¹ Izinduna zabantu zahlala eJerusalema ; abantu abaseleyo benza inkatho ukuyisa omunye kwabayishumi njalo ukuba ahlale eJ erusalema, umuzi ongcwele, nabayisishiyagalolunye kweminye imizi. ² Abantu babusisa bonke abantu ababezinikela ngenhliziyo ukuhlala eJerusalema. ³ Nazi izinhloko zezwe ezazihlala eJerusalema ; kepha emizini yakwaJuda bahlala emizini yabo , kwaba yilowo nalowo efeni lakhe : abakwa-Israyeli, nabapristi, namaLevi, namaNethini, nabantwana bezinceku zikaSolomoni. ⁴ EJerusalema kwahlala abantwana abathile bakwaJuda nabakwaBenjamini . Kubantwana bakwaJuda : ngu-Athaya ka -Uziya, kaZakariya, ka-Amariya, kaShefathiya, kaMahalalele wabantwana bakwaPheresi, ⁵ noMahaseya kaBaruki , kaKholi Hoze , kaHazaya, ka-Adaya, kaJoyaribi, kaZakariya, indodana yomShiloni. ⁶ Onke amadodana kaPheresi ahlala eJerusalema ayengamadoda anamandla angamakhulu amane namashumi ayisithupha nesishiyagalombili. ⁷ Nampa abantwana bakwaBenjamini : uSalu kaMeshulamu , kaJohedi, kaPhedaya, kaKholaya, kaMahaseya, ka-Ithiyeli, kaJeshaya. ⁸ Emva kwakhe ngoGabayi noSalayi , bengamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye namashumi amabili nesishiyagalombili. ⁹ UJoweli, indodana kaZikir i, wayengumbonisi; uJuda, indodana kaHasenuwa, wayengowesibili emzini. ¹⁰ Kubapristi: nguJedaya, indodana kaJoyaribi, noJakini, ¹¹ noSeraya kaHilikiya , kaMeshulamu, kaSadoki, kaMerayoti, ka-Ahithubi, umphathi wendlu kaNkulunkulu; ¹² nabafowabo ababewenza ums ebenzi abangamakhulu ayisishiyagalombili namashumi amabili nambili , no-Adaya kaJerohamu , kaPhelaliya, ka-Amisi, kaZakariya, kaPhashuri, kaMalikhiya; ¹³ nabafowabo, izinhloko zawoyise, bengamakhulu amabili namashumi amane nambili, no-Amashisayi ka-Azareli, ka-Ahizayi, kaMeshilemoti, ka-Imeri; ¹⁴ nabafowabo, amaqhawe anamandla , beyikhulu namashumi amabili nesishiyagalombili; umbonisi wabo wayenguZabidiyeli , indodana kaHagedolimi. ¹⁵ KumaLevi: nguShemaya kaHashubi, ka-Azirikamu, kaHashabiya, kaBuni, ¹⁶ noShabethayi noJozabadi bezinhloko zamaLevi ababephethe umsebenzi wangaphandle wendlu kaNkulunkulu, ¹⁷ noMathaniya, kaMika, kaZabidi, ka-Asafa, induna yomkhuleko wokubonga, noBakibukiya, owesibili phakathi kwabafowabo , no-Abida kaShamuwa kaGalali kaJeduthuni. ¹⁸ Onke amaLevi emzini ongcwele ayengamakhulu amabili namashumi ayisishiyagalombili nane. ¹⁹ Abalindisango o -Akubi noThalimoni nabafowabo ababelinda ngasemasangweni babe yikhulu namashumi ayisikhombisa nambili. ²⁰ Abakwa-Israyeli abaseleyo , abapristi namaLevi , babe semizini yonke yakwaJuda, kwaba yilowo nalowo efeni lakhe. ²¹ AmaNethini ahlala e-Ofeli; oSiha noGishipha babe phezu kwamaNethini. ²² Umbonisi wamaLevi eJerusalema kwakungu -Uzi kaBani , kaHashabiya, kaMathaniya, kaMika wamadodana ka -Asafa, abahlabeleli, engumphathi womsebenzi wendlu kaNkulunkulu. ²³ Ngokuba kwakukhona umyalo wenkosi ngabo , nomthetho wabahlabeleli njengokufunekayo imihla ngemihla. ²⁴ UPhethahiya, indodana kaMeshezabeli, wabantwana bakwaZera, indodana kaJuda, wayengasesandleni senkosi ezindabeni zonke zabantu. ²⁵ Emizaneni inamasimu ayo kwahlala abanye abantwana bakwaJuda : eKiriyati Araba nasemizaneni yalo , naseDiboni nasemizaneni yalo , naseJekabiseyeli nasemizaneni yalo, ²⁶ naseJeshuwa, naseMolada, naseBeti Pheleti, ²⁷ naseHasari Shuwali, naseBeri Sheba nasemizaneni yalo, ²⁸ naseSikilagi, naseMekhona nasemizaneni yalo, ²⁹ nase-Eni Rimoni, naseSora, naseJarimuthi, ³⁰ naseZanowa, nase-Adulamu nasemizaneni yawo , naseLakishi inamasimu alo, nase-Azeka nasemizaneni yalo. Bamisa kusukela eBeri Sheba ukuze kube sesigodini sikaHinomu. ³¹ Abantwana bakwaBenjamini bahlala kusukela eGeba kuze kube seMikimasi, nase-Aja, naseBethele nasemizaneni yalo, ³² nase-Anathoti, naseNobi, nase-Ananiya, ³³ naseHasori, naseRama, naseGitayimi, ³⁴ naseHadidi, naseSeboyimi, naseNebalati, ³⁵ naseLodi, nase-Ono, isiGodi Sababazi. ³⁶ KumaLevi izigaba zakwaJuda zahlanganiswa noBenjamini.