UNehemiya 7
1 Umduli usuyakhwe kutsha lezivalo sengizifakile ezindaweni zazo, abalindi bamasango labahlabeleli labaLevi bakhethwa.
Now when the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
2 Ngabeka umfowethu uHanani ukuphatha iJerusalema, kanye loHananiya umlawuli wesigodlo lenqaba ngoba wayeyindoda elobuqotho, emesabayo uNkulunkulu kulamadoda amanengi.
I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man and feared God above many.
3 Ngathi kubo, “Amasango aseJerusalema makangavulwa ilanga lize litshise. Nxa abalindimasango belokhu besemsebenzini, kabavale iminyango bayinxibe. Njalo khethani izakhamizi zeJerusalema ukuba ngabalindi, abanye ezindaweni lapho abamiswe khona, abanye eduze lezindlu zabo.”
I said to them, “Don’t let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them; and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, with everyone near his house.”
4 Idolobho lalilikhulu libanzi, kodwa kwakulabantu abalutshwana phakathi kwalo, lezindlu zazingakavuselelwa.
Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
5 Kwathi uNkulunkulu wami wakubeka enhliziyweni yami ukuqoqa ndawonye izikhulu, lezinduna labantukazana nje ukuthi bazobhalisa ngezimuli. Ngathola umbhalo wezizukulwane walabo ababuya kuqala. Nanku engakuthola kubhaliwe lapho:
My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be listed by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found this written in it:
6 laba yibo abantu belizwe abafikayo bephuma ebugqilini ababethunjiwe nguNebhukhadineza inkosi yaseBhabhiloni. Baba yizigqili (babuyela eJerusalema lakoJuda, ngulowo waya emzini wakibo,
These are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city,
7 abeza kanye loZerubhabheli, loJeshuwa, loNehemiya, lo-Azariya loRamiya, loNahamani, loModekhayi, loBhilishani loMisipherethi, loBhigivayi, loNehumi loBhana): uluhlu lwamadoda ako-Israyeli:
who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
8 awesizukulwane sikaPharoshi ayezinkulungwane ezimbili lekhulu elilamatshumi ayisikhombisa lambili,
The children of Parosh: two thousand and one hundred and seventy-two.
9 akaShefathiya ayengamakhulu amathathu lamatshumi ayisikhombisa lambili,
The children of Shephatiah: three hundred and seventy-two.
10 aka-Ara ayengamakhulu ayisithupha lamatshumi amahlanu lambili,
The children of Arah: six hundred and fifty-two.
11 akaPhahathi-Mowabi (ngosendo lukaJeshuwa loJowabi) ayezinkulungwane ezimbili lamakhulu ayisificaminwembili letshumi lasificaminwembili,
The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab: two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.
12 aka-Elamu ayeyinkulungwane elamakhulu amabili lamatshumi amahlanu lane,
The children of Elam: one thousand and two hundred and fifty-four.
13 akaZathu ayengamakhulu ayisificaminwembili lamatshumi amane lanhlanu,
The children of Zattu: eight hundred and forty-five.
14 akaZakhayi ayengamakhulu ayisikhombisa lamatshumi ayisithupha,
The children of Zaccai: seven hundred and sixty.
15 akaBhinuyi ayengamakhulu ayisithupha lamatshumi amane lasificaminwembili,
The children of Binnui: six hundred and forty-eight.
16 akaBhebhayi ayengamakhulu ayisithupha lamatshumi amabili lasificaminwembili,
The children of Bebai: six hundred and twenty-eight.
17 aka-Azigadi ayezinkulungwane ezimbili lamakhulu amathathu lamatshumi amabili lambili,
The children of Azgad: two thousand and three hundred and twenty-two.
18 aka-Adonikhamu ayengamakhulu ayisithupha lamatshumi ayisithupha lasikhombisa,
The children of Adonikam: six hundred and sixty-seven.
19 akaBhigivayi ayezinkulungwane ezimbili lamatshumi ayisithupha lasikhombisa,
The children of Bigvai: two thousand and sixty-seven.
20 aka-Adini ayengamakhulu ayisithupha lamatshumi amahlanu lanhlanu,
The children of Adin: six hundred and fifty-five.
21 aka-Atheri (ngoHezekhiya) ayengamatshumi ayisificamunwemunye lasificaminwembili,
The children of Ater: of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
22 akaHashumi ayengamakhulu amathathu lamatshumi amabili lasificaminwembili,
The children of Hashum: three hundred and twenty-eight.
23 akaBhezayi ayengamakhulu amathathu lamatshumi amabili lane,
The children of Bezai: three hundred and twenty-four.
24 akaHarifi ayelikhulu letshumi lambili,
The children of Hariph: one hundred and twelve.
25 akaGibhiyoni ayengamatshumi ayisificamunwemunye lanhlanu,
The children of Gibeon: ninety-five.
26 amadoda ayeseBhethilehema leNethofa ayelikhulu lamatshumi ayisificaminwembili lasificaminwembili,
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: one hundred and eighty-eight.
27 ayese-Anathothi ayelikhulu lamatshumi amabili lasificaminwembili,
The men of Anathoth: one hundred and twenty-eight.
28 ayeseBethi Azimavethi ayengamatshumi amane lambili,
The men of Beth Azmaveth: forty-two.
29 ayeseKhiriyathi-Jeyarimi, leKhefira leBherothi ayengamakhulu ayisikhombisa lamatshumi amane lantathu,
The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred and forty-three.
30 ayeseRama leGebha ayengamakhulu ayisithupha lamatshumi amabili lanye,
The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred and twenty-one.
31 ayeseMikhimashi ayelikhulu lamatshumi amabili lambili,
The men of Michmas: one hundred and twenty-two.
32 ayeseBhetheli le-Ayi ayelikhulu lamatshumi amabili lantathu,
The men of Bethel and Ai: one hundred and twenty-three.
33 awakweyinye iNebho ayengamatshumi amahlanu lambili,
The men of the other Nebo: fifty-two.
34 awakweyinye i-Elamu ayeyinkulungwane elamakhulu amabili lamatshumi amahlanu lane,
The children of the other Elam: one thousand and two hundred and fifty-four.
35 ayeseHarimi ayengamakhulu amathathu lamatshumi amabili,
The children of Harim: three hundred and twenty.
36 aseJerikho ayengamakhulu amathathu lamatshumi amane lanhlanu,
The children of Jericho: three hundred and forty-five.
37 ayeseLodi, eHadidi le-Ono ayengamakhulu ayisikhombisa lamatshumi amabili lane,
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: seven hundred and twenty-one.
38 ayeseSenaya ayezinkulungwane ezintathu lamakhulu ayisificamunwemunye lamatshumi amathathu.
The children of Senaah: three thousand and nine hundred and thirty.
39 Abaphristi: abesizukulwane sikaJedaya (ngosendo lukaJeshuwa) babengamakhulu ayisificamunwemunye lamatshumi ayisikhombisa lantathu,
The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred and seventy-three.
40 abaka-Imeri babeyinkulungwane elamatshumi amahlanu lambili,
The children of Immer: one thousand and fifty-two.
41 abakaPhashuri babeyinkulungwane lamakhulu amabili lamatshumi amane lasikhombisa,
The children of Pashhur: one thousand and two hundred and forty-seven.
42 abakaHarimi babeyinkulungwane eletshumi lasikhombisa.
The children of Harim: one thousand and seventeen.
43 AbaLevi: abesizukulwane sikaJeshuwa (ngoKhadimiyeli ngosendo lukaHodaviya) babengamatshumi ayisikhombisa lane.
The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah: seventy-four.
44 Abahlabeleli: Abesizukulwane sika-Asafi babelikhulu lamatshumi amane lasificaminwembili.
The singers: the children of Asaph: one hundred and forty-eight.
45 Abalindimasango ethempeli: abesizukulwane sikaShalumi, lo-Atheri, loThalimoni, lo-Akhubi, loHathitha loShobhayi babelikhulu lamatshumi amathathu lasificaminwembili.
The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai: one hundred and thirty-eight.
46 Izinceku zethempelini: abesizukulwane sikaZiha, loHasufa loThabhawothi,
The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
47 loKherosi, loSiya, loPhadoni,
the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
48 loLebhana, loHagabha, loShalimayi,
the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,
49 loHanani, loGideli, loGahari,
the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
50 loReyaya, loRezini, loNekhoda,
the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
51 loGazami, lo-Uza, loPhaseya,
the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah,
52 loBhesayi, loMewunimi, loNefushesimi,
the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,
53 loBhakibhuki, loHakufa, loHahuri,
the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
54 loBhaziluthi, loMehida, loHasha,
the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
55 loBhakhosi, loSisera, loThema,
the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
56 loNeziya loHathifa.
the children of Neziah, and the children of Hatipha.
57 Abezizukulwane zezinceku zikaSolomoni: Abesizukulwane sikaSothayi, loSoferethi loPherida,
The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
58 loJayala, loDakhoni, loGideli,
the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
59 loShefathiya, loHathili, loPhokherethi-Hazebhayimi lo-Amoni.
the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim, and the children of Amon.
60 Izinceku zethempelini labezizukulwane zezinceku zikaSolomoni babengamakhulu amathathu lamatshumi ayisificamunwemunye lambili.
All the temple servants and the children of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.
61 Abalandelayo laba bavela emadolobheni aseTheli Mela, eTheli Hasha, eKherubi, e-Adoni, lase-Imeri, kodwa behluleka ukuveza ukuthi usendo lwabo lwaphuma ko-Israyeli:
These were those who went up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, nor their offspring, whether they were of Israel:
62 abesizukulwane sikaDelaya, loThobhiya loNekhoda babengamakhulu ayisithupha lamatshumi amane lambili.
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda: six hundred and forty-two.
63 Ababephuma kubaphristi kwakuyilaba: abesizukulwane sikaHobhaya, esikaHakhozi lesikaBhazilayi (indoda eyayithethe indodakazi kaBhazilayi umGiliyadi layo yayibizwa ngalelobizo).
Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
64 Laba baphenya imibhalo yembali yezimuli zabo, kodwa bayiswela ngakho basuswa ebuphristini kwathiwa bangcolile.
These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
65 Ngakho-ke, umbusi wabalaya ukuthi bangakudli loba yikuphi ukudla okungcwele kuze kubekhona umphristi wokubuza inkatho i-Urimi leThumimi.
The governor told them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to minister with Urim and Thummim.
66 Ixuku lonke lalilinani elifika inkulungwane ezingamatshumi amane lambili lamakhulu amathathu lamatshumi ayisithupha,
The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand and three hundred and sixty,
67 ngaphandle kwezinceku zabo ezesilisa labesifazane ezazifika inkulungwane eziyisikhombisa lamakhulu amathathu lamatshumi amathathu lasikhombisa; njalo belabahlabeleli besilisa labesifazane abafika amakhulu amabili lamatshumi amane lanhlanu.
in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand and three hundred and thirty-seven. They had two hundred and forty-five singing men and singing women.
68 Kwakulamabhiza ayefika amakhulu ayisikhombisa lamatshumi amathathu lasithupha, imbongolo ezingamakhulu amabili lamatshumi amane lanhlanu, amakamela angamakhulu amane lamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu,
Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five;
69 labobabhemi abazinkulungwane eziyisithupha lamakhulu ayisikhombisa lamatshumi amabili.
their camels, four hundred and thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand and seven hundred and twenty.
70 Ezinye inhloko zezimuli zancedisa emsebenzini. Umbusi wanikela esikhwameni esikhulu, amadrakhima egolide ayinkulungwane, imiganu engamatshumi amahlanu lezigqoko zabaphristi ezingamakhulu amahlanu lamatshumi amathathu.
Some from amongst the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
71 Abanye abazinhloko zezimuli baphosela esikhwameni amadrakhima egolide azinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili lamamina esiliva azinkulungwane ezimbili lamakhulu amabili.
Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred minas of silver.
72 Sekukonke okwaphiwa ngabantu bonke kwaba ngamadrakhima egolide azinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili, amamina esiliva azinkulungwane ezimbili lezigqoko zabaphristi ezingamatshumi ayisithupha lasikhombisa.
That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, plus two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests’ garments.
73 Abaphristi, labaLevi, labalindimasango, labahlabeleli, lezinceku zethempelini, kanye labanye abantu lo-Israyeli wonke, bahlala emadolobheni akibo.
So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities. When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
