UGWA­LO

LU­KA­NE­HE­MI­YA

Umkhu­le­ko ka­Ne­he­mi­ya nga­be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

1Ama­zwi ka­Ne­he­mi­ya indo­da­na ka­Ha­ka­li­yaa. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nge­nya­nga ka­Ki­si­le­vib ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­lic, la­pho mi­na ngi­se­Shu­sha­nid isi­go­dloe,

2 uHa­na­ni omu­nye wa­ba­fo­we­thu wa­fi­ka ye­na la­ma­do­da ave­la ko­Ju­daf. Nga­se­ngi­ba­bu­za ma­ye­la­na la­ma­Ju­da aye­phu­nyu­ki­le asa­la eku­thu­njwe­ni, la­nge­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

3 Ba­se­be­si­thi ki­mi: La­bo aba­sa­la­yo aba­sa­la eku­thu­njwe­ni la­pho esa­be­lwe­ni ba­pha­ka­thi ko­ku­hlu­phe­ka oku­khu­lu le­hla­zo, lo­mdu­li we­Je­ru­sa­le­ma wa­di­li­kag, la­ma­sa­ngo ayo atshi­swa ngo­mli­loh.

4 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­ngi­zwe la­ma­zwi nga­hla­la pha­nsi nga­kha­la inye­mbe­zi, nga­li­la okwe­zi­nsu­ku, ngi­zi­la uku­dla, ngi­khu­le­ka pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lui.

5 Nga­thi: Ngi­ya­nce­nga, Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu, Nku­lu­nku­lu omkhu­lu lo­we­sa­be­ka­yoj, ogci­na isi­vu­me­lwa­no lo­mu­sa ku­la­bo aba­mtha­nda­yo la­ba­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­khek,

6 indle­be ya­kho ake ila­le­lel, la­me­hlo akho avu­le­ke, uku­zwa umkhu­le­ko we­nce­ku ya­kho engi­wu­khu­le­ka pha­mbi kwa­kho la­mu­hla emi­ni le­bu­su­kumn nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ince­ku za­kho, nja­lo ngi­vu­ma nge­nxa ye­zo­no za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li esi­zo­ne ku­weo. Ye­bo, mi­na le­ndlu ka­ba­ba so­ni­lep;

7 se­nze ku­bi lo­kwe­nza ku­bi ku­we, ka­si­gci­na­nga imi­la­yo le­zi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­loq owa­la­ya nga­kho uMo­zi­si ince­ku ya­khor.

8 Ake ukhu­mbu­le ili­zwi owa­la­ya nga­lo uMo­zi­si ince­ku ya­kho usi­thi: Uba li­na li­pha­mbu­ka, mi­na ngi­za­li­chi­tha­chi­tha pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwes;

9 uba li­na li­phe­ndu­ke­la ki­mi, li­lo­ndo­lo­za imi­la­yo ya­mi, li­ye­nzet, la­nxa aba­xo­tshi­we­yo be­nu be­se­phe­the­lwe­ni la­ma­zu­lu, ngi­za­ba­bu­tha be­su­ka la­phou ngi­ba­le­tha enda­we­ni engi­yi­khe­thi­le­yo uku­be­ka ibi­zo la­mi kho­nav.

10 La­ba-ke ba­zi­nce­ku za­kho la­ba­ntu ba­kho owa­ba­hle­nga nga­ma­ndla akho ama­khu­lu la­nge­sa­ndla sa­kho esi­qi­ni­le­yow.

11 Ngi­ya­ce­la, Nko­si, indle­be ya­kho ake ila­le­le umkhu­le­ko we­nce­ku ya­khox, lo­mkhu­le­ko we­zi­nce­ku za­kho ezi­lo­yi­sa ukwe­sa­ba ibi­zo la­kho, ake uphu­me­le­li­se ince­ku ya­kho la­mu­hla, uyi­ni­ke izi­ha­wu pha­mbi kwa­lu­mu­ntuy.

Nja­lo nga­ngi­ngu­mpha­thi we­zi­tsha ze­nko­siz.

UNe­he­mi­ya uvu­nye­lwa uku­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

2Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nge­nya­nga ka­Ni­sa­nia, ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li kaA­tha­ki­se­ki­si inko­sib, iwa­yi­ni la­li­pha­mbi kwa­khe, nga­pha­ka­mi­sa iwa­yi­ni nga­ni­ka inko­sic. Nja­lo nga­ngi­nga­ka­ze ngi­da­ne pha­mbi kwa­yo.

2 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ku­nga­ni ubu­so ba­kho bu­da­ni­le lo­khu unga­gu­lid? Ka­ku­si­lu­tho nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­da­na kwe­nhli­zi­yo. Nga­se­ngi­se­sa­ba ka­khu­lu­ka­zie,

3 nga­thi enko­si­ni: Ka­yi­phi­le inko­si ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nif! Ubu­so ba­mi bu­nge­da­ne nga­ni nxa umu­zi, inda­wo ya­ma­ngcwa­ba abo­ba­ba, ulu­nxi­wag, la­ma­sa­ngo awo eqe­dwe ngo­mli­loh?

4 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Ku­yi­ni oku­di­nga­yo? Nga­se­ngi­khu­le­ka ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lui.

5 Nga­thi enko­si­ni: Uba ku­ku­hle enko­si­ni, nja­lo uba ince­ku ya­kho itho­le umu­sa pha­mbi kwa­kho, ngi­ce­la uku­thi ungi­thu­me ko­Ju­da emzi­ni wa­ma­ngcwa­ba abo­ba­ba, uku­ze ngi­wa­khe.

6 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi, le­ndlo­vu­ka­zi ihle­zi ece­le­ni kwa­yo: Uha­mbo lwa­kho lu­za­ku­ba ngo­lwe­si­kha­thi esi­nga­ka­na­ni, ubu­ye ni­ni? Nga­kho kwa­ba ku­hle pha­mbi kwe­nko­si uku­thi ingi­thu­me; nga­se­ngi­yi­ni­ka isi­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yoj.

7 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi enko­si­ni: Uba ku­lu­ngi­le enko­si­ni ka­yi­ngi­ni­ke izi­ncwa­di ezi­ya ku­ba­bu­si ba­nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­la uku­ze ba­ngi­vu­me­le uku­dlu­la, ngi­ze ngi­fi­ke ko­Ju­dak;

8 le­ncwa­di eya kuA­sa­fi, umpha­thi we­gu­su inko­si ela­lol, uku­thi angi­ni­ke izi­go­do zo­kwe­nza imi­gu­ba­zi ya­ma­sa­ngo le­si­go­dlo esi­se­du­ze le­ndlu, le­zo­mdu­li wo­mu­zim, le­ze­ndlu engi­za­nge­na ki­yon. Inko­si ya­ngi­ni­ka nje­ngo­kwe­sa­ndla esi­hle si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi phe­zu kwa­mio.

9 Nga­se­ngi­fi­ka ku­ba­bu­si nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­la, nga­ba­ni­ka incwa­di ze­nko­sip. Inko­si ya­yi­thu­me-ke la­mi indu­na ze­bu­tho la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za.

10 La­pho uSa­ni­bha­la­thiq umHo­ro­nir lo­To­bi­ya ince­kus, umA­mo­nit, be­si­zwa, kwa­ba­cu­nu­la ngo­ku­cu­nu­la oku­khu­lu uku­thi umu­ntu ufi­ki­le uku­di­nge­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li oku­hleu.

11 Nga­fi­ka-ke eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, nga­ba la­pho insu­ku ezi­nta­thu.

UNe­he­mi­ya ukhu­tha­za abe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ukwa­kha imi­du­li yo­mu­zi

12 Nga­se­ngi­su­ku­ma ebu­su­ku, mi­na la­ma­do­da ama­lu­tshwa­na ela­mi; ka­ngi­tshe­la­nga mu­ntu lo­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi aye­ku­fa­ke enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi uku­thi ngi­kwe­nze­le iJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Fu­thi kwa­ku­nge­la­nya­ma­za­na ka­nye la­mi nga­pha­ndle kwe­nya­ma­za­na enga­ngi­yi­ga­di­lev.

13 Nga­se­ngi­phu­ma ebu­su­ku nge­sa­ngo le­si­go­di, nga­qo­nda emtho­nje­ni wo­mgo­bhow le­sa­ngwe­ni lo­mqu­bax, ngi­hlo­la imi­du­li ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma eya­yi­di­li­ki­ley la­ma­sa­ngo ayo aye­qe­dwe ngo­mli­loz.

14 Nga­se­ngi­se­dlu­le­la esa­ngwe­ni lo­mtho­mboa le­chi­bi­ni le­nko­sib; ko­dwa kwa­ku­nge­la­nda­wo ye­nya­ma­za­na ukwe­dlu­la nga­pha­nsi kwa­mi.

15 Nga­se­ngi­se­nyu­ka nge­si­fu­la ebu­su­ku ngi­hlo­la umdu­lic; nga­phe­ndu­ka, nga­nge­na nge­sa­ngo le­si­go­did, nga­bu­ye­la.

16 La­ba­bu­si ba­be­nga­zi la­pho enga­ngi­ye kho­na lo­ku­thi nge­nza­ni. Ku­ze ku­be kha­the­si-ke nga­ngi­nga­tshe­la­nga ama­Ju­da la­ba­pri­sti le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndlae le­zi­ndu­na la­ba­nye aba­be­se­nza umse­be­nzif.

17 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ki­bo: Li­ya­bo­na inhlu­phe­ko esi­ki­yo uku­thi iJe­ru­sa­le­ma ilu­nxi­wag la­ma­sa­ngo ayo atshi­swe ngo­mli­loh. Wo­za­ni sa­khe umdu­li we­Je­ru­sa­le­ma uku­ze si­nga­be si­sa­ba li­hla­zoi.

18 Nga­se­ngi­ba­tshe­la isa­ndla si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi esa­si­si­hle phe­zu kwa­mi, fu­thi la­ma­zwi enko­si eya­yi­wa­khu­lu­me ki­mi. Ba­se­be­si­thi: Asi­su­ku­me­ni, sa­khej. Nga­kho ba­qi­ni­sa iza­ndla za­bo ngo­ku­hlek.

19 La­pho uSa­ni­bha­la­thi umHo­ro­ni lo­To­bi­ya ince­ku, umA­mo­ni, lo­Ge­she­ma umA­ra­bhi­yal be­si­zwa ba­si­hle­ka usu­lu, ba­se­yi­sam ba­thi: Iyi­ni li­nto eli­ye­nza­yo? Li­ya­yi­vu­ke­la inko­si yi­nin?

20 Nga­se­ngi­ba­bu­yi­se­la impe­ndu­lo nga­thi ki­bo: UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu ye­na uza­si­phu­me­le­li­sa; la­thi ince­ku za­khe si­za­su­ku­ma sa­khe; ko­dwa li­na ka­li­la­sa­be­lo le­lu­nge­lo le­si­khu­mbu­zo eJe­ru­sa­le­mao.

Uku­lu­ngi­swa kwe­mi­du­li ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

3Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma eE­li­ya­shi­bi umpri­sti omkhu­lu la­ba­fo­wa­bo aba­pri­stia, ba­kha isa­ngo le­zi­mvub, ba­li­ngcwe­li­sa, ba­mi­sa izi­va­lo za­lo; ngi­tsho, ku­ze ku­be se­mpho­tsho­ngwe­ni we­Me­ya ba­wu­ngcwe­li­sac, ku­ze ku­be se­mpho­tsho­ngwe­ni we­Ha­na­ne­lid.

2 Le­ce­le­ni1 kwa­khe kwa­kha ama­do­da eJe­ri­koe; le­ce­le­ni kwa­khe kwa­kha uZa­ku­ri indo­da­na kaI­mrif.

3 Le­sa­ngo le­nhla­nzig ala­kha ama­do­da­na ka­Ha­se­na­yah; ami­sa imi­gu­ba­zi ya­loi, ami­sa izi­va­lo za­lo, ama­bha­wu­do alo, le­mi­nxi­bo ya­loj.

4 Le­ce­le­ni kwa­wo kwa­lu­ngi­sa uMe­re­mo­thik indo­da­na kaU­ri­yal indo­da­na ka­Ha­ko­zim; le­ce­le­ni kwa­bo kwa­lu­ngi­sa uMe­shu­la­mu indo­da­na ka­Be­re­ki­yan indo­da­na ka­Me­she­za­be­lio; le­ce­le­ni kwa­bo kwa­lu­ngi­sa uZa­do­ki indo­da­na ka­Ba­ha­nap;

5 le­ce­le­ni kwa­bo kwa­lu­ngi­sa ama­The­kho­waq; ko­dwa izi­khu­lu za­bo ka­zi­le­tha­nga inta­mo ya­zo emse­be­nzi­ni we­Nko­si ya­zor.

6 Le­sa­ngo eli­da­la ba­li­lu­ngi­sa oJo­ya­das indo­da­na ka­Pha­se­yat lo­Me­shu­la­mu indo­da­na ka­Be­so­de­ya; ba­mi­sa imi­gu­ba­zi ya­lo, ba­mi­sa izi­va­lo za­lo, la­ma­bha­wu­do alo, le­mi­nxi­bo ya­lou.

7 Ece­le­ni kwa­bo-ke kwa­lu­ngi­sa uMe­la­ti­ya umGi­be­yo­ni lo­Ja­do­ni umMe­ro­no­thiv, ama­do­da eGi­be­yo­niw la­we­Mi­zi­pax, ku­ze ku­be se­si­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si so­mbu­si wa­nga­ne­no ko­mfu­lay.

8 Ece­le­ni kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa uU­zi­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Ha­ri­ha­ya, wa­ba­kha­ndi be­go­li­dez; le­ce­le­ni kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa uHa­na­ni­yaa, indo­da­na ya­be­nzi ba­ma­khab; ba­tshi­ya iJe­ru­sa­le­ma kwa­ze kwa­ba se­mdu­li­ni oba­nzic.

9 Ece­le­ni kwa­bo-ke kwa­lu­ngi­sa uRe­fa­ya indo­da­na ka­Hu­ri, umbu­si we­ngxe­nye ye­si­ga­ba se­Je­ru­sa­le­mad.

10 Ece­le­ni kwa­bo-ke kwa­lu­ngi­sa uJe­da­ya indo­da­na ka­Ha­ru­ma­fi la­ma­qo­nda­na le­ndlu ya­khe; le­ce­le­ni kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa uHa­thu­shie indo­da­na ka­Ha­sha­bi­ne­yaf.

11 Isi­li­nga­ni­so se­si­bi­li ba­si­lu­ngi­sa oMa­li­ki­yag indo­da­na ka­Ha­ri­mih lo­Ha­shu­bii indo­da­na ka­Pa­ha­thi-Mo­wa­bij, ka­nye lo­mpho­tsho­ngo we­zi­tha­ndo zo­mli­lok.

12 Le­ce­le­ni kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa uSha­lu­ma indo­da­na ka­Ha­lo­he­shil, umbu­si we­ngxe­nye ye­si­ga­ba se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ye­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhem.

13 Isa­ngo le­si­go­di wa­li­lu­ngi­san uHa­nu­nio la­ba­hla­li be­Ha­no­wap; ba­la­kha, ba­mi­sa izi­va­lo za­lo, ama­bha­wu­do alo, le­mi­nxi­bo ya­loq, le­zi­nga­lo ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne emdu­li­ni kwa­ze kwa­ba se­sa­ngwe­ni lo­mqu­bar.

14 Le­sa­ngo lo­mqu­bas wa­li­lu­ngi­sa uMa­li­ki­ya indo­da­na ka­Re­ka­bit, umbu­si we­sa­be­lo se­Bhe­thi-Ha­ke­re­mau; wa­la­kha, wa­mi­sa izi­va­lo za­lo, ama­bha­wu­do alo, le­mi­nxi­bo ya­lov.

15 Le­sa­ngo lo­mtho­mbow wa­li­lu­ngi­sa uSha­lu­na indo­da­na ka­Ko­li­ho­zex, umbu­si we­si­ga­ba se­Mi­zi­pay; ye­na wa­la­kha, wa­li­fu­le­la, wa­mi­sa izi­va­lo za­lo, ama­bha­wu­do alo, le­mi­nxi­bo ya­loz, lo­mdu­li we­chi­bi le­She­laa nga­se­si­va­nde­ni se­nko­sib, nja­lo kwa­ze kwa­ba se­zi­khwe­lwe­ni eze­hla zi­su­ka emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­dac.

16 Nge­mva kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa uNe­he­mi­ya indo­da­na kaA­zi­bu­ki, umbu­si we­ngxe­nye ye­si­ga­ba se­Be­ti-Zu­rid, kwa­ze kwa­ba ma­qo­nda­na la­ma­ngcwa­ba ka­Da­vi­dae, nja­lo kwa­ze kwa­ba se­chi­bi­ni ela­le­nzi­we, nja­lo kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ndli­ni ya­ma­qha­wef.

17 Nge­mva kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa ama­Le­vi, uRe­hu­ma indo­da­na ka­Ba­nig; le­ce­le­ni kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa uHa­sha­bhi­yah, umbu­si we­ngxe­nye ye­si­ga­ba se­Ke­yi­lai, esi­ga­be­ni sa­khe.

18 Nge­mva kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa aba­fo­wa­bo, uBa­va­yi indo­da­na ka­He­na­da­dij, umbu­si we­ngxe­nye ye­si­ga­ba se­Ke­yi­lak.

19 Nja­lo kwa­lu­ngi­sa ece­le­ni kwa­khe uE­ze­ril indo­da­na ka­Je­shu­wam, umbu­si we­Mi­zi­pan, esi­nye isi­li­nga­ni­so ma­qo­nda­na lo­mqa­nso we­ndlu ye­zi­kha­lio, engo­nsi­nip.

20 Nge­mva kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa nge­si­vu­vu uBha­ru­khiq indo­da­na ka­Za­ba­yir esi­nye isi­li­nga­ni­so ku­su­ke­la engo­nsi­nis ku­si­ya emnya­ngo we­ndlu kaE­li­ya­shi­bi umpri­sti omkhu­lut.

21 Nge­mva kwa­khe uMe­re­mo­thi indo­da­na kaU­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Ha­ko­ziu wa­lu­ngi­sa esi­nye isi­li­nga­ni­so ku­su­ke­la emnya­ngo we­ndlu kaE­li­ya­shi­bi ku­ze ku­be se­ku­ci­ne­ni kwe­ndlu kaE­li­ya­shi­biv.

22 La­nge­mva kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa aba­pri­sti, ama­do­da enda­wo ezi­go­mbo­lo­ze­le­yow.

23 Nge­mva kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa oBhe­nja­mi­nix lo­Ha­shu­bi ma­qo­nda­na le­ndlu ya­boy; nge­mva kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa uA­za­ri­yaz indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­se­ya indo­da­na kaA­na­ni­ya du­ze le­ndlu ya­khea.

24 Nge­mva kwa­khe uBi­nu­wib indo­da­na ka­He­na­da­dic wa­lu­ngi­sa esi­nye isi­li­nga­ni­so ku­su­ke­la endli­ni kaA­za­ri­yad ku­si­ya engo­nsi­nie nja­lo ku­ze ku­be se­ji­kwe­nif.

25 UPa­la­li indo­da­na kaU­za­yi, ma­qo­nda­na le­ngo­nsig lo­mpho­tsho­ngo othu­tsha endli­ni ye­nko­sih ephe­zu­lu ese­gu­me­ni la­ba­li­ndii. Nge­mva kwa­khe uPhe­da­yaj indo­da­na ka­Pa­ro­shik.

26 Ama­Ne­thi­nil aye­hle­zi eO­fe­li kwa­ze kwa­ba ma­qo­nda­na le­sa­ngo la­ma­nzi nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga lo­mpho­tsho­ngo othu­tsha­yom.

27 Nge­mva kwa­khe abe­The­kho­wa ba­lu­ngi­sa esi­nye isi­li­nga­ni­so ma­qo­nda­na lo­mpho­tsho­ngo omkhu­lu othu­tsha­yo, nja­lo kwa­ze kwa­ba se­mdu­li­ni weO­fe­lin.

28 Ku­su­ke­la phe­zu kwe­sa­ngo la­ma­bhi­za kwa­lu­ngi­sa aba­pri­sti, ngu­lo­wo ma­qo­nda­na le­ndlu ya­kheo.

29 Nge­mva kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa uZa­do­ki indo­da­na kaI­me­ri ma­qo­nda­na le­ndlu ya­khep. Nja­lo nge­mva kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa uShe­ma­ya indo­da­na ka­She­ka­ni­yaq, umgci­ni we­sa­ngo le­mpu­ma­la­ngar.

30 Nge­mva kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa oHa­na­ni­yas indo­da­na ka­She­le­mi­yat lo­Ha­nu­ni indo­da­na ye­si­thu­pha ka­Za­la­fi esi­nye isi­li­nga­ni­sou. Nge­mva kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa uMe­shu­la­mu indo­da­na ka­Be­re­ki­yav ma­qo­nda­na le­ka­me­lo la­khew.

31 Nge­mva kwa­khe kwa­lu­ngi­sa uMa­li­ki­yax indo­da­na yo­mkha­ndi we­go­li­dey kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ndli­ni ya­ma­Ne­thi­niz le­ya­ba­the­ngia ma­qo­nda­na le­sa­ngo le­Mi­fi­kha­dib, nja­lo ku­si­ya endli­ni ye­ngo­nsi enga­phe­zu­lu.

32 Nja­lo pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwe­ndlu ye­ngo­nsi enga­phe­zu­lu ku­ze ku­be se­sa­ngwe­ni le­zi­mvuc kwa­lu­ngi­sa aba­kha­ndi be­go­li­de la­ba­the­ngid.

Izi­tha zi­hlu­pha aba­kha­yo

4Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uSa­ni­bha­la­thi ese­zwi­le uku­thi si­ya­wa­kha umdu­lia, wa­thu­ku­the­la wa­cu­nu­ka ka­khu­lu, wa­wa­hle­ka usu­lu ama­Ju­dab.

2 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma pha­mbi kwa­ba­fo­wa­bo le­bu­tho le­Sa­ma­ri­yac wa­thi: La ama­Ju­da abu­tha­ka­tha­ka enza­ni? Aza­zi­qi­ni­sa yi­ni? Aza­hla­ba yi­ni? Aza­qe­da ngo­su­ku yi­ni? Aza­vu­se­le­la ama­tshe yi­ni ezi­nqwa­be­ni ze­ngce­ke­za, ezi­tshi­le­yo?

3 Lo­To­bi­ya umA­mo­ni wa­ye­la­yed, wa­thi: La­lo­kho akwa­kha­yo, uba ikha­nka li­khwe­la phe­zu­lu, li­nga­wu­di­li­za umdu­li wa­wo wa­ma­tshee.

4 Zwa­na, Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, ngo­ba si­ye­yi­swaf; ubu­yi­se­le uku­klo­lo­da kwa­bo ekha­nda la­bo, uba­ni­ke­le ba­be yi­mpa­ngo eli­zwe­ni lo­ku­thu­njwag;

5 unga­li­gu­bu­ze­li ica­la la­boh, le­so­no sa­bo si­nga­ci­tshwa pha­mbi kwa­kho, ngo­ba ba­thu­ku­the­li­si­le ma­qo­nda­na la­ba­khii.

6 Sa­wa­kha-ke umdu­li, wa­ze wa­hla­nga­na wo­nke umdu­li ku­ze ku­be yi­ngxe­nye ya­wo, ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­be­le­nhli­zi­yo yo­ku­se­be­nza.

7 Ko­dwa kwa­thi oSa­ni­bha­la­thi lo­To­bi­ya la­maA­ra­bhi­yaj la­maA­mo­nik la­beA­shi­do­dil se­be­zwi­le uku­thi uku­lu­ngi­swa kwe­mi­du­li ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ku­ye­nyu­ka, uku­thi izi­kha­la se­zi­qa­la uku­va­le­ka, ba­thu­ku­the­la ka­khu­lum.

8 Ba­se­be­se­nza ugo­be bo­nke nda­wo­nye uku­thi be­ze ba­lwe le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, lo­ku­thi ba­du­nge pha­ka­thi kwa­yo.

9 Ko­dwa sa­khu­le­ka ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, sa­be­ka aba­li­ndi uku­me­la­na la­bo emi­ni le­bu­su­ku, nge­nxa ya­bo.

10 Ko­dwa uJu­da wa­thi: Ama­ndla aba­thwa­li bo­mthwa­lo ade­di­le, le­zi­bi zi­ne­ngi, nga­kho thi­na ka­si­la­kho ukwa­kha umdu­li.

11 Le­zi­tha ze­thu za­thi: Ka­ba­yi­kwa­zi, ka­ba­yi­ku­bo­na, si­ze si­nge­ne pha­ka­thi kwa­bo si­ba­bu­la­le, si­wu­mi­se umse­be­nzi.

12 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ama­Ju­da aye­hla­la du­ze la­zo ese­fi­kan athi ki­thi ka­tshu­mi: Li­ve­la enda­we­ni zo­nke ku­me­le li­bu­ye­le ki­thio.

13 Nga­se­ngi­mi­sa enda­we­ni ezi­pha­nsi ka­khu­lu nge­mva ko­mdu­li enda­we­ni ezi­so­ba­la, nga­mi­sa aba­ntu nge­nsa­pho be­le­zi­nke­mba za­bo, imi­kho­nto ya­bo, la­ma­da­ndi­li abo.

14 Nga­se­ngi­kha­nge­la nga­su­ku­ma nga­thi ku­zi­khu­lu la­ku­ba­bu­si la­kwa­ba­nye aba­ntu: Li­nga­be­sa­bi. Khu­mbu­la­ni iNko­sip enku­lu le­ye­sa­be­ka­yoq, li­lwe­le aba­fo­we­nu, ama­do­da­na enu, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi enu, omke­nu, le­zi­ndlu ze­nur.

15 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi izi­tha ze­thu se­zi­zwi­le uku­thi se­ku­sa­zi­wa yi­thi lo­ku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu ufu­bi­si­le ice­bo la­bo, sa­bu­ye­la so­nke emdu­li­ni, wo­nke emse­be­nzi­ni wa­khes.

16 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­su­ke­la mhla­lo­kho ingxe­nye ye­zi­se­be­nzi za­mi ya­yi­se­be­nza emse­be­nzi­ni, le­ngxe­nye ya­zo ya­ba­mba imi­kho­nto, izi­hla­ngu, la­ma­da­ndi­lit, la­ma­bha­tshi ensi­mbiu. La­ba­bu­si ba­be­nge­mu­va kwe­ndlu yo­nke ya­ko­Ju­da

17 Aba­be­sa­kha emdu­li­ni, la­ba­be­thwa­la imi­thwa­lo, aba­be­la­yi­tshe­la, nge­si­nye se­za­ndla za­khe wa­ye­se­be­nza emse­be­nzi­ni, le­si­nye si­ba­mbe­le­le isi­kha­li.

18 La­ba­khi, ngu­lo­wo wa­ye­bhi­nce inke­mba ya­khe ekha­lwe­ni lwa­khe, be­sa­kha. Lo­vu­the­la upho­ndo wa­ye­se­ce­le­ni kwa­mi.

19 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ku­zi­khu­lu la­ku­ba­bu­si la­kwa­ba­nye aba­ntu: Umse­be­nzi mkhu­lu fu­thi uba­nzi; la­thi se­hlu­ke­ne phe­zu ko­mdu­li, omu­nye ukha­tsha­na lo­mu­nyev.

20 Enda­we­ni eli­za­ku­zwa kho­na uku­kha­la ko­pho­ndo, li­za­bu­tha­na la­pho ki­thi; uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu uza­si­lwe­law.

21 Ngo­ku­nja­lo sa­se­be­nza emse­be­nzi­ni; ingxe­nye ya­bo ya­yi­ba­mbe imi­kho­nto ku­su­ke­la ema­da­bu­ka­ku­sa ku­ze ku­phu­me izi­nka­nye­zix.

22 La­nga­le­so­si­kha­thi nga­thi eba­ntwi­ni: Ngu­lo­wo le­nce­ku ya­khe ka­ba­la­le pha­ka­thi kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma uku­ze ba­be nga­ba­li­ndi be­thu ebu­su­ku, le­mi­ni emse­be­nzi­ni.

23 Nga­kho ka­kho, mi­na, la­ba­fo­we­thu, le­nce­ku za­mi, la­ma­do­da omli­ndo aba­nge­mva kwa­mi, ka­kho ki­thi owa­khu­lu­la izi­gqo­ko ze­thu, ngu­lo­wo wa­zi­khu­lu­le­la ukuzi­hla­nza.

UNe­he­mi­ya ula­ya uku­thi uku­ce­la izi­ba­mbi­so ku­ye­ke­lwe

5Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na uku­kha­la oku­khu­lu kwa­ba­ntu la­bo­mka­boa be­me­le­ne la­ba­fo­wa­bo ama­Ju­dab.

2 Ngo­ba kwa­ba kho­na aba­thi: Thi­na, ama­do­da­na ethu la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ethu si­ba­ne­ngi; nga­kho si­the­the ama­be­le uku­ze si­dle si­phi­le.

3 Nja­lo kwa­ba kho­na aba­thi: Si­ba­mbi­sa ama­si­mu ethu le­zi­vi­ni ze­thu le­zi­ndlu ze­thu uku­ze si­the­nge ama­be­le endla­le­ni.

4 Nja­lo kwa­ba kho­na aba­thi: Se­bo­le­ke ima­li yo­mthe­lo we­nko­si nga­ma­si­mu ethu le­zi­vi­ni ze­thuc.

5 Kha­the­si-ke, inya­ma ye­thu inje­nge­nya­ma ya­ba­fo­we­thud, aba­ntwa­na be­thu ba­nje­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo; kha­nge­la-ke se­hli­se­le pha­nsi ama­do­da­na ethue la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ethu abe yi­zi­gqi­lif; ku­kho­na-ke ema­do­da­ka­zi­ni ethu ase­hli­se­lwe pha­nsi, nja­lo isa­ndla se­thu ka­si­la­ma­ndla, ngo­ba aba­nye ba­la­ma­si­mu ethu le­zi­vi­ni ze­thu.

6 Nga­thu­ku­the­la ka­khu­lu nxa ngi­si­zwa uku­kha­la kwa­bo la­la­ma­zwi.

7 Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi isi­ca­ba­ngi­le pha­ka­thi kwa­mi, nga­se­ngi­lwi­sa­na le­zi­khu­lu la­ba­bu­si, nga­thi ku­bo: Li­bha­da­li­sa inzu­zo, ngu­lo­wo ku­mfo­wa­bo. Nga­ba­mi­se­la umhla­nga­no omkhu­lug.

8 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ki­bo: Thi­na nga­ma­ndla aki­thi si­hle­nge aba­fo­we­thu ama­Ju­da aba­be­the­ngi­swe ezi­zwe­ni; la­ni se­li­za­the­ngi­sa aba­fo­we­thu, ku­mbe ba­za­the­ngi­swa ki­thi yi­ni? Ba­se­be­thu­la, ka­ba­tho­la­nga mpe­ndu­loh.

9 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Into eli­ye­nza­yo ka­yi­lu­nga­nga. Be­li­nge­ha­mbe yi­ni ngo­kwe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thui nge­nxa ye­hla­zo le­zi­zwe, izi­tha ze­thuj?

10 Ngi­tsho la­mi, aba­fo­we­thu, le­nce­ku za­mi, be­si­kwe­le­di­sa ima­li la­ma­be­le. Asi­ye­ke­le­ni inzu­zo le­zi.

11 Ake li­ba­bu­yi­se­le la­la­mu­hla ama­si­mu abo, izi­vi­ni za­bo, izi­hla­hla za­bo ze­mi­hlwa­thi, le­zi­ndlu za­bo, lo­kwe­khu­lu kwe­ma­li lo­kwa­ma­be­le lo­kwe­wa­yi­ni eli­tsha lo­kwa­ma­fu­tha eli­ba­bha­da­li­sa kho­na.

12 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Si­za­bu­yi­se­la, si­nga­bi­zi lu­tho ku­bo. Si­za­kwe­nza nja­lo nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­kho. Nga­se­ngi­bi­za aba­pri­sti, nga­ba­fu­ngi­sak uku­thi be­nze nje­nga­le­li­li­zwil.

13 Nga­se­ngi­thi­nti­tha itha­nga­zi la­mim nga­thi: Ngo­ku­nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­thi­nti­the wo­nke umu­ntu asu­ke endli­ni ya­khen le­mse­be­nzi­ni wa­khe onga­so­ze ami­se le­li­li­zwio; la­ngo­ku­nja­lo ka­thi­nti­thwe anga­bi la­lu­tho. Le­ba­ndla lo­nke la­thi: Ame­ni. Ba­yi­du­mi­sa iNko­si. Aba­ntu ba­se­be­se­nza nje­nga­le­li­li­zwip.

14 Fu­thi ku­su­ke­la ngo­su­ku angi­la­ya nga­lo uku­thi ngi­be ngu­mbu­si wa­bo eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Ju­daq, ku­su­ke­la emnya­ke­ni wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­lir ku­ze ku­be se­mnya­ke­ni wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li kaA­tha­ki­se­ki­si inko­sis, imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, mi­na la­ba­fo­we­thu ka­si­dla­nga isi­nkwat so­mbu­siu.

15 Ko­dwa aba­bu­si ba­ma­ndu­lo aba­be­nga­pha­mbi kwa­mi ba­ba­thwa­li­sa nzi­ma aba­ntu, be­tha­tha ki­bo isi­nkwa le­wa­yi­ni, emva kwa­lo­khu ama­she­ke­li* esi­li­va anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne; le­nce­ku za­bo za­bu­sa nzi­ma phe­zu kwa­ba­ntuv; ko­dwa mi­na ka­nge­nza­nga nja­lo nge­nxa yo­kwe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­luw.

16 Phe­zu kwa­lo­kho-ke nga­qi­na emse­be­nzi­ni wa­lu­mdu­li, nja­lo ka­si­the­nga­nga insi­mu; le­nce­ku za­mi zo­nke za­bu­tha­na la­pho emse­be­nzi­ni.

17 La­ma­do­da ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ku­ma­Ju­da la­ku­ba­bu­si, la­la­bo abe­za ki­thi be­ve­la ezi­zwe­ni ezi­si­ha­nqi­le­yo, ba­be­se­ta­fu­le­ni la­mix.

18 La­lo­khu okwa­ku­lu­ngi­se­lwe usu­ku olu­lo­dwa kwa­ku­yi­nka­bi eyo­dwa, izi­mvu ezi­khe­thi­we­yo ezi­yi­si­thu­pha, le­zi­nyo­ni za­zi­lu­ngi­se­lwe mi­na, nja­lo pha­ka­thi kwe­nsu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mi okwa­lo lo­nke iwa­yi­ni ngo­bu­ne­ngiy. La­nga­lo­khu ka­ngi­za­nga ngi­di­nge isi­nkwaz so­mbu­sia, ngo­ba ubu­gqi­li ba­bu­nzi­ma phe­zu kwa­la­ba­ba­ntu.

19 Ngi­khu­mbu­le, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ngo­ku­hle, ko­nke engi­kwe­nze­le la­ba­ba­ntub.

Ugo­be lwe­zi­tha zi­ka­Ne­he­mi­ya

6Kwa­se­ku­si­thi oSa­ni­bha­la­thia lo­To­bi­ya lo­Ge­she­ma umA­ra­bhi­yab le­zi­nye izi­tha ze­thu se­zi­zwi­le uku­thi ngi­wa­khi­le umdu­li lo­ku­thi ka­ku­sa­la­nga si­kha­la ku­wo, la­nxa ku­ze ku­be yi­le­so­si­kha­thi nga­ngi­nga­mi­sa­nga izi­va­lo ema­sa­ngwe­nic,

2 oSa­ni­bha­la­thi lo­Ge­she­ma ba­thu­ma ki­mi be­si­thi: Wo­za si­hla­nga­ne nda­wo­nye emi­zi­nid ema­gce­ke­ni eO­noe. Ko­dwa ba­be­ca­ba­nge ukwe­nza oku­bi ki­mi.

3 Nga­se­ngi­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­bo ngi­si­thi: Nge­nza umse­be­nzi omkhu­lu, nga­kho ka­ngi­la­kho ukwe­hla. Ku­nga­ni umse­be­nzi uza­ku­ma, ngi­wu­tshi­ye, nge­hle­le ki­ni?

4 Ba­se­be­thu­ma ki­mi ka­ne nga­le­yo­ndle­la, nga­ba­phe­ndu­la nga­le­yo­ndle­la.

5 Nga­kho uSa­ni­bha­la­thi wa­thu­ma ki­mi ince­ku ya­khe nga­le­yo­ndle­la ngo­kwe­si­hla­nu ile­ncwa­di evu­le­ki­le­yo esa­ndle­ni sa­yo.

6 Kwa­ku­bha­lwe ku­yo uku­thi: Ku­zwa­ke­le ezi­zwe­ni, lo­Ga­shi­mu uthi: We­na la­ma­Ju­da li­na­ka­na uku­hla­mu­ka; nge­nxa ya­lo­kho wa­kha umdu­li, uku­ze we­na ube yi­nko­si ya­bo, nje­nga­la­ma­zwi.

7 Fu­thi umi­si­le la­ba­pro­fe­thi uku­ze ba­me­me­ze­le nga­we eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, be­si­thi: Ku­kho­na inko­si ko­Ju­da. Kha­the­si-ke ku­za­zwa­ka­la enko­si­ni nje­nga­la­ma­zwi. Nga­kho-ke wo­za, si­ce­bi­sa­nef.

8 Nga­se­ngi­thu­ma ku­ye ngi­si­thi: Ka­zi­kho izi­nto ezi­nje­nga­le­zo ozi­tsho­yo, ko­dwa uya­zi­bu­mba zi­ve­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khog.

9 Ngo­ba bo­nke ba­se­thu­sa be­si­thi: Iza­ndla za­bo zi­za­da­nga­la emse­be­nzi­ni, uku­thi unge­nzi­wa. Nga­kho-ke qi­ni­sa iza­ndla za­mih.

10 Mi­na se­ngi­nge­ni­le endli­ni ka­She­ma­ya indo­da­na ka­De­la­ya indo­da­na ka­Me­he­tha­bhe­li owa­ye­zi­va­le­le, wa­se­si­thi: Asi­hla­nga­ne endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu pha­ka­thi kwe­the­mpe­li, si­va­le imi­nya­ngo ye­the­mpe­li, ngo­ba ba­ye­za uku­ku­bu­la­la, ye­bo, ba­ye­za ebu­su­ku uku­ku­bu­la­lai.

11 Ko­dwa nga­thi: Ka­mbe umu­ntu onje­nga­mi anga­ba­le­ka? Pho, ngu­wu­phi umu­ntu onje­nga­mi onga­nge­na ethe­mpe­li­ni aphi­le? Ka­ngi­yi­ku­nge­na.

12 Nga­se­ngi­na­nze­le­la, kha­nge­la-ke, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ye­nga­mthu­ma­nga, ko­dwa wa­khu­lu­ma isi­pro­fe­tho esi­me­le­ne la­mi ngo­ba oTo­bi­ya lo­Sa­ni­bha­la­thi ba­be­mqa­tshi­lej.

13 Nga­kho wa­ye­qa­tshi­we uku­ze nge­sa­be, nge­nze nja­lo, ngo­ne, uku­ze ba­be le­bi­zo eli­bi nga­mi, uku­ze ba­ngi­gco­nek.

14 Khu­mbu­la, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, uTo­bi­ya lo­Sa­ni­bha­la­thi nje­ngo­kwa­le imi­se­be­nzi ya­khel, nja­lo lo­No­wa­di­ya umpro­fe­thi­ka­zi la­ba­nye aba­pro­fe­thi aba­be­nge­thu­sam.

15 Wa­phe­la-ke umdu­li ngo­lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu kaE­lu­li nge­nsu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­mbi­lin.

16 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi zo­nke izi­tha ze­thu zi­si­zwa, la­zo zo­nke izi­zwe ezi­si­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo zi­bo­na, za­wa ka­khu­lu eme­hlwe­ni azoo; ngo­ba za­na­nze­le­la uku­thi lu­mse­be­nzi we­nzi­we ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thup.

17 Nja­lo nga­le­zo­nsu­ku izi­khu­lu za­ko­Ju­da za­ndi­sa incwa­di za­zo ezi­ya ku­To­bi­ya, le­zi­ka­To­bi­ya ze­za ku­zo.

18 Ngo­ba aba­ne­ngi ko­Ju­da ba­be­fu­ngi­le ku­yeq ngo­ba wa­ye­ngu­mkhwe­nya­na ka­She­ka­ni­ya indo­da­na kaA­rar, lo­Je­ho­ha­na­ni indo­da­na ya­khe wa­ye­the­the indo­da­ka­zi ka­Me­shu­la­mu indo­da­na ka­Be­re­ki­yas.

19 Nja­lo ba­be­khu­lu­ma ize­nzo za­khe ezi­nhle pha­mbi kwa­mi, la­ma­zwi ami be­wa­khu­phe­la ku­ye. UTo­bi­ya wa­thu­me­la incwa­di zo­ku­nge­thu­sa.

Uku­mi­swa kwa­ba­pha­thi be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

7Kwa­se­ku­si­thi umdu­li usu­wa­khi­we, se­ngi­mi­si­le izi­va­lo, aba­li­ndi ba­ma­sa­ngo la­ba­hla­be­le­li la­ma­Le­vi se­be­be­ki­wea,

2 nga­la­ya uHa­na­ni umfo­we­thub lo­Ha­na­ni­yac umbu­si we­nqa­ba ma­ye­la­na le­Je­ru­sa­le­mad, ngo­ba wa­ye­nje­ngo­mu­ntu othe­mbe­ki­le­yoe lo­we­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu okwe­dlu­la aba­ne­ngif.

3 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ki­bo: Ama­sa­ngo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ka­nga­vu­lwa li­ze li­tshi­se ila­nga; be­se­mi ka­ba­va­le izi­va­lo ba­nxi­be. Nja­lo umi­se aba­li­ndi ku­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo emli­ndwe­ni wa­khe, nja­lo ngu­lo­wo ma­qo­nda­na le­ndlu ya­khe.

4 Nja­lo umu­zi wa­wu­ba­nzi inhla­ngo­thi zo­mbi­li, umkhu­lu, ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­be­ba­lu­tshwa­na pha­ka­thi kwa­wo, izi­ndlu zi­nga­ka­khi­wa.

Ama­bi­zo aba­bu­ya eku­thu­njwe­ni

5 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi wa­se­ni­ka enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi uku­thi ngi­bu­tha­ni­se izi­khu­lu la­ba­bu­si la­ba­ntu uku­thi ba­bha­lwe nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na. Nga­se­ngi­tho­la ugwa­lo lwe­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­la­bo abe­nyu­ka ku­qa­la, nga­tho­la ku­bha­lwe ku­log:

6 La­ba nga­ba­ntwa­na be­sa­be­lo abe­nyu­ka be­ve­la eku­thu­njwe­ni kwa­ba­thu­nji­we­yo uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni aba­thu­mba­yo; ba­se­be­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma la­ko­Ju­da, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo emzi­ni wa­ki­bo,

7 aba­fi­ka lo­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­li, uJe­shu­wa, uNe­he­mi­ya, uA­za­ri­ya, uRa­ha­mi­ya, uNa­ha­ma­ni, uMo­de­kha­yi, uBi­li­sha­ni, uMi­si­pe­re­thi, uBi­gi­va­yi, uNe­hu­ma, uBa­ha­nah.

Ina­ni la­ma­do­da esi­zwe sa­koI­sra­ye­li:

8 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Pa­ro­shi: Izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li le­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­mbi­li.

9 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­She­fa­thi­ya: Ama­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­mbi­li.

10 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­ra: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­mbi­lii.

11 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Pa­ha­thi-Mo­wa­bi, ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Je­shu­wa lo­Jo­wa­bi: Izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li le­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lij.

12 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koE­la­mu: Inku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­ne.

13 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Za­thu: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­nuk.

14 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Za­ka­yi: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha.

15 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bi­nu­wi: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lil.

16 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Be­ba­yi: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lim.

17 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­zi­ga­di: Izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­lin.

18 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­do­ni­ka­mu: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha le­si­kho­mbi­sao.

19 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bi­gi­va­yi: Izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha le­si­kho­mbi­sap.

20 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­di­ni: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­nhla­nuq.

21 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­te­ri, ba­ko­He­ze­khi­ya: Ama­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li.

22 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­shu­ma: Ama­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lir.

23 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Be­za­yi: Ama­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nes.

24 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ri­fi: Ikhu­lu le­tshu­mi la­mbi­li.

25 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Gi­be­yo­ni: Ama­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­nhla­nu.

26 Ama­do­da eBhe­the­le­he­ma le­Ne­to­fa: Ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lit.

27 Ama­do­da eA­na­tho­thi: Ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li.

28 Ama­do­da eBe­ti-A­zi­ma­ve­thi: Ama­tshu­mi ama­ne la­mbi­li.

29 Ama­do­da eKi­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mi, iKe­fi­ra, le­Bhe­ro­thi: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nta­thu.

30 Ama­do­da eRa­ma le­Ge­ba: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nye.

31 Ama­do­da eMi­ki­ma­si: Ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li.

32 Ama­do­da eBhe­the­li leA­yi: Ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thuu.

33 Ama­do­da enye iNe­bo: Ama­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­mbi­liv.

34 Aba­ntwa­na be­nye iE­la­mu: Inku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­new.

35 Aba­ntwa­na be­Ha­ri­mi: Ama­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li.

36 Aba­ntwa­na be­Je­ri­ko: Ama­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­nu.

37 Aba­ntwa­na be­Lo­di, iHa­di­di, leO­no: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nyex.

38 Aba­ntwa­na be­Se­na­ha: Izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thuy.

39 Aba­pri­sti. Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Je­da­ya, be­ndlu ka­Je­shu­wa: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­nta­thu.

40 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­me­ri: Inku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­mbi­li.

41 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Pa­shu­ri: Inku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne le­si­kho­mbi­sa.

42 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ri­mi: Inku­lu­ngwa­ne le­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sa.

43 Ama­Le­vi. Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Je­shu­wa, ba­ko­Ka­di­mi­ye­li, ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ho­de­va: Ama­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ne.

44 Aba­hla­be­le­li. Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­sa­fi: Ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­liz.

45 Aba­li­ndi­ma­sa­ngo. Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Sha­lu­ma, aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­te­ri, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ta­li­mo­ni, aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­ku­bi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ti­ta, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Sho­ba­yi: Ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lia.

46 Ama­Ne­thi­ni. Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Zi­ha, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­su­fa, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ta­bha­wo­thib,

47 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ke­ro­si, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­ya, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Pa­do­ni,

48 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Le­ba­na, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ga­ba, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Sha­li­ma­yi,

49 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­na­ni, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Gi­de­li, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­ha­ri,

50 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Re­ya­ya, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Re­zi­ni, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ne­ko­da,

51 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­za­ma, aba­ntwa­na ba­koU­za, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Pha­se­ya,

52 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­sa­yi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Me­wu­ni­mi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ne­fu­she­si­mi,

53 aba­ntwa­na aba­ko­Ba­ki­bu­ki, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ku­fa, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ri­hu­ri,

54 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ba­zi­li­thi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Me­hi­da, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ri­sha,

55 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ba­rko­si, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­se­ra, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Tha­ma,

56 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ne­zi­ya, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ti­fa.

57 Aba­ntwa­na be­nce­ku zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni. Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­So­ta­yi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­So­fe­re­thi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Pe­ri­da,

58 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ja­ha­la, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Da­rko­ni, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Gi­de­li,

59 aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­She­fa­thi­ya, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­thi­li, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Po­ke­re­thi ka­Ha­ze­ba­yi­mi, aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni.

60 Wo­nke ama­Ne­thi­ni la­ba­ntwa­na be­nce­ku zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni: Ama­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­mbi­li.

61 La­ba nga­be­nyu­ka be­ve­la eTe­li-Me­la, iTe­li-Ha­ri­sha, iKe­ru­bi, iA­do­ni, leI­me­ri, ko­dwa ba­be­nge­la­ku­tshe­ngi­sa indlu ya­bo­yi­se le­nza­lo ya­bo, uba ba­ve­la koI­sra­ye­li yi­ni.

62 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­De­la­ya, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­To­bi­ya, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ne­ko­da: Ama­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­mbi­lic.

63 La­ku­ba­pri­sti: Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ba­ya, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ha­ko­zi, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ba­ri­zi­la­yi, owa­ye­the­the ema­do­da­ka­zi­ni ka­Ba­ri­zi­la­yi umGi­le­ya­di uku­ba ngu­mkakhe, wa­se­bi­zwa nge­bi­zo la­wo.

64 La­ba ba­di­nga uku­bha­lwa kwa­bo olu­hlwi­ni lwa­ba­bha­li­we­yo nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na, ko­dwa ka­ku­tho­la­ka­la­nga; ba­se­be­khu­tshwa ebu­pri­sti­ni nje­nga­ba­ngco­li­le­yo.

65 Umbu­si wa­se­si­thi ku­bo ba­nga­dli okwe­zi­ngcwe­le­ngcwe­le, ku­ze ku­su­ku­me umpri­sti oleU­ri­mi le­Thu­mi­mi.

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

67 nga­pha­ndle kwe­nce­ku za­bo le­nce­ku­ka­zi za­bo; le­zi za­zi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­kho­mbi­sa; nja­lo ba­be­la­ba­hla­be­le­li la­ba­hla­be­le­li­ka­zi aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­nud.

68 Ama­bhi­za abo, ama­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­thu­pha; imbo­ngo­lo za­bo, ama­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­nu;

69 ama­ka­me­la, ama­khu­lu ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nhla­nu; oba­bhe­mi, inku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­thu­pha la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li.

70 Ezi­nye-ke ze­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se za­ni­ke­la emse­be­nzi­ni. Umbu­si wa­ni­ke­la ko­ku­li­gu­gu inhla­mvu ze­go­li­de ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­nee, imi­ga­nu yo­ku­fa­fa­za enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nuf, izi­gqo­ko za­ba­pri­sti ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu.

71 Lezi­nye ze­zi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se za­ni­ke­la ko­ku­li­gu­gu ko­mse­be­nzi inhla­mvu ze­go­li­de ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ma­ma­ne* esi­li­va azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu le­tshu­mig.

72 La­lo­kho aba­se­le­yo ba­ba­ntu aba­ku­ni­ke­la­yo kwa­ku­zi­nhla­mvu ze­go­li­de ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ma­ma­ne* esi­li­va azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu le­zi­gqo­ko za­ba­pri­sti ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha le­si­kho­mbi­sah.

73 Aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi la­ba­li­ndi­ma­sa­ngo la­ba­hla­be­le­li laba­nye ba­ba­ntu la­ma­Ne­thi­ni loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ba­se­be­hla­la emi­zi­ni ya­bo.

Kwa­thi inya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sa isi­fi­ki­le, aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­be­se­mi­zi­ni ya­boi.

UE­zra ufu­nde­la aba­ntu umla­yo

8Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­bu­tha­na nje­nga­mu­ntu mu­nyea egce­ke­ni eli­pha­mbi kwe­sa­ngo la­ma­nzib; ba­khu­lu­ma kuE­zra umbha­li uku­le­tha ugwa­lo lo­mla­yo ka­Mo­zi­si, iNko­si eya­yi­wu­la­ye uI­sra­ye­lic.

2 UE­zra umpri­sti wa­se­wu­le­tha umla­yo pha­mbi kwe­ba­ndla, ku­su­ke­la ko­we­si­li­sa ku­si­ya ko­we­si­fa­za­nad, la­ye wo­nke owa­qe­di­si­sa uku­zwa, ngo­su­ku lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sae.

3 Wa­se­ba­la ku­wo pha­mbi kwe­gce­kef eli­pha­mbi kwe­sa­ngo la­ma­nzi ku­su­ke­la ema­da­bu­ka­ku­sa kwa­ze kwa­ba se­mi­ni enku­lu, pha­mbi kwa­be­si­li­sa la­be­si­fa­za­na la­ba­qe­di­si­sa­yo; le­ndle­be za­bo bo­nke aba­ntu za­zi­nga­se­gwa­lwe­ni lo­mla­yog.

4 UE­zra umbha­li wa­se­si­ma phe­zu kwe­nda­wo epha­ke­me­yo ya­ma­pu­la­nka aba­be­ye­nze­le lo­lu­da­ba. Le­ce­le­ni kwa­khe kwa­ku­mi oMa­thi­thi­ya lo­She­mah loA­na­yai loU­ri­yaj lo­Hi­li­khi­ya lo­Ma­ha­se­ya nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­khek; la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo sa­khe oPhe­da­ya, lo­Mi­sha­ye­li, lo­Ma­li­ki­yal, lo­Ha­shu­mam, lo­Ha­shi­ba­da­na, uZe­kha­ri­yan, uMe­shu­la­muo.

5 UE­zra wa­se­vu­la ugwa­lo pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abo bo­nke aba­ntu; ngo­ba wa­ye­nga­phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu bo­nkep; la­pho elu­vu­la, bo­nke aba­ntu ba­su­ku­ma.

6 UE­zra wa­se­yi­bu­si­sa iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu omkhu­luq. Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ba­thi: Ame­ni, ame­nir, ngo­ku­pha­ka­mi­sa iza­ndla za­bos; ba­se­be­kho­tha­ma, ba­yi­kho­nza iNko­si ngo­bu­so emhla­ba­thi­nit.

7 OJe­shu­wau, lo­Ba­niv, lo­She­re­bi­yaw, uJa­mi­ni, uA­ku­bi, uSha­be­tha­yix, uHo­di­yay, uMa­ha­se­yaz, uKe­li­taa, uA­za­ri­yab, uJo­za­ba­dic, uHa­na­nid, uPe­la­yae, la­ma­Le­vi ba­se­be­se­nza aba­ntu ba­qe­di­si­se umla­yof, aba­ntu be­se­nda­we­ni ya­bog.

8 Ba­se­be­ba­la egwa­lwe­ni, emla­ywe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngo­ku­ca­ci­le­yo, be­cha­si­sa, bebe­nza ba­zwi­si­se eku­ba­le­nih.

9 UNe­he­mi­ya owa­ye­ngu­mbu­si, lo­mpri­sti uE­zra umbha­li, la­ma­Le­vi aye­fu­ndi­sa aba­ntui, ba­se­be­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni bo­nke: Lo­lu­su­ku lu­ngcwe­le eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nuj; li­nga­li­li nja­lo li­nga­kha­li inye­mbe­zi. Ngo­ba bo­nke aba­ntu ba­kha­la inye­mbe­zi la­pho be­si­zwa ama­zwi omla­yok.

10 Wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Ha­mba­ni, li­dle oku­no­ni­le­yo, li­na­the oku­mna­ndi, li­thu­me­le iza­be­lo ko­nga­lu­ngi­se­lwa­nga lu­tho; ngo­ba lo­lu­su­ku lu­ngcwe­le eNko­si­ni ye­thu, nja­lo li­nga­da­bu­ki, ngo­ba into­ko­zo ye­Nko­si inga­ma­ndla enu.

11 Ama­Le­vi ase­ba­thu­li­sa bo­nke aba­ntu esi­thi: Thu­la­ni, ngo­ba lo­lu­su­ku lu­ngcwe­le, li­nga­da­bu­ki.

12 Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­ha­mba ukuya­ku­dla, lo­ku­na­tha, lo­ku­thu­me­la iza­be­lol, lo­kwe­nza into­ko­zo enku­lu, ngo­ba ba­be­wa­qe­di­si­si­le ama­zwi aba­be­ba­zi­se wo­nam.

13 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­bi­li kwa­bu­tha­na inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se za­bo bo­nke aba­ntu, aba­pri­sti, la­ma­Le­vi, kuE­zra umbha­lin, uku­ze ba­qe­di­si­se ama­zwi omla­yo.

14 Ba­se­be­tho­la ku­bha­li­we emla­ywe­ni iNko­si eya­yi­wu­la­yi­le nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si uku­thi aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­hla­le ema­du­mbe­ni ngo­mkho­si nge­nya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sao,

15 lo­ku­thi ba­zwa­ka­li­se be­dlu­li­se isi­me­me­ze­lo ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi ya­bop la­se­Je­ru­sa­le­maq be­si­thi: Phu­me­la­ni enta­be­ni li­le­the inga­tsha ze­zi­hla­hla ze­mi­hlwa­thi, le­nga­tsha ze­zi­hla­hla za­ma­fu­tha, le­nga­tsha ze­zi­hla­hla za­ma­mi­te­li*r, le­nga­tsha za­ma­la­las, le­nga­tsha ze­zi­hla­hla ezi­la­ma­hla­mvu ami­nye­ne­yo, ukwe­nza ama­du­mba, nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yot.

16 Ba­se­be­phu­ma aba­ntu, ba­zi­le­tha, ba­ze­nze­la ama­du­mba, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo epha­hle­ni lwa­khe, le­ma­gu­me­ni abo, le­ma­gu­me­ni endlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu, le­gce­ke­ni le­sa­ngo la­ma­nziv, le­gce­ke­ni le­sa­ngo la­koE­fra­yi­miw.

17 Iba­ndla lo­nke la­la­bo aba­be­bu­yi­le eku­thu­njwe­ni ba­se­be­se­nza ama­du­mba, ba­hla­la ema­du­mbe­ni. Ngo­ba ku­su­ke­la ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni kwa­ze kwa­ba yi­lo­lo­su­ku aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­be­nge­nza­nga nja­lox. Kwa­se­ku­si­ba le­nto­ko­zo enku­lu ka­khu­luy.

18 Nja­lo usu­ku ngo­su­ku ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni lo­ku­qa­la kwa­ze kwa­ba lu­su­ku lo­ku­ci­na wa­ba­la egwa­lwe­ni lo­mla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Ba­we­nza-ke umkho­si insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa; kwa­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li kwa­ba le­nhla­nga­no enzu­lu, nje­nge­si­mi­soz.

UE­zra uya­ku­vu­ma uko­na kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li

9Ngo­su­ku lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne lwa­le­yo­nya­ngaa aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­bu­tha­na ngo­ku­zi­la uku­dlab, la­nga­ma­sa­kac, le­nhla­ba­thi phe­zu kwa­bod.

2 Inza­lo ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­ze­hlu­ka­ni­sa la­bo bo­nke abe­zi­zwe­ni; ba­se­be­si­ma ba­vu­ma izo­no za­bo lo­bu­bi ba­bo­yi­see.

3 Ba­se­be­su­ku­ma enda­we­ni ya­bo yo­ku­maf, ba­fu­nda egwa­lwe­ni lo­mla­yo we­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo ingxe­nye ye­si­ne yo­su­ku; nja­lo nge­ngxe­nye ye­si­ne ba­vu­ma fu­thi ba­kho­nza iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bog.

4 Le­zi­khwe­lwe­ni za­ma­Le­vi kwa­ku­mi oJe­shu­wah, lo­Ba­nii, uKa­di­mi­ye­lij, uShe­ba­ni­yak, uBu­nil, uShe­re­bi­yam, uBa­nin, uKe­na­ni; ba­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo.

5 Ama­Le­vi, oJe­shu­wao, lo­Ka­di­mi­ye­lip, uBa­niq, uHa­sha­bi­ne­yar, uShe­re­bi­yas, uHo­di­yat, uShe­ba­ni­yau, uPe­tha­hi­yav ba­se­be­si­thi: Su­ku­ma­ni li­bu­si­se iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ku­su­ke­la epha­ka­de­ni ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni; ka­li­bu­si­swe ibi­zo la­kho eli­lo­du­mo eli­pha­ka­nyi­swe phe­zu kwa­so so­nke isi­bu­si­so le­ndu­mi­sow.

6 Ngu­we oyi­Nko­si we­na we­dwax, we­na we­nza ama­zu­luy, izu­lu la­ma­zu­luz la­lo lo­nke ibu­tho la­wo, umhla­ba la­kho ko­nke oku­ku­wo, izi­nlwa­ndle la­kho ko­nke oku­ku­zoa, we­na uya­gci­na ko­nke ku­phi­la; le­bu­tho la­ma­zu­lu li­ya­ku­kho­nzab.

7 We­na uyi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu, owa­khe­tha uA­bra­ma wa­mkhu­pha eU­ri ya­ma­Kha­la­di­yac, we­nza ibi­zo la­khe la­ba nguA­bra­ha­mad;

8 wa­fi­ca inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ithe­mbe­ki­le pha­mbi kwa­khoe, we­nza la­ye isi­vu­me­lwa­nof so­ku­ni­ka ili­zwe la­ma­Kha­na­ni, ama­He­thi, amaA­mo­ri, la­ma­Pe­ri­zi, la­ma­Je­bu­si, la­ma­Gi­ri­ga­shi, uku­li­ni­ka inza­lo ya­kheg; uwa­mi­si­le ama­zwi akho, ngo­ba ulu­ngi­leh.

9 Wa­bo­na uku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­bo­ba­ba eGi­bhi­thei, we­zwa uku­kha­la kwa­bo nga­so­Lwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvuj,

10 we­nza izi­bo­na­ka­li­so le­zi­ma­nga­li­so ku­Fa­ro la­ku­zo zo­nke ince­ku za­khe la­ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­li­zwe la­khek, ngo­ba wa­zi uku­thi ba­zi­pha­tha ngo­ku­zi­gqa­ja ku­bol; nja­lo wa­ze­nze­la ibi­zo nje­nga­la­mu­hlam.

11 We­hlu­ka­ni­sa ulwa­ndle pha­mbi kwa­bo uku­ze ba­cha­phe pha­ka­thi ko­lwa­ndle emhla­ba­thi­ni owo­mi­le­yon; wa­su­pho­se­la aba­ba­xo­tsha­yo ezi­nzi­ki­ni nje­nge­li­tshe ema­nzi­ni ala­ma­ndlao.

12 Wa­su­ba­kho­khe­la nge­nsi­ka ye­ye­zi emi­ni la­nge­nsi­ka yo­mli­lo ebu­su­ku uku­ba­kha­nyi­se­la indle­la aba­za­ha­mba nga­yop.

13 We­hle­la phe­zu kwe­nta­ba ye­Si­na­yi, wa­khu­lu­ma la­bo use­ma­zu­lwi­niq, wa­ba­ni­ka iza­hlu­le­lo ezi­qo­ndi­le­yo, le­mi­la­yo eqo­tho, izi­mi­so le­mi­la­ye­ze­lo elu­ngi­le­yor,

14 wa­ba­zi­sa isa­ba­tha la­kho eli­ngcwe­le, wa­ba­la­ya imi­la­yo, le­zi­mi­so, lo­mthe­tho, nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si ince­ku ya­khos.

15 Wa­ba­ni­ka isi­nkwa esi­ve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni eku­la­mbe­ni kwa­bot, la­ma­nzi edwa­le­ni wa­ba­khu­phe­la wo­na eko­me­ni kwa­bou; wa­ba­tshe­la uku­thi ba­za­nge­na ba­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe owa­pha­ka­mi­sa isa­ndla sa­kho uku­ba­ni­ka lo­nav.

16 Ko­dwa bo­na la­bo­ba­ba ba­zi­pha­tha ngo­ku­zi­gqa­jaw, be­nza lu­khu­ni inta­mo ya­bo, ka­ba­yi­la­le­la­nga imi­la­yo ya­khox.

17 Ye­bo, ba­la uku­la­le­la, ka­ba­khu­mbu­la­nga izi­ma­nga­li­so za­kho owa­ze­nza ku­boy; ko­dwa ba­ze­nza lu­khu­ni inta­mo ya­boz, le­ku­vu­ke­le­ni kwa­bo ba­mi­sa indu­na uku­ze ba­bu­ye­le ebu­gqi­li­ni ba­boa. Ko­dwa we­na ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­zi­nte­the­le­lo, olo­mu­sa, le­si­ha­wub, ophu­za uku­thu­ku­the­lac, lo­wa­nde ngo­tha­ndo, ka­wu­ba­tshi­ya­ngad.

18 La­la­pho se­be­ze­nze­le itho­le eli­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa ba­thi: Lo ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, owa­kwe­nyu­sa eGi­bhi­thee, be­nza uku­hla­mba­za oku­khu­luf,

19 ko­dwa we­na nge­zi­ha­wu za­kho ezi­ne­ngi ka­wu­ba­tshi­ya­nga enka­nga­lag; insi­ka ye­ye­zi ka­yi­su­ka­nga ku­bo emi­ni, uku­ba­kho­khe­la endle­le­ni, le­nsi­ka yo­mli­lo ebu­su­ku, uku­ba­kha­nyi­se­la le­ndle­la aba­za­ha­mba nga­yoh.

20 Wa­ba­ni­ka umo­ya wa­kho omu­hle uku­ba­fu­ndi­sai, le­ma­na ya­kho ka­wu­yi­go­dla­nga emlo­nye­ni wa­boj, wa­ba­ni­ka ama­nzi eko­me­ni kwa­bok.

21 Ye­bo, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne wa­bo­ndla enka­nga­la, ka­ba­swe­la­nga lu­thol; izi­gqo­ko za­bo ka­zi­gu­ga­nga, le­nya­wo za­bo ka­zi­vu­vu­ka­ngam.

22 Wa­se­ba­ni­ka imi­bu­so le­zi­zwe, wa­ba­be­la kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ma­gu­mbi­nin; nja­lo ba­dla ili­fa le­li­zwe li­ka­Si­ho­nio le­li­zwe le­nko­si ye­He­shi­bo­nip le­li­zwe li­kaO­gi inko­si ye­Ba­sha­niq.

23 Wa­ndi­sa aba­ntwa­na ba­bo nje­nge­nka­nye­zi za­ma­zu­lu, wa­ba­nge­ni­sa eli­zwe­ni owa­wu­tshe­le oyi­se uku­thi ba­za­nge­na ba­dle ili­fa la­lor.

24 Se­be­nge­ni­le aba­ntwa­na ba­bo ba­dla ili­fa le­li­zwes; we­hli­se­la pha­nsi pha­mbi kwa­bo aba­hla­li be­li­zwe, ama­Kha­na­ni, wa­ba­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­bo, la­ma­kho­si abo, la­ba­ntu be­li­zwe, uku­ze be­nze nga­bo ngo­kwe­nta­ndo ya­bot.

25 Ba­se­be­thu­mba imi­zi ebi­ye­lwe­yo, le­li­zwe eli­vu­ndi­le­you, ba­dla ili­fa le­zi­ndlu ezi­gcwe­le ko­nke oku­hle, imi­tho­mbo ege­ji­we­yo, izi­vi­ni, le­zi­va­nde ze­mi­hlwa­thi, le­zi­hla­hla ze­zi­the­lo ngo­bu­ne­ngiv. Ba­dla-ke ba­su­tha, ba­zi­mu­kaw, ba­zi­tho­ko­zi­sa ngo­ku­hle kwa­kho oku­khu­lux.

26 Ku­be ka­nti ka­ba­la­le­la­nga, ba­ku­vu­ke­la we­nay, ba­wu­pho­se­la umla­yo wa­kho emva ko­mhla­na wa­boz, ba­bu­la­la aba­pro­fe­thi ba­kho aba­fa­ka­za be­me­le­ne la­bo uku­ba­phe­ndu­le­la ku­wea, be­nza uku­hla­mba­za oku­khu­lub.

27 Nga­kho wa­ba­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha za­bo eza­ba­hlu­pha­yoc; kwa­thi nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­bo ba­kha­la ku­we, we­na-ke we­zwa use­ma­zu­lwi­ni; la­ngo­kwe­zi­sa za­kho ezi­ne­ngid wa­ba­ni­ka aba­si­ndi­si aba­ba­si­ndi­sa esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha za­boe.

28 Ko­dwa se­be­phu­mu­li­le be­nza oku­bi fu­thi pha­mbi kwa­kho; nga­kho wa­ba­tshi­ya esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha za­bo za­ze za­ba­bu­sa; se­be­bu­yi­le ba­kha­la ku­we, we­na we­zwa use­ma­zu­lwi­nif; wa­ba­khu­lu­la ngo­kwe­zi­sa za­kho izi­kha­thi ezi­ne­ngig.

29 Wa­fa­ka­za ume­le­ne la­bo uku­ze ube­nze ba­bu­ye­le emla­ywe­ni wa­kho; ku­be ka­nti bo­na ba­zi­pha­tha ngo­ku­zi­gqa­ja, ka­ba­yi­la­le­la­nga imi­la­yo ya­khoh, ko­dwa be­me­le­ne le­za­hlu­le­lo za­kho bo­na be­me­le­ne la­zo (o­ku­thi umu­ntu eze­nza uza­phi­la nga­zoi), ba­ni­ka ihlo­mbe lo­bu­qho­lo, be­nza lu­khu­ni inta­mo ya­bo, ka­ba­ze ba­la­le­laj.

30 Wa­ba­be­ke­ze­le­la1 imi­nya­ka emi­ne­ngi, wa­fa­ka­za ume­le­ne la­bo ngo­mo­ya wa­khok nge­sa­ndla sa­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­kho, ko­dwa ka­ba­be­ka­nga indle­bel. Nga­kho wa­ba­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­ba­ntu be­zi­zwem.

31 Ka­nti nge­zi­sa za­kho ezi­ne­ngin ka­wu­ba­qe­da­nga, ka­wu­ba­tshi­ya­ngao; ngo­ba ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu olo­mu­sap le­si­ha­wuq.

32 Nga­kho kha­the­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, uNku­lu­nku­lu omkhu­lu, ola­ma­ndla lo­we­sa­be­ka­yor, ogci­na isi­vu­me­lwa­no lo­mu­sas, ka­ku­nga­bi ku­nci­nya­ne pha­mbi kwa­kho uku­hlu­phe­ka ko­nke, oku­si­fi­ci­le­yo, ama­kho­si ethu, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­thu, la­ba­pri­sti be­thu, la­ba­pro­fe­thi be­thu, la­bo­ba­ba, la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­kho, ku­su­ke­la ensu­kwi­ni za­ma­kho­si eA­si­ri­ya ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlat.

33 Ko­dwa ubu­lu­ngi­le ma­ye­la­na la­kho ko­nke oku­se­hle­le­yo, ngo­ba we­nzi­le ngo­ku­qo­ndau, ko­dwa thi­na se­nze ngo­bu­biv.

34 La­ma­kho­si ethu, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­thu, aba­pri­sti be­thu, la­bo­ba­ba be­thu ka­ba­we­nza­nga umla­yo wa­kho, ka­ba­la­le­la­nga imi­the­tho ya­kho le­zi­fa­ka­ze­lo za­kho owa­zi­fa­ka­za ume­le­ne la­bo.

35 Ngo­ba bo­na ka­ba­ku­kho­nza­nga embu­swe­ni wa­bow le­ku­lu­nge­ni kwa­kho oku­ne­ngi owa­ba­ni­ka kho­nax le­ma­zwe­ni aba­nzi la­vu­ndi­le­yo owa­wa­be­ka pha­mbi kwa­bo; nja­lo ka­ba­phe­ndu­ka­nga eze­nzwe­ni za­bo ezi­mbiy.

36 Kha­nge­la, si­yi­zi­gqi­li la­mu­hla, ye­bo, ili­zwe owa­li­ni­ka oba­ba uku­thi ba­dle isi­the­lo sa­lo lo­ku­hle kwa­lo, kha­nge­la, si­yi­zi­gqi­li ku­loz.

37 Nja­lo isi­vu­no sa­lo li­sa­ndi­se­la ama­kho­si owa­be­ke phe­zu kwe­thu nge­nxa ye­zo­no ze­thu; nja­lo abu­sa phe­zu kwe­mi­zi­mba ye­thu la­phe­zu kwe­zi­fu­yo ze­thu ngo­kwe­nta­ndo ya­wo; se­si­se­si­zi­ni olu­khu­lua.

38 La­nge­nxa ya­kho ko­nke lo­khu se­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­qi­ni­le­yo, si­si­bha­la; izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­thu, ama­Le­vi ethu, aba­pri­sti be­thu, ba­se­be­fa­ka upha­wu phe­zu kwa­sob.

10Eku­fa­ke­ni-ke upha­wu kwa­ku­lo­Ne­he­mi­ya umbu­si indo­da­na ka­Ha­ka­li­yaa, lo­Ze­de­khi­ya,

2 uSe­ra­yab, uA­za­ri­yac, uJe­re­mi­yad,

3 uPa­shu­rie, uA­ma­ri­ya, uMa­li­ki­yaf,

4 uHa­thu­shig, uShe­ba­ni­ya, uMa­lu­ki,

5 uHa­ri­mih, uMe­re­mo­thi, uO­bha­di­yai,

6 uDa­ni­ye­lij, uGi­ne­tho­nik, uBha­ru­khil,

7 uMe­shu­la­mu, uA­bhi­yam, uMi­ja­mi­nin,

8 uMa­ha­zi­ya, uBi­li­ga­yio, uShe­ma­yap; la­ba ba­be­nga­ba­pri­sti.

9 La­ma­Le­vi: Ngi­tsho uJe­shu­wa indo­da­na kaA­za­ni­yaq, uBi­nu­wir wa­ma­do­da­na ka­He­na­da­dis, uKa­di­mi­ye­lit,

10 la­ba­fo­wa­bo, oShe­ba­ni­yau, uHo­di­yav, uKe­li­taw, uPe­la­yax, uHa­na­niy,

11 uMi­ka, uRe­ho­biz, uHa­sha­bhi­yaa,

12 uZa­ku­rib, uShe­re­bi­yac, uShe­ba­ni­yad,

13 uHo­di­yae, uBa­nif, uBe­ni­nu.

14 Inhlo­ko za­ba­ntu: OPa­ro­shig, uPa­ha­thi-Mo­wa­bih, uE­la­mui, uZa­thuj, uBa­nik,

15 uBu­nil, uA­zi­ga­dim, uBe­ba­yin,

16 uA­do­ni­ja, uBi­gi­va­yio, uA­di­nip,

17 uA­te­riq, uHe­ze­khi­yar, uA­zu­ri,

18 uHo­di­ya, uHa­shu­mas, uBe­za­yit,

19 uHa­ra­fi, uA­na­tho­thi, uNe­ba­yiu,

20 uMa­gi­pi­ya­shiv, uMe­shu­la­mu, uHe­zi­riw,

21 uMe­she­za­be­lix, uZa­do­ki, uJa­du­way,

22 uPe­la­ti­ya, uHa­na­niz, uA­na­yaa,

23 uHo­she­ya, uHa­na­ni­yab, uHa­shu­bic,

24 uHa­lo­he­shi, uPi­li­ha, uSho­be­kid,

25 uRe­hu­mae, uHa­sha­bi­naf, uMa­ha­se­yag,

26 uA­hi­ya, uHa­na­ni, uA­na­nih,

27 uMa­lu­kii, uHa­ri­mij, uBa­ha­nak.

28 La­ba­ntu aba­se­le­yo, aba­pri­sti, ama­Le­vil, aba­li­ndi­ma­sa­ngo, aba­hla­be­le­li, ama­Ne­thi­ni, la­bo bo­nke aba­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se la­ba­ntu ba­ma­zwe ba­ya emla­ywe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, omka­bo, ama­do­da­na abo, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi abo, wo­nke owa­zi­yo, oqe­di­si­sa­yom,

29 ba­ba­mbe­le­la ku­ba­fo­wa­bo, izi­khu­lu za­bo, ba­nge­na ku­si­qa­le­ki­so le­si­fu­ngon so­ku­ha­mba emla­ywe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu owa­ni­kwa nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­sio ince­ku ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup, lo­ku­yi­gci­na lo­ku­ye­nza yo­nke imi­la­yo ka­Je­ho­va iNko­si ye­thu, le­za­hlu­le­lo za­yo le­zi­mi­so za­yo.

30 Lo­ku­thi ka­si­yi­ku­ni­ka ama­do­da­ka­zi ethu eba­ntwi­ni be­li­zwe lo­ba si­nga­tha­the­li ama­do­da­na ethu ama­do­da­ka­zi aboq.

31 Uba aba­ntu be­li­zwe be­le­tha izi­mpa­hla lo­ba yi­wa­phi ama­be­le uku­ku­the­ngi­sa ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha, ka­si­yi­ku­the­nga ki­bo nge­sa­ba­tha la­ngo­su­ku olu­ngcwe­ler. Nja­lo si­za­ye­ke­la umnya­ka we­si­kho­mbi­sas, le­si­kwe­le­de so­nke1t.

32 Fu­thi si­za­zi­mi­se­la imi­la­yo yo­ku­be­ka phe­zu kwe­thu ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ye­she­ke­li* emnya­ke­ni ibe nge­yo­mse­be­nzi we­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu,

33 eye­si­nkwa so­ku­bu­ki­swau, le­yo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla we­nsu­ku zo­nkev, le­yo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­nsu­ku zo­nkew, eya­ma­sa­ba­tha, eyo­ku­thwa­sa kwe­zi­nya­ngax, eye­mi­kho­si emi­si­we­yoy, le­ye­zi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le, le­ye­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­so­no ukwe­nze­la uI­sra­ye­li inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la, lo­mse­be­nzi wo­nke we­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thuz.

34 Sa­se­si­se­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­saa ma­ye­la­na lo­mni­ke­lo we­nku­nib, aba­pri­sti, ama­Le­vi, la­ba­ntu, uku­zi­le­tha endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, ngo­kwe­ndlu ya­bo­ba­ba, nge­zi­kha­thi ezi­mi­si­we­yo umnya­ka ngo­mnya­kac, zi­tshi­swe phe­zu kwe­la­thi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yo emla­ywe­nid.

35 Lo­ku­le­tha izi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­la zo­mhla­ba­thi we­thu le­zi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­la ze­si­the­lo so­nke se­si­hla­hla so­nke umnya­ka ngo­mnya­ka endli­ni ye­Nko­sie;

36 lo­ku­le­tha ama­zi­bu­lo ama­do­da­na ethu la­we­zi­fu­yo ze­thu, nje­ngo­ku­bha­lwe emla­ywe­nif, la­ma­zi­bu­lo ezi­nko­mo ze­thu la­we­zi­mvu ze­thu, endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, ku­ba­pri­sti aba­se­be­nza endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu;

37 lo­ko­ku­qa­lag kwe­nhla­ma ye­thu, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­thu, le­zi­the­lo ze­zi­hla­hla zo­nke, iwa­yi­ni eli­tsha, la­ma­fu­tha, si­ku­le­the ku­ba­pri­stih ema­ka­me­lwe­ni endlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thui, lo­kwe­tshu­mi ko­mhla­ba­thi we­thu ku­ma­Le­vi, uku­ze la­wo­ma­Le­vi emu­ke­le okwe­tshu­mi ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi yo­mse­be­nzi we­thuj.

38 Umpri­sti-ke indo­da­na kaA­ro­ni uza­ku­ba ka­nye la­ma­Le­vi la­pho ama­Le­vi ese­mu­ke­la okwe­tshu­mi. La­ma­Le­vi aza­kwe­nyu­sa okwe­tshu­mi ko­kwe­tshu­mi endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thuk ema­ka­me­lwe­ni endlul yo­ku­li­gu­gum.

39 Ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ma­Le­vi ba­za­le­tha umni­ke­lo wa­ma­be­len, iwa­yi­ni eli­tsha, la­ma­fu­thao, ema­ka­me­lwe­nip, ngo­ba la­pho ku­le­zi­tsha ze­nda­wo engcwe­le la­ba­pri­sti aba­se­be­nza­yo la­ba­li­ndi­ma­sa­ngo la­ba­hla­be­le­li. Nja­lo ka­si­yi­ku­yi­tshi­ya indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thuq.

Aba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

11Nga­kho aba­bu­si ba­ba­ntu ba­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­maa; aba­ntu aba­se­le­yo ba­se­be­se­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sa uku­ze ba­le­the oye­dwa kwa­ba­li­tshu­mi uku­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mab umu­zi ongcwe­lec, le­ngxe­nye ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye kwe­mi­nye imi­zi.

2 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­bu­si­sa wo­nke ama­do­da azi­ni­ke­la nge­si­hle ukuya­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mad.

3 Le­zi-ke zi­nhlo­ko ze­sa­be­lo eza­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Ko­dwa emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­da ba­hla­la, ngu­lo­wo ku­mfu­yo ya­khe, emi­zi­ni ya­bo: UI­sra­ye­li, aba­pri­sti, la­ma­Le­vi, la­ma­Ne­thi­nie, la­ba­ntwa­na be­nce­ku zi­ka­So­lo­mo­nif.

4 EJe­ru­sa­le­mag kwa­hla­la-ke aba­nye ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da la­ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni. Eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Ju­da: OA­tha­ya indo­da­na kaU­zi­ya indo­da­na ka­Ze­kha­ri­ya indo­da­na kaA­ma­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­She­fa­thi­ya indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­la­le­li, owa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Pe­re­zi,

5 lo­Ma­ha­se­ya indo­da­na ka­Bha­ru­khih indo­da­na ka­Ko­li­ho­zei indo­da­na ka­Ha­za­ya indo­da­na kaA­da­ya indo­da­na ka­Jo­ya­ri­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­kha­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Shi­lo­nij.

6 Wo­nke ama­do­da­na ka­Pe­re­zi aye­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma aye­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, ama­do­da ala­ma­ndla.

7 La­la nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Bhe­nja­mi­ni: USa­lu indo­da­na ka­Me­shu­la­mu indo­da­na ka­Jo­we­di indo­da­na ka­Phe­da­ya indo­da­na ka­Ko­la­ya indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­se­ya indo­da­na kaI­thi­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Je­sha­yak,

8 la­nge­mva kwa­khe oGa­ba­yi, uSa­la­yi, ama­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lil.

9 Lo­Jo­we­li indo­da­na ka­Zi­ki­ri wa­ye­ngu­mbo­ni phe­zu kwa­bo, lo­Ju­da indo­da­na ka­Ha­se­nu­wa engo­we­si­bi­li phe­zu ko­mu­zi.

10 Ku­ba­pri­stim: OJe­da­yan indo­da­na ka­Jo­ya­ri­bi, uJa­ki­nio,

11 uSe­ra­ya indo­da­na ka­Hi­li­khi­ya indo­da­na ka­Me­shu­la­mu indo­da­na ka­Za­do­ki indo­da­na ka­Me­ra­yo­thi indo­da­na kaA­hi­tu­bi, umpha­thi we­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup,

12 la­ba­fo­wa­bo aba­be­se­nza umse­be­nzi we­ndlu ba­be­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li; loA­da­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ro­ha­muq indo­da­na ka­Pe­la­li­ya indo­da­na kaA­mzi indo­da­na ka­Ze­kha­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Pa­shu­ri indo­da­na ka­Ma­li­ki­yar,

13 la­ba­fo­wa­bo, inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se, ba­be­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­mbi­li; loA­ma­sha­yi indo­da­na kaA­za­re­li indo­da­na kaA­hi­za­yi indo­da­na ka­Me­shi­le­mo­thi indo­da­na kaI­me­ris,

14 la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla, ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li; lo­mbo­ni phe­zu kwa­bo wa­ye­ngu­Za­bi­di­ye­li indo­da­na yomu­nye wa­ba­khu­lu.

15 La­ku­ma­Le­vit: OShe­ma­ya indo­da­na ka­Ha­shu­bi indo­da­na kaA­zi­ri­ka­mu indo­da­na ka­Ha­sha­bhi­ya indo­da­na ka­Bu­niu;

16 lo­Sha­be­tha­yiv lo­Jo­za­ba­diw be­zi­nhlo­ko za­ma­Le­vi ba­be­phe­zu ko­mse­be­nzi wa­nga­pha­ndle kwe­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lux;

17 lo­Ma­tha­ni­yay indo­da­na ka­Mi­kaz indo­da­na ka­Za­bi­dia indo­da­na kaA­sa­fi owa­ye­yi­nhlo­ko yo­ku­qa­li­sa uku­bo­nga emkhu­le­kwe­nib; lo­Ba­ki­bu­ki­ya owe­si­bi­li ku­ba­fo­wa­boc; loA­bi­da indo­da­na ka­Sha­mu­wade indo­da­na ka­Ga­la­li indo­da­na ka­Je­du­thu­ni.

18 Wo­nke ama­Le­vi emzi­ni ongcwe­le aye­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­nef.

19 La­ba­li­ndi­ma­sa­ngo, oA­ku­bi, uTa­li­mo­ni, la­ba­fo­wa­bo aba­be­li­nda ama­sa­ngo ba­be­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­mbi­li.

20 Le­nsa­li ya­koI­sra­ye­li, aba­ba­pri­sti, ama­Le­vi, ba­be­se­mi­zi­ni yo­nke ya­ko­Ju­da, ngu­lo­wo eli­fe­ni la­kheg.

21 La­ma­Ne­thi­ni aye­hla­la eO­fe­lih; lo­Zi­ha lo­Gi­shi­pa ba­be­phe­zu kwa­ma­Ne­thi­nii.

22 Nja­lo umbo­ni wa­ma­Le­vi eJe­ru­sa­le­ma wa­ye­nguU­zi indo­da­na ka­Ba­nij indo­da­na ka­Ha­sha­bhi­ya indo­da­na ka­Ma­tha­ni­yak indo­da­na ka­Mi­kal. Owa­ma­do­da­na kaA­sa­fi, aba­hla­be­le­li ba­be­qo­nde­ne lo­mse­be­nzi we­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

23 Ngo­ba kwa­ku­ngu­mla­yo we­nko­si nga­bom, nje­ngo­ku­fu­ne­ka­yo ku­ba­hla­be­le­li, uda­ba lo­su­ku ngo­su­ku lwa­lon.

24 Nja­lo uPe­tha­hi­ya indo­da­na ka­Me­she­za­be­lio, owa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ze­ra indo­da­na ka­Ju­da, wa­ye­se­sa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ku­lo lo­nke uda­ba lwa­ba­ntup.

25 Le­mi­za­ne­ni la­ma­si­mu ayo, kwa­hla­la aba­nye ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da eKi­ri­ya­thi-A­rbaq le­mi­za­na ya­yor, la­se­Di­bo­nis le­mi­za­na ya­yot, la­se­Je­ka­bi­se­ye­li le­mi­za­na ya­you,

26 la­se­Je­shu­wa, la­se­Mo­la­dav, la­se­Be­ti-Pe­le­tiw,

27 la­se­Ha­za­ri-Shu­wa­lix, la­se­Bhe­ri­she­bhay le­mi­za­na ya­yoz,

28 la­se­Zi­ki­la­gia, la­se­Me­ko­na le­mi­za­ne­ni ya­yob,

29 la­seE­ni-Ri­mo­nic, la­se­Zo­rad, la­se­Ja­ri­mu­thie,

30 iZa­no­waf, iA­du­la­mug le­mi­za­na ya­yo, iLa­ki­shi la­ma­si­mu ayoh, iA­ze­kai le­mi­za­na ya­yoj. Ba­se­be­mi­sa inka­mba ku­su­ke­la eBhe­ri­she­bhak ku­si­ya esi­ho­tshe­ni se­Hi­no­mul.

31 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni ku­su­ke­la eGe­ba ba­be­se­Mi­ki­ma­shi, leA­yi­jam, le­Bhe­the­lin le­mi­za­na ya­yoo,

32 iA­na­tho­thip, iNo­biq, iA­na­ni­ya,

33 iHa­zo­rir, iRa­mas, iGi­tha­yi­mit,

34 iHa­di­diu, iZe­bo­yi­miv, iNe­ba­la­ti,

35 iLo­diw, leO­nox, isi­go­di se­zi­ngci­tshiy.

36 La­ku­ma­Le­vi kwa­ku­le­zi­ga­ba za­ko­Ju­da lo­Bhe­nja­mi­niz.

Aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi aba­fi­ka lo­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­li

12La­la­ba nga­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­via abe­nyu­ka lo­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­li indo­da­na ka­Sa­la­ti­ye­lib, lo­Je­shu­wa: OSe­ra­ya, uJe­re­mi­ya, uE­zrac,

2 uA­ma­ri­ya, uMa­lu­ki, uHa­thu­shi,

3 uShe­ka­ni­ya, uRe­hu­ma, uMe­re­mo­thi,

4 uI­do, uGi­ne­tho­yi, uA­bhi­ya,

5 uMi­ja­mi­ni, uMa­ha­di­ya, uBi­li­gad,

6 uShe­ma­yae, lo­Jo­ya­ri­bi, uJe­da­yaf,

7 uSa­lu, uA­mo­ki, uHi­li­khi­ya, uJe­da­yag. La­ba ba­be­zi­nhlo­ko za­ba­pri­sti la­ba­fo­wa­bo ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Je­shu­wah.

8 La­ma­Le­vi: OJe­shu­wai, uBi­nu­wij, uKa­di­mi­ye­li, uShe­re­bi­ya, uJu­dak, uMa­tha­ni­yal, ba­be­phe­zu ko­ku­bo­nga, ye­na la­ba­fo­wa­bom.

9 Lo­Ba­ki­bu­ki­ya loU­ni, aba­fo­wa­bo, ba­be­qo­nde­ne la­bo emi­li­ndwe­nin.

10 UJe­shu­wa wa­se­za­la uJo­ya­ki­mio, uJo­ya­ki­mi wa­se­za­la uE­li­ya­shi­bip, uE­li­ya­shi­bi wa­se­za­la uJo­ya­daq,

11 uJo­ya­da wa­se­za­la uJo­na­tha­nir, uJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­za­la uJa­du­was.

12 Le­nsu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Jo­ya­ki­mi aba­pri­sti, inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se, ba­be­ngo: Oka­Se­ra­ya ngu­Me­ra­ya; oka­Je­re­mi­ya ngu­Ha­na­ni­ya;

13 okaE­zra ngu­Me­shu­la­mu; okaA­ma­ri­ya ngu­Je­ho­ha­na­ni;

14 oka­Me­li­ku ngu­Jo­na­tha­ni; oka­She­ba­ni­ya ngu­Jo­se­fa;

15 oka­Ha­ri­mi nguA­di­na; oka­Me­ra­yo­thi ngu­He­li­ka­yit;

16 okaI­do ngu­Ze­kha­ri­ya; oka­Gi­ne­tho­ni ngu­Me­shu­la­mu;

17 okaA­bhi­ya ngu­Zi­ki­ri; oka­Mi­ni­ya­mi­ni, oka­Mo­wa­di­ya ngu­Pi­li­ta­yi;

18 oka­Bi­li­ga ngu­Sha­mu­wa; oka­She­ma­ya ngu­Je­ho­na­tha­ni;

19 lo­ka­Jo­ya­ri­bi ngu­Ma­the­na­yi; oka­Je­da­ya nguU­ziu;

20 oka­Sa­la­yi ngu­Ka­la­yi; okaA­mo­ki nguE­be­ri;

21 oka­Hi­li­khi­ya ngu­Ha­sha­bhi­ya; oka­Je­da­ya ngu­Ne­tha­ne­liv.

22 Ama­Le­vi ensu­kwi­ni zi­kaE­li­ya­shi­biw, oJo­ya­dax lo­Jo­ha­na­niy lo­Ja­du­wa, ba­bha­lwa ba­ba zi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se, la­ba­pri­sti kwa­ze kwa­ba ngu­mbu­so ka­Da­ri­yu­si umPe­ri­si­ya.

23 Ama­do­da­na ka­Le­vi, inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se, abha­lwa egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­nsu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Jo­ha­na­ni indo­da­na kaE­li­ya­shi­biz.

24 Le­nhlo­ko za­ma­Le­vi: OHa­sha­bhi­yaa, uShe­re­bi­yab, lo­Je­shu­wac indo­da­na ka­Ka­di­mi­ye­lid, la­ba­fo­wa­bo ma­qo­nda­na la­boe, uku­du­mi­saf lo­ku­bo­ngag, nje­ngo­mla­yo ka­Da­vi­dah umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui, umli­ndo ma­qo­nda­na lo­mli­ndoj.

25 OMa­tha­ni­yak, lo­Ba­ki­bu­ki­yal, uO­bha­di­yam, uMe­shu­la­mun, uTa­li­mo­nio, uA­ku­bip, ba­be­nga­ba­li­ndi­ma­sa­ngo be­li­nda umli­ndo ezi­pha­le­ni za­ma­sa­ngo.

26 La­bo ba­be­kho­na ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Jo­ya­ki­mi indo­da­na ka­Je­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Jo­za­da­kiq, le­nsu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Ne­he­mi­ya umbu­sir, loE­zra umpri­sti, umbha­lis.

Inko­nzo yo­ku­bo­nge­la ukwa­khi­wa ko­mdu­li

27 Le­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­lwe­ni ko­mdu­li we­Je­ru­sa­le­mat ba­di­nga ama­Le­vi eve­la ezi­nda­we­ni za­wo zo­nke uku­wa­le­tha eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ukwe­nza ukwe­hlu­ka­ni­swau, la­nge­nto­ko­zo, la­ngo­ku­bo­nga, la­ngo­ku­hla­be­la, nge­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yo, izi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mbo, la­nga­ma­cha­chov.

28 Ama­do­da­na aba­hla­be­le­li ase­bu­tha­na, nja­lo eve­la ema­gce­ke­ni azi­nge­le­ze­le iJe­ru­sa­le­maw, le­mi­zi­ni ya­ma­Ne­to­fax,

29 le­Be­ti-Gi­li­ga­liy, le­li­zwe­ni le­Ge­baz leA­zi­ma­ve­thia, ngo­ba aba­hla­be­le­li ba­be­za­khe­le imi­zi ezi­nge­le­ze­le iJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

30 La­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi ba­zi­hla­mbu­lu­la, ba­hla­mbu­lu­la la­ba­ntu la­ma­sa­ngo lo­mdu­lib.

31 Nga­se­ngi­se­nza izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ko­Ju­da ze­nyu­ke­le emdu­li­ni, nga­mi­sa ama­xu­ku ama­khu­lu ama­bi­li oku­bo­nga le­zi­ndwe­ndwe, eli­nye kwe­so­ku­ne­nec phe­zu ko­mdu­li ku­si­ya esa­ngwe­ni lo­mqu­bad.

32 Le­mva kwa­wo kwa­ha­mba oHo­sha­ya, le­ngxe­nye ye­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ko­Ju­da,

33 loA­za­ri­yae, uE­zraf, lo­Me­shu­la­mug,

34 uJu­da, lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, lo­She­ma­yah, lo­Je­re­mi­yai.

35 La­ku­ma­do­da­na aba­pri­sti ele­zi­mpo­ndoj: OZe­kha­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ka­She­ma­ya indo­da­na ka­Ma­tha­ni­ya indo­da­na ka­Mi­kha­yak indo­da­na ka­Za­ku­ril indo­da­na kaA­sa­fi,

36 la­ba­fo­wa­bo, oShe­ma­ya, loA­za­re­li, uMi­la­la­yi, uGi­la­la­yi, uMa­ha­yi, uNe­tha­ne­li, lo­Ju­da, uHa­na­ni, be­le­zi­nto zo­ku­hla­be­le­la zi­ka­Da­vi­dam umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun, loE­zra umbha­li epha­mbi kwa­bo.

37 La­nga­se­sa­ngwe­ni lo­mtho­mboo, nja­lo ma­qo­nda­na la­bo, be­nyu­ka nge­zi­nya­the­lo zo­mu­zi ka­Da­vi­da, emqa­nswe­ni wo­mdu­li, nga­phe­zu kwe­ndlu ka­Da­vi­dap, ku­si­ya esa­ngwe­ni la­ma­nzi nge­mpu­ma­la­ngaq.

38 Le­xu­ku le­si­bi­li lo­ku­bo­nga la­ha­mba ma­qo­nda­na la­lo, la­mi ngi­li­la­nde­la, le­ngxe­nye ya­ba­ntu phe­zu ko­mdu­lir, ku­su­ke­la nga­phe­zu ko­mpho­tsho­ngo we­si­tha­ndos ku­si­ya emdu­li­ni oba­nzit,

39 nja­lo ku­su­ke­la nga­phe­zu kwe­sa­ngo la­koE­fra­yi­miu, la­nga­phe­zu kwe­sa­ngo eli­da­lav, la­nga­phe­zu kwe­sa­ngo le­nhla­nziw, lo­mpho­tsho­ngo ka­Ha­na­ne­lix, lo­mpho­tsho­ngo ka­Ha­me­hay, ku­si­ya esa­ngwe­ni le­zi­mvuz; be­ma-ke esa­ngwe­ni la­ba­li­ndia.

40 Wo­ma­bi­li ama­xu­ku oku­bo­nga ase­si­ma endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, la­mi, le­ngxe­nye ya­ba­bu­si ila­mi.

41 La­ba­pri­sti: OE­li­ya­khi­mi, uMa­ha­se­ya, uMi­ni­ya­mi­ni, uMi­kha­yab, uE­li­yo­we­na­yic, uZe­kha­ri­yad, uHa­na­ni­yae, be­le­zi­mpo­ndo,

42 lo­Ma­ha­se­yaf, lo­She­ma­yag, loE­le­ya­za­re, loU­zih, lo­Je­ho­ha­na­nii, lo­Ma­li­ki­yaj, loE­la­mu, loE­ze­rik. Aba­hla­be­le­li ba­se­be­zi­zwa­ka­li­sa, lo­Je­ze­ra­hi­ya umbo­ni.

43 Ba­se­be­hla­ba mhla­lo­kho imi­hla­tshe­lo emi­khu­lu, ba­tho­ko­za, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­be­nza ba­tho­ko­za nge­nto­ko­zo enku­lu; la­be­si­fa­za­na la­ba­ntwa­na la­bo ba­tho­ko­za; kwa­ze kwa­thi into­ko­zo ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ye­zwa­ka­la kha­tsha­nal.

Iza­be­lo za­ba­pri­sti le­za­ma­Le­vi

44 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku kwa­mi­swa-kem ama­do­da phe­zu kwa­ma­ka­me­lo oku­li­gu­gu, awe­mi­ni­ke­lo, awe­zi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­la, la­wo­kwe­tshu­mi, uku­qo­qe­la ku­wo oku­ve­la ema­si­mi­ni emi­zi iza­be­lo zo­mla­yo za­ba­pri­sti le­za­ma­Le­vi. Ngo­ba uJu­da wa­tho­ko­za nga­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi aye­mi­len.

45 Aba­hla­be­le­li la­ba­li­ndi­ma­sa­ngo ba­se­be­gci­na imfa­ne­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo, le­mfa­ne­lo yo­ku­hla­mbu­lu­la, nje­ngo­mla­yo ka­Da­vi­da lo­So­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­kheo.

46 Ngo­ba ensu­kwi­ni za­ma­ndu­lo zi­ka­Da­vi­da loA­sa­fip kwa­ku­le­zi­nhlo­ko za­ba­hla­be­le­li le­zi­ngo­ma zo­ku­du­mi­sa lo­ku­bo­nga ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

47 LoI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­liq le­nsu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Ne­he­mi­ya ba­ni­ka iza­be­lo za­ba­hla­be­le­li la­ba­li­ndi­ma­sa­ngo, uda­ba lo­su­ku ngo­su­ku lwa­lor; ba­se­beku­ngcwe­li­se­la ama­Le­vis, la­ma­Le­vi aku­ngcwe­li­se­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­ro­nit.

Emi­nye imi­se­be­nzi ka­Ne­he­mi­ya

13Nga­lo­lo­su­ku ba­ba­la egwa­lwe­ni lu­ka­Mo­zi­si endle­be­ni za­ba­ntua; kwa­se­ku­tho­lwa ku­bha­li­we ku­lo uku­thi umA­mo­ni lo­mMo­wa­bi ka­ba­so­ze ba­nge­ne eba­ndle­ni li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu pha­ka­deb;

2 ngo­ba be­nga­hla­nga­be­za­nga aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li nge­si­nkwa la­nga­ma­nzi, ko­dwa ba­qa­tsha be­me­le­ne la­bo uBa­la­mi, uku­ba­qa­le­ki­sac; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu wa­phe­ndu­la isi­qa­le­ki­so sa­ba yi­si­bu­si­sod.

3 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­be­wu­zwi­le umla­yo be­hlu­ka­ni­sa koI­sra­ye­lie yo­nke ingxu­be ye­zi­zwef.

4 Nga­pha­mbi kwa­lo­kho-ke uE­li­ya­shi­bi umpri­sti owa­ye­mi­swe phe­zu kwe­ka­me­lo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thug, wa­ye­yi­si­hlo­bo si­ka­To­bi­yah.

5 Wa­ye­mlu­ngi­se­le ika­me­lo eli­khu­lu la­pho aba­be­ka­de be­fa­ka kho­na umni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, impe­pha, le­zi­tsha, lo­kwe­tshu­mi kwa­ma­be­le, iwa­yi­ni eli­tsha, la­ma­fu­tha, okwa­ku­la­ye­lwe ama­Le­vi la­ba­hla­be­le­li la­ba­li­ndi­ma­sa­ngo, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­ba­pri­stii.

6 Ko­dwa ku­kho ko­nke lo­khu nga­ngi­nge­kho eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ngo­ba ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li kaA­tha­ki­se­ki­sij inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni nge­za enko­si­nik; le­ku­phe­le­ni kwe­zi­nsu­ku nga­ce­la imvu­mo enko­si­ni,

7 nge­za eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, nga­qe­di­si­sa ngo­ku­bi uE­li­ya­shi­bil aye­kwe­nze­le uTo­bi­yam ngo­ku­mlu­ngi­se­lan ika­me­lo ema­gu­me­ni endlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luo.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba ku­bi ka­khu­lu ki­mi; nga­kho nga­pho­se­la pha­ndle zo­nke impa­hla ze­ndlu ka­To­bi­ya pha­ndle kwe­ka­me­lo.

9 Nga­se­ngi­la­ya, ba­hla­mbu­lu­la ama­ka­me­lop; nga­bu­yi­se­la kho­na izi­tsha ze­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla le­mpe­phaq.

10 Nga­se­ngi­sa­zi uku­thi iza­be­lo za­ma­Le­vi za­zi­nga­ni­kwa­ngar, lo­ku­thi ama­Le­vi la­ba­hla­be­le­li aba­be­se­nza umse­be­nzi ba­ba­le­ke­la ngu­lo­wo ensi­mi­ni ya­khes.

11 Nga­se­ngi­phi­ki­sa­na la­ba­bu­sit nga­thi: Ku­nga­ni indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu itshi­yi­weu? Nga­ba­bu­tha­ni­sa, nga­ba­mi­sa enda­we­ni ya­bo.

12 Kho­na wo­nke uJu­da wa­le­tha okwe­tshu­mi kwa­ma­be­le le­wa­yi­ni eli­tsha la­ma­fu­tha ezi­pha­le­niv.

13 Nga­se­ngi­be­ka aba­gci­ni­zi­pha­la phe­zu kwe­zi­pha­law, oShe­le­mi­ya umpri­stix, lo­Za­do­ki umbha­liy, lo­Phe­da­ya ku­ma­Le­viz, le­ce­le­ni kwa­bo uHa­na­nia indo­da­na ka­Za­ku­rib indo­da­na ka­Ma­tha­ni­ya, ngo­ba kwa­thi­wa ba­the­mbe­ki­lec; nja­lo kwa­ku­phe­zu kwa­bo ukwa­be­la aba­fo­wa­bo.

14 Ngi­khu­mbu­le, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ma­ye­la­na la­lo­kho, unga­yi­ci­tshi imi­se­be­nzi ya­mi yo­mu­sa engi­ye­nze­le indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi le­zi­nko­nzo za­yod.

15 Nga­le­zo­nsu­ku nga­bo­na ko­Ju­da aba­nya­the­la izi­kha­me­lo ze­wa­yi­ni nge­sa­ba­thae, la­ba­nge­ni­sa izi­thu­ngo, aba­thwa­li­sa oba­bhe­mi, le­wa­yi­ni fu­thi, izi­the­lo ze­si­vi­ni, le­mi­khi­wa, la­wo wo­nke umthwa­lo, aba­ku­nge­ni­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­thaf. Nga­fa­ka­za mhla be­the­ngi­sa uku­dlag.

16 La­be­Ti­re ba­hla­la ku­yoh, be­le­tha inhla­nzi le­mpa­hla yo­nke ethe­ngi­swa­yo, ba­ku­the­ngi­sa nge­sa­ba­tha ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da la­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

17 Kho­na nga­phi­ki­sa­na le­zi­khu­lu za­ko­Ju­dai, nga­thi ku­zo: Iyi­ni le into embi eli­ye­nza­yo li­ngco­li­sa usu­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha?

18 Ka­be­nza­nga nja­lo yi­ni oyi­hlo, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu we­hli­se­la phe­zu kwe­thu bo­nke lo­bu­bu­bi la­phe­zu kwa­lu­mu­zi? Ka­nti li­na la­ndi­sa ula­ka phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li ngo­ku­ngco­li­sa isa­ba­thaj.

19 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho ama­sa­ngo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ese­qa­la uku­ba mnya­ma ma­ndu­lo kwe­sa­ba­tha, nga­la­ya uku­thi imi­nya­ngo ka­yi­va­lwe, nja­lo nga­la­ya uku­thi ba­nga­yi­vu­li ku­ze ku­be nge­mva kwe­sa­ba­tha. Nga­be­ka ezi­nye ze­nce­ku za­mi ema­sa­ngwe­ni uku­ze ku­nga­nge­ni mthwa­lo ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­thak.

20 Nga­kho aba­the­ngi la­ba­the­ngi­si be­mpa­hla yo­nke ba­la­la nga­pha­ndle kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ka­nye lo­ba ka­bi­li.

21 Kho­na nga­fa­ka­za ngi­me­le­ne la­bo nga­thi ki­bo: Li­la­le­la­ni ma­qo­nda­na lo­mdu­li? Uba li­kwe­nza fu­thi, ngi­za­li­du­me­la nge­sa­ndla. Ku­su­ke­la ku­le­so­si­kha­thi ka­ba­bu­ya­nga nge­sa­ba­tha.

22 Nga­se­ngi­tshe­la ama­Le­vi uku­thi azi­hla­mbu­lu­lel, eze ali­nde ama­sa­ngo, uku­ngcwe­li­sa usu­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha. Langa­lo­kho ungi­khu­mbu­le, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ungi­ha­wu­ke­le ngo­ko­bu­ne­ngi bo­mu­sa wa­khom.

23 Fu­thi, nga­le­zo­nsu­ku nga­bo­na ama­Ju­da aye­the­the a­ba­fa­zin, aba­nga­maA­shi­do­di­ka­zio, amaA­mo­nip, ama­Mo­wa­biq.

24 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo, ingxe­nye ba­be­khu­lu­ma isiA­shi­do­di nja­lo be­nge­la­ku­khu­lu­ma isi­Ju­da, ko­dwa ngo­ko­li­mi lwe­zi­zwe nge­zi­zwer.

25 Nga­se­ngi­phi­ki­sa­na la­wo, nga­wa­qa­le­ki­sa, nga­tsha­ya ama­nye awo, nga­wa­ngco­thu­la inwe­les; nga­wa­fu­ngi­sa ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lut: Ka­li­yi­ku­ni­ka ama­do­da­ka­zi enu ku­ma­do­da­na abo, nja­lo ka­li­yi­ku­tha­the­la ama­do­da­na enu ema­do­da­ka­zi­ni abo, ku­mbe li­na ngo­kwe­nu.

26 USo­lo­mo­ni inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ko­na­nga yi­ni nga­le­zo­zi­ntou? Ku­be ka­nti pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe ezi­ne­ngi kwa­ku­nge­la­nko­si enje­nga­yev, owa­ye­tha­nde­ka ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­me­nza inko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke; la­ye aba­fa­zi be­zi­zwe­ni ba­me­nza uku­thi onew.

27 Pho, si­za­li­la­le­la yi­ni ukwe­nza bo­nke lo­bo­bu­bi obu­khu­lu, ngo­ko­na ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ngo­ku­tha­tha aba­fa­zi be­zi­zwe­nix?

28 Lenye ya­ma­do­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­day indo­da­na kaE­li­ya­shi­bi umpri­sti omkhu­luz, ya­yi­ngu­mkhwe­nya­na ka­Sa­ni­bha­la­thi umHo­ro­nia; nga­kho nga­yi­xo­tsha ya­su­ka ki­mi.

29 Ba­khu­mbu­le, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ngo­ba ba­ngco­li­si­le ubu­pri­stib le­si­vu­me­lwa­no so­bu­pri­sti le­sa­ma­Le­vic.

30 Ngo­ku­nja­lo nga­ba­hla­mbu­lu­la ku­bo bo­nke abe­zi­zwe­ni, nga­mi­sa imfa­ne­lo ku­ba­pri­sti la­ku­ma­Le­vi, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo emse­be­nzi­ni wa­khed,

31 le­yo­mni­ke­lo we­nku­nie nge­zi­kha­thi ezi­mi­si­we­yof, le­ye­zi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­la. Ngi­khu­mbu­le, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ngo­ku­hleg.