¹ Laba baholi bemindeni yabo khokhomkhulu labahamba eJerusalema nami ngesikhatsi sekubusa kwe Nkhosi Artaxerxes. ² Etitukulwaneni ta Phinehas, Gershom. Etitukulwneni ta Ithamari, Daniel. Etitukulwaneni ta Davide, Hattush. ³ Etitukulwaneni ta Shecaniah, lobeka situkulwane sa Parosh, Zechariah, futsi lebe banaye beku besilusa labalulikhulu kanye nemashumu lasihlanu laba bhalwa esitukulwaneni sakhe. ⁷ Etitukulwaneni ta Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai indvodzana ya Zerahiah futsi lebe banaye beku besilisa labange makhulu lamabili. ⁵ Etitukulwaneni ta Zattu, Ben Jahaziel futsi beka nebesilisa labange makhulu lamatsatfu. ⁶ Etitukulwaneni ta Adin, Abed indvodzana ya Jonathani futsi lebebanaye bekubesilisa labeba mashumi lasihlanu. ⁴ Etitukulwaneni ta Elam, Jeshaiah indvodzana ya Athaliah futsi beba naye bekube silisa labeba ngemashumi lasikhombisa. ⁸ Etitukulwaneni ta Shephathiah, Zebadiah indvodzana ya Michael futsi lebeba naye bekubesilisa labamashumi la siphohlongo. ⁹ Etitukulwaneni ta Joab, Obadiah indvodzana ya Jehiel kanye naye beku besilisa lebeba makhulu lamabili nelishumi nesiphohlongo. ¹⁰ Etitukulwaneni ta Bani, Shelomith indvodzana ya Josiphiah futsi lebeba naye besilusa beba likhulu nemashumi lasitfupha. ¹¹ Etitukulwaneni ta Bebai, Zechariah indvodzana ya Bebai futsi beka nebesilisa labeba mashumi lamabili nesiphohlongo. ¹² Etitukulwaneni ta Azgad, Johanan indvodzana ya Hakkatan nebesilisa lebeba naye laeba likhulu nelishumi. ¹³ Labo beti tukulwane ta Adonikam befika muva. Nawa emabito abo: Eliphelet, Juel. kanye na Shemaiah futsi bachamuka nebesilisa labamashumi lasitfupha. ¹⁴ Etitukulwaneni ta Bigvai, Uthai kanye naZaccur lebeba naye beku besilisa labamashumi lasikhombisa ¹⁵ Ngabutsisa bahambi ngemufula loya e Ahava, safike sahlala khona emalanga lamatsatfu. Ngacilonga labantfu kanye nema pristi, lepha angitfolanga ngisho sinye situkulwane sa Levi. ¹⁶ Ngakoke ngatfumelela Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, kanye na Elnathan na Nathan, Zechariah kanye na Meshullam- labeba baholi-kanye nabo Joiarib na Elnathan-labeba bothishela. ¹⁷ Loku landzelako ngaba tfumela e Iddo, umuholi wase Kasiphia. Ngaba tjela kutsi bafike batsini ku Iddo kanye netihlobo takhe, tisebenti telithempeli letihlala eKasiphia, loko, kweku sitfumelela tsine tisebenti tendlu ya Nkulunkulu. ¹⁸ Ngakoke ngesandla semusa sa Nkulunkulu wetfu basitfumelela indvodza lelungile libito layo kungu Sherebiah, indvodza lene kucondza nenhlakanipho. Bekasitukulwane sa Mahli indvodzana yaLevi waka Israyeli. Weta nemadvodzana nabo mnakabo labalishumi nesiphohlongo. ¹⁹ Loweta naye ngu Hashabiah. Phindze bekunabo Jeshiah, munye wetitukulwane ta Merari, nabo mnakabo nemadvodzana abo, beba mashumi lamabili sebaphelele lamadvodza. ²⁰ Kulabo beba bekelwe kusebenta ethempelini, labo Davide kanye netisebenti takhe babaniketela kuma Levi: 222, bonkhe babekwe ngemabito abo. ²¹ Lapho ngabese ngashumayela kutsi sitile eAhava Cana kutitfoba embikwa Nkullunkulu wetfu, kufuna indlela lecondzile lachuma kuye yetfu,labancane, kanye nako konkhe lesinako. ²² Bengine mahloni kucela inkhosi libutfo noma laba gibela emahhashi kusivikela etitseni sisahamba endleleni, ngoba sasuke satsi enkhosini, 'Sandla sa Nkulunkulu wetfu sikuye wonkhemuntfu lomufunela lokuhle, kepha emandla akhe nelilaka kubo bonkhe laba mukhohlwako.' ²³ Ngakoke satila saphindze safuna Nkulunkulu ngaloku, sabese siyamuncenga. ²⁴ Lokulandzelako ngakhetsa emadvodza lalishumi nakubili kulaba baphatsi eba prisstini: Sherebiah, Hashabaiah, kanye nabo mnakabo labalishumi. ²⁵ Ngaba kalela lisiliva, ligolide, kanye naletintfo, kanye neminikelo yendlu ya Nkulunkulu leyo inkhosi, baluleki bakhe kanye netikhulu takhe, kanye naye wonkhe Israyeli abeyinikele ²⁶ Ngakoke ngakala etandleni tabo ema thalente elisiliva langema khilogremu langu 22,00, 3,300 kwe emakhilogremu ema thalente elisiliva, 3,300, kwe makhilogremu eligolide, ²⁷ emashumi lamabili etindishi letibita 1000 kwema khoyini ase Persia, kanye nema vasi lamabili lapolisheke kahle, acwebetela njenge ligolide. ²⁸ Ngabese ngitsi kibo, ''Nihlukaniselwe Simakadze, kanye naleti tintfo, kanye nelisiliva neligolide letingumnikelo wenhlitiyo lemuhlophe ku Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wabo khokhomkhulu bakho. ²⁹ Ubabuke uphindze uba gcine ute uku kale embikwe bapristi labase tikhundleni, ema Levi kanye nebaholi belisendvo labo khokhomkhulu baka Israyeli eJerusalema emagumbini endlini ya Simakadze.'' ³⁰ Bapristi kanye nema Levi alimukela lisiliva lelikaliwe, ligolide kanye naletintfo kute batoti mikisa eJerusalema endlini yaNkulunkulu wetfu. ³¹ Saphuma sisuka eAhava Canal ngemuva ngelilanga lelishumi nakubili enyangeni yekucala yekuya eJerusalema. Sandla saNkulunkulu wetfu besise tukwetfu; wasivikela esandlen sesitsa kanye nalabo bebafise kusihlasela sisahamba ngemugcwaco. ³² Ngakoke sangena eJerusalema safike sahlala khona emalanga lamatsatfu. ³³ Kwase kutsi ngelilanga lesine lisiliva, ligolide kanye naletintfo kwa kalwa endlini yaNkulunkulu wetfu,kuya esandleni sa Meremoth indvodzana ya Urriaha umupristi. Lebeba naye bekubo Eleazar indvodzana yaPhinehas, Jozabad indvodzana ya Jeshua, kanye na Noadiah indvodzana ya Binnui umu Levi. ³⁴ Inombolo kanye neku kalwa kwayo yonkhe intfo kwatiwa. Sonkhe sisindvo sabhalwa phasi ngaleso sikhatsi. ³⁵ Labo laba buya ekutfunjweni, bantfu lababua, banikela umnikelo wekushiswa ku Nkulunkulu waka Israyeli: Tinkunzi letilishumi nakubili tawo wonkhe Israyeli, emashumi layimfica nesitfupha etimvu, emashumi lasikhombisa nesikhombisa e azinyane, kanye netimbuti letindvuna njenge munikelo wesono. Konkhe bekungu mnikelo wesono ku Simakadze. ³⁶ Laphoke baniketela incwadzi ye nkhosi kubantfu labasetulu benkhosi kanyebaholi be Sifundza Lesingesheya Kwemufula, laphoke basita labantfu kanye nendlu yaNkulunkulu.