, uku­si­ni­ka imvu­se­le­lo, uku­pha­ka­mi­sa indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thux, lo­ku­mi­sa ama­nxi­wa ayo, lo­ku­si­ni­ka umdu­li ko­Ju­da la­se­Je­ru­sa­le­may.

10 Kha­the­si-ke, Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, si­za­ku­thi­ni emva kwa­lo­khu? Ngo­ba si­yi­tshi­yi­le imi­la­yo ya­kho,

11 owa­si­la­ya yo­na nge­sa­ndla se­nce­ku za­kho aba­pro­fe­thi, usi­thi: Ili­zwe eli­nge­na ku­lo uku­dla ili­fa la­lo li­yi­li­zwe eli­ngco­li­le­yo ngo­ku­ngco­la kwe­zi­zwe za­ma­zwe, ngo­ku­ne­nge­ka­yo kwa­zo ezi­li­gcwa­li­se nga­kho ku­su­ke­la ephe­the­lwe­ni ku­si­ya ephe­the­lwe­ni, ngo­ku­ngco­la kwa­zoz.

12 Nga­kho-ke li­nga­ni­ki ama­do­da­na azo ama­do­da­ka­zi enu, fu­thi li­nga­tha­the­li ama­do­da­na enu ama­do­da­ka­zi azoa, li­nga­di­ngi uku­thu­la kwa­zo lo­ku­hle kwa­zo ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de uku­ze li­qi­ne li­dle oku­hle kwe­li­zweb, li­li­tshi­ye­le aba­ntwa­na be­nu li­be yi­li­fa ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­dec.

13 Le­mva kwa­kho ko­nke oku­se­hle­le­yo nge­nxa ye­ze­nzo ze­thu ezi­mbi la­nge­nxa ye­ca­la le­thu eli­khu­lud, ngo­ba we­na Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu uzi­ba­mbi­le eku­si­je­zi­se­ni ka­nca­ne ku­le­zo­no ze­thue, wa­si­ni­ka uku­phe­pha oku­njef;

14 si­za­ye­phu­la fu­thi yi­ni imi­la­yo ya­kho, si­tha­tha­ne le­si­zwe sa­le­zi­zi­ne­ngi­sog? Ka­wu­yi­ku­si­thu­ku­the­le­la yi­ni uze usi­qe­deh, ku­ze ku­nga­bi le­nsa­li ku­mbe uku­phe­phai?

15 Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ulu­ngi­lej; ngo­ba si­tshi­ye­lwe uku­phu­nyu­ka nje­nga­la­mu­hlak. Kha­nge­la, si­pha­mbi kwa­kho eca­le­ni le­thul, ngo­ba ka­kho onge­ma pha­mbi kwa­kho nge­nxa ya­lo­khum.

Abe­si­fa­za­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­be­zi­zwe ba­ya­la­hlwa

10Kwa­thi uE­zra esa­khu­le­ka esa­vu­maa, ekha­la inye­mbe­zi ezi­wi­se­la pha­nsib pha­mbi kwe­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc, kwa­bu­tha­na ku­ye iba­ndla eli­khu­lu ka­khu­lu la­ma­do­da la­be­si­fa­za­na la­ba­ntwa­na, li­ve­la kuI­sra­ye­li, ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­kha­la inye­mbe­zi ngo­ku­kha­la oku­khu­lu.

2 UShe­ka­ni­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­hi­ye­lid owa­ma­do­da­na kaE­la­mu wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi kuE­zra: Thi­na si­pha­mbu­ki­le ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thue, sa­tha­tha aba­fa­zi be­zi­zwe­ni aba­ve­la ezi­zwe­ni ze­li­zwe; ko­dwa kha­the­si ku­kho­na ithe­mba koI­sra­ye­li ma­ye­la­na la­lo­khu.

3 Nga­kho-ke ase­nze isi­vu­me­lwa­no lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu uku­ze si­khu­phe bo­nke aba­fa­zi lo­ku­ze­lwe yi­bo ngo­kwe­se­lu­le­ko se­nko­si ya­mi le­sa­ba­thu­thu­me­la emla­ywe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thuf; ka­kwe­nzi­we-ke ngo­ko­mla­yog.

4 Su­ku­ma, ngo­ba uda­ba lu­phe­zu kwa­kho, la­thi si­la­we. Qi­na, we­nzeh.

5 Wa­se­su­ku­ma uE­zra, wa­fu­ngi­sa indu­na za­ba­pri­sti, ama­Le­vi, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, uku­thi be­nze ngo­kwa­le­li­li­zwi. Ba­se­be­fu­ngai.

6 UE­zra wa­se­su­ku­ma esu­ka pha­mbi kwe­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj, wa­ya endli­nik ka­Je­ho­ha­na­nil indo­da­na kaE­li­ya­shi­bim; wa­thi efi­ka la­pho ka­dla­nga si­nkwa ka­na­tha­nga ma­nzi, ngo­ba eli­le­la ubu­bi ba­ba­thu­nji­we­yon.

7 Ba­se­be­se­nza isi­me­me­ze­lo se­dlu­le ko­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntwa­na bo­ku­thu­njwa uku­thi ba­bu­tha­ne eJe­ru­sa­le­mao,

8 lo­ku­thi lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onga­fi­ka­nga nge­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu, ngo­kwe­se­lu­le­ko se­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla la­ba­da­la, impa­hla ya­khe yo­nke iza­dli­wa, ye­na ehlu­ka­ni­swe le­ba­ndla la­ba­thu­nji­we­yo.

9 Wo­nke ama­do­da ako­Ju­da lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni ase­bu­tha­na eJe­ru­sa­le­ma nge­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu. Kwa­ku­yi­nya­nga ye­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye ngo­lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li lwe­nya­nga. Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­hla­la egu­me­ni le­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu be­qha­qha­ze­la nge­nxa ya­lo­lu­da­ba la­nge­nxa ye­zu­lu eli­khu­lup.

10 UE­zra umpri­sti wa­su­ku­ma wa­thi ki­bo: Li­na li­pha­mbu­ki­le la­tha­tha aba­fa­zi be­zi­zwe­ni, ukwa­ndi­sa isi­pha­mbe­ko si­kaI­sra­ye­li.

11 Nga­kho-ke ye­nza­ni uvu­mo eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­hlo, le­nze inta­ndo ya­yoq, li­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se le­zi­zwe ze­li­zwe, la­ku­ba­fa­zi be­zi­zwe­nir.

12 Iba­ndla lo­nke la­se­li­phe­ndu­la la­thi nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu: Nje­nga­ma­zwi akho, ngo­ku­nja­lo ku­phe­zu kwe­thu uku­thi si­kwe­nze.

13 Ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­ne­ngi, nja­lo ku­yi­si­kha­thi se­zu­lu eli­ne­ngi, nja­lo si­nge­me pha­ndle. Fu­thi ka­ku­si­mse­be­nzi wo­su­ku olu­lo­dwa nja­lo ha­tshi owe­zi­mbi­li, ngo­ba si­ba­ne­ngi esi­pha­mbu­ki­le­yo ku­lo­lu­da­ba.

14 Ake zi­me izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­thu ze­ba­ndla lo­nke, la­bo bo­nke aba­se­mi­zi­ni ye­thu aba­the­the aba­fa­zi be­zi­zwe­ni be­ze nge­zi­kha­thi ezi­mi­si­we­yo, nja­lo ka­nye la­bo aba­da­la bo­mu­zi ngo­mu­zi la­ba­hlu­le­li ba­wos, si­ze si­de­di­se uku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ma­ye­la­na la­lo­lu­da­bat.

15 Ngo­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na kaA­sa­he­li lo­Ja­ha­ze­ya indo­da­na ka­Ti­ki­va ku­phe­la aba­me­la­na la­lo­kho; lo­Me­shu­la­muu lo­Sha­be­tha­yi umLe­vi ba­ba­nce­di­sav.

16 Aba­ntwa­na bo­ku­thu­njwa be­se­be­se­nza nja­lo. UE­zra umpri­sti, ama­do­da, inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se nge­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se, la­bo bo­nke nga­ma­bi­zo, ba­se­be­se­hlu­ka­ni­swa; ba­se­be­hla­la ngo­su­ku lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga ye­tshu­mi uku­hlo­la lo­lu­da­baw.

17 Ba­se­be­qe­da la­wo wo­nke ama­do­da aye­the­the aba­fa­zi be­zi­zwe­ni kwa­ze kwa­ba lu­su­ku lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­lax.

18 Kwa­se­ku­tho­la­ka­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­do­da­na aba­pri­sti aye­the­the aba­fa­zi be­zi­zwe­ni: Ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­Je­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Jo­za­da­ki la­ba­fo­wa­bo: OMa­ha­se­ya loE­li­ye­ze­ri lo­Ja­ri­bi lo­Ge­da­li­yay.

19 Ba­se­be­ni­ka isa­ndla sa­bo uku­thi ba­za­khu­pha aba­fa­zi ba­boz; ngo­ba be­le­ca­la ba­ni­ke­la inqa­ma yo­mhla­mbi nge­ca­la la­boa.

20 Le­ma­do­da­ne­ni kaI­me­ri: OHa­na­ni lo­Ze­bha­di­yab.

21 Le­ma­do­da­ne­ni ka­Ha­ri­mic: OMa­ha­se­yad loE­li­ya lo­She­ma­yae lo­Je­hi­ye­li loU­zi­ya.

22 Le­ma­do­da­ne­ni ka­Pa­shu­rif: OE­li­yo­we­na­yig, uMa­ha­se­ya, uI­shma­ye­li, uNe­tha­ne­li, uJo­za­ba­di, loE­la­sah.

23 La­ku­ma­Le­vi: OJo­za­ba­dii, lo­Shi­me­yi, lo­Ke­la­ya ongu­Ke­li­taj, uPe­tha­hi­ya, uJu­da, loE­li­ye­ze­rik.

24 La­ku­ba­hla­be­le­li: UE­li­ya­shi­bi. La­ku­ba­li­ndi­ma­sa­ngo: OSha­lu­ma lo­Te­le­ma loU­ri.

25 La­kuI­sra­ye­li: Ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­Pa­ro­shil: ORa­mi­ya loI­zi­ya lo­Ma­li­ki­yam lo­Mi­ja­mi­ni loE­le­ya­za­re lo­Ma­li­ki­yan lo­Bhe­na­ya.

26 Le­ma­do­da­ne­ni kaE­la­mu: OMa­tha­ni­ya, uZe­kha­ri­ya, lo­Je­hi­ye­li, loA­bi­di, lo­Je­re­mo­thi, loE­li­yao.

27 Le­ma­do­da­ne­ni ka­Za­thu: OE­li­yo­we­na­yi, uE­li­ya­shi­bi, uMa­tha­ni­ya, lo­Je­re­mo­thi, lo­Za­ba­di, loA­zi­zap.

28 Le­ma­do­da­ne­ni ka­Be­ba­yiq: OJe­ho­ha­na­ni, uHa­na­ni­ya, uZa­ba­yi, uA­thi­la­yir.

29 Le­ma­do­da­ne­ni ka­Ba­nis: OMe­shu­la­mu, uMa­lu­kit, loA­da­ya, uJa­shu­bi, lo­She­ya­li, lo­Ra­mo­thi.

30 Le­ma­do­da­ne­ni ka­Pa­ha­thi-Mo­wa­biu: OA­di­na, lo­Ke­la­li, uBhe­na­ya, uMa­ha­se­yav, uMa­tha­ni­ya, uBhe­za­le­li, lo­Bi­nu­wi, lo­Ma­na­se.

31 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ha­ri­miw: OE­li­ye­ze­ri, uI­shi­ya, uMa­li­ki­yax, uShe­ma­ya, uShi­me­yo­ni,

32 uBhe­nja­mi­niy, uMa­lu­kiz, uShe­ma­ri­ya.

33 Ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­Ha­shu­ma: OMa­the­na­yi, uMa­tha­tha, uZa­ba­di, uE­li­fe­le­ti, uJe­re­ma­yi, uMa­na­se, uShi­me­yia.

34 Ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­Ba­ni: OMa­ha­da­yi, uA­mra­mu, loU­we­li,

35 uBhe­na­ya, uBe­de­ya, uKe­lu­hi,

36 uVa­ni­ya, uMe­re­mo­thi, uE­li­ya­shi­bi,

37 uMa­tha­ni­ya, uMa­the­na­yi, lo­Ja­ha­sa,

38 lo­Ba­ni, lo­Bi­nu­wi, uShi­me­yib,

39 lo­She­le­mi­ya, lo­Na­tha­ni, loA­da­yac,

40 uMa­ki­na­de­ba­yi, uSha­sha­yi, uSha­ra­yi,

41 uA­za­re­li, uShe­le­mi­ya, uShe­ma­ri­ya,

42 uSha­lu­ma, uA­ma­ri­ya, uJo­se­fa.

43 Le­ma­do­da­ne­ni ka­Ne­bod: OJe­yi­ye­li, uMa­thi­thi­ya, uZa­ba­di, uZe­bi­na, uJa­da­yi, lo­Jo­we­li, uBhe­na­yae.

44 Bo­nke la­ba ba­be­the­the aba­fa­zi be­zi­zwe­ni; nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na pha­ka­thi kwa­bo aba­fa­zi aba­be­ze­le aba­ntwa­naf.