¹ Aba ebali bashimapepo na bena Lebi abaishile na Selubabele umwana mwaume wakwa Shealtiele na Yeshua; Seraya, Yeremia, Esra, ² Amaria, Maluki, Hatushi, ³ Shekenia, Rehumu, Meremote. ⁴ Kulya kwali Iddo, Ginetoni, Abiya, ⁵ Miyamin, Moadia, Bilga, ⁶ Shemaia, na Yoiaribu, Yedaya, ⁷ Sallu, Amoke, Hilkia, na Yedaia. Aba ebali abakalamba ba bashimapepo na bamumpuka babo mu nshiku shakwa Yeshua. ⁸ Abena Lebi bali Yesua, Binui, Kadmiele, Sherebia, Yuda na Matama, uwali intungulushi waba nyimbo shakutotela, ukubikako an bamumpuka yakwe. ⁹ Bakibukia na Umi, bamumpuka shabo baliminine lubali lwabo mu nshita ya kupyunga. ¹⁰ Yeshua alifyele Yoyakimu, Yoyakimu alufyele Eliashibu, Eliashibu alifyele Yoyada, ¹¹ Yoyada alifyele Yonatani, Yonatani alifyele Yadua. ¹² Mu nshiku shakwa Yoyakim aba ebali bashimapepo, abakalamba bandupwa; Melaya ewali umukalamba pali selaya, Hananiya ewali umukalamba pali Yeremia. ¹³ Meshulamu ewa umukalamab pali Esra, Yehohanani ewali umukalamba pali Amatiya, ¹⁴ Yonatani ali umukalamba pali maluki na Yosefu ali umuaklmba pali shebanya. ¹⁵ Adnaai umukalamba pali Halimu, Helekai ali umuaklmab pali Melemoti, Sekaria ali umuakalamba pali Melemoti, ¹⁶ Sekaria ali umukalamba pali Ido, Meshullamu ali umukalamba pali Ginetoni, ¹⁷ Sichili ali umukalamba pali Abiya; piltai ali umukalamba pali Miniamin an Moadia. ¹⁸ Shammua ali umukalamba pali Bilga, Yehonatanio ali umukalamba pali Shemaya, ¹⁹ Mattenai ali umukalamba pali Yoyaribu, ussi ali umukalamba Yoyaribu, Ussi ali umukalamba pali Yedaya, ²⁰ Kalai ali umukalamba pali Sauu, Ebere ali umuakalamba pali Amoki, ²¹ Hashabaya ali umukalamba pali Hilkiah, Nethanel ali umukalamba pali Yedaya. ²² Mu nshiku shakwa Elishaabu, umwina Lebi Eliashibu, Yoada, Yohanani na yadua balilembelwe nge mitwe sha ndupwa, na bashimapepo balilembelwe mu butekeshi bwakwa Dariusi umwina Persia. ²³ Ababuyfyashi bakwa lebi, intungulushi sha ndupwa shalilembelwe mu citabo ca nshiku ne nshiku icakwa Yohanani umwana mwaume wakwa Eliashibu. ²⁴ Ababutungulushi babena Lebi bali Hashabiya, sherebiya, na Yeshua umwana mwaume wakwa Kadimiele, ne mpuka shabo, abaiminine lubali lwa ku kulumbanya no kupela amatotelo, ukulingana iciputulwa ne ciputulwa, mukubela amafunde yakwa Dabidi, umwaume wakwa Lesa. ²⁵ Mattaniya, Bakibukia, Obadia, Meshulamu, Talmonr, na Akkubu bali bakasunga ba mpongolo bakeminina ba bulinde pa miputule ya kututilamo isha pa mpongolo. ²⁶ Balibombele mu nshiku shakwa Yoyakumi umwana mwaume wakwa Yeshua umwana mwaume wakwa Yasadaki, na munshiku shakwa Nehemia kateka na Esra shimapepo kabili kalemba. ²⁷ Pa kupala kwa cibumba ca Yerusalemu, abantu balifwaile abena Lebir konse eko balikwikala, ku kubaletu ku Yerusalemu ku kusefya ukupala ne nsansa, no kutotela nok kwimab na malimba, amapango ne nsango. ²⁸ Isenge lyaba kemba lyalikolongene pamo ukufuma ku citungu ca Yerusalemu nokufuma mu mishi sha Netofafiti. ²⁹ Kabili balishile ukufuma ku Beti Ciigali no kufuma ku mpanga ya Geba an Asimabete, pantu bakemba balikulile abene imishi ukushinguluka Yerusalemu. ³⁰ Bashimapepo na bena Lebi baliishishishe abene, kabili nolu balishishe abantu impongolo, ne cibumba. ³¹ Nolu nalikwete abakalamba ba Yuda ukuya ukuninika pa cibumba, kabili nalisalile amabumba yabili ayakalamba ayabakemba bakupela amatotelo. Limo lyaile ku kulyo pa cibumba ukulola ku mpongolo ya cishala. ³² Hoshaya an citika wabakalamba ba Yuda balibakonkele bena, ³³ na panuma yabo kwaile Asaria, Esra, Meshullam, ³⁴ Yuda, Benjamini, Shemaia, yeremia, ³⁵ Nabana babashimapepo bamo na mapenga, na sekaria umwana mwaume wakwa yonatani wakwa Shemaya umwana mwaume wakwa Metania umwana mwaume wakwa mikaya umwana mwaume wakwa Sacuri umwana mwaume wakwa Asafu. ³⁶ Kulya kabili kwali balupwa bakwa Sekaria, Shemaya, Asarele, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Netaniyele, Yuda, Hanani ne filimba fyakwa Dabidi umwaume wakwa Lesa. Esra kalemba alibatangilile. ³⁷ Pa mpongolo ya kamfukumfuku balikungatene pa matabo ya musumba wakwa Dabidi, pa nshila ya matabo ku cibumba pamulu we sano lyakwa Dabidi; ku mpongolo ya menshi pa kabanga. ³⁸ Bakemba bambi abo abapele amatotelo balile lubali lumbi. Naliba konkele pa cibumab na bantu citika, pamulu wa lupungu lwa mabuku ukufiak ku cibumba ca mutika, ³⁹ kabili pamulu hwa mpongolo ca Efulemu na pampongolo ya kale, na pampongolo ye sabi na pa lupungu lwa Hananele na lupungu lwa mwanda, ukufiak ku mpongolo ya mpaanga, kabili baliminine pa mpongolo ya bakalinda. ⁴⁰ Eco bonse bakemba abo abapele amatotelo balisendele icifulo cabo mu nganda yakwa Lesa, kabili nebo naine nalisendele icifulo candi citika wa bacilolo na nebo. ⁴¹ Nolu nashimapepo balisendele icifulo cabo; Eliakimu, Maesela, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elienai, Sekaria, na Hanania na mapenga, ⁴² kabili ukubikako Maasela Shemaia, Eleasare, Ussi, Yehohanana, Malkiya, Elamu na Esari na bakemba baliipagile abene ukumfwa a Yesrahia uwali intungulushi. ⁴³ Balipele amalambo ayakalamba bulya bushiku nokusangalala, pantu Lesa alibalengele ukusangalalane nsansa ishikalamba. kabili banamayo nabana balisangalelre. Eco insansa shaku Yerusalemu shalikumfwika akatalamukila. ⁴⁴ Pali bulya bushiku abaume basalilwe mu kulolekesha ap miputule ya kututilamo pa kupela ifisabo fyantanshi, ne fyekumi ukulinganika muli cila ciputulwa cilefwaikwa pa malango ya bashimapepo na bena Lebi. cilamuntu alipelwe ukubomba mwibala mu pepi an mu kalae. pantu Yuda alisangalele palwa ba shimapepo na bena lebi abaiminine ku cinso cabo. ⁴⁵ Balibombele imilimo iya kupyungila Lesa Wabo, nokupyunga kwa kusangulula kabili efyacitile ba bakemba na bakasunga wa mpongolo, mukusunga kwa mafunde yakwa Dabidi na solomon umwana wakwe umwaume. ⁴⁶ Ku kale, mu nshiku shakwa Dabidi na Asafi, kwali umukalamba wa bakema, kabili kwali inyimbo shakulumbanya no kutotela kuli Lesa. ⁴⁷ Munshiku shakwa Serubabele na munshiku shakwa Nehemia, bonse abena Israeli baliipele iciputulwa cacilabushiku, ica bakemba na bakasungu na mpongolo balipatwileko iciputulwa ca mushilo ico icali ica bena Lebi, na bema Lebi balipatwileko iciputulwa ca ba bufyashi bwa kwa Aaroni.