¹ Abena Isreali bonse balembelwe ifitoto. Kabili moneni fyalembwa mwibuku lyashamfumu shakwa Israeli. Kabili abena Yuda baululwililwe kuba Babele pabusungu bwabo. ² Nomba abablilapo ukwikala mufyamanyinwa fyabo namu mishi yabo bali abena Israeli, bashi mapepo, abena Lebi, na ba pelwa kukulinda ingánda. ³ Lelo mu Yerusalemu mwaikele abamu bana bakwa Yuda, na bamu bana bakwa Efremu na Manase. ⁴ Butai mwna mwaume wakwa Amihudi mwana mwana Omri mwana Imri, mwana Bani uwamu bana baume bakwa Perese mwana Yuda. ⁵ Nabamu bena Shirome, Esaya ibeli, nabana bakwe abume. ⁶ Nabamu bana baume bakwa Sera, Yeuele na makumi pabula. ⁷ Nabamubana baume bakwa Benjamini, Saru mwana Mesharumu, mwana Edabia, mwana Esamiah, ⁸ na Ibneah mwana Erohamu, na Era mwana Usi mwana Mikiri, na Meshuramu mwana Shefitaya mwana Leuele, mwna Abiniah na bamuninabo aba fitoto fyabo, imyanda pabula namakumi yasano namutanda. ⁹ Aba abaume bonse bali bakasomo bangánda shaba shibo. kabili aba muli bashimapepo. ¹⁰ Kabili aba muli bashimapepo, ¹¹ Yedaiah na Yehoyaribu, mwana Meshuremu, mwana Sadoke, mwana Merayote, mwana Ahitubu, cilongoshi wamungánda yakwa Lesa. ¹² Na Adaiaha mwana Yerohamu mwna Pashhuri, mwana Maikaya na Maasai, mwana Adieri, mwana Yasera, mwana Meshuramu, mwana Meshiremiti, mwana Imere. ¹³ Naba munyinabo, bakasomo babangánda yabashibo, ikana limo nemyanda cine lubali namakumi matanda, impalume shabulamba kumulimo wakubomba uwamunga'nda yakwa Lesa. ¹⁴ Nabamu bena Lebi, Shemaya mwana Ashabu mwana Asrikamu mwana Hashabiya, uwamubana baume bakwa Merari. ¹⁵ Na Bakbakari, Hereshe, na Garali, na Mataniya mwana Micah mwana Sikili, mwana Asafi, ¹⁶ na Obediah mwana Shemaya, mwana Galali, mwana Yedutuni, mwana Kiah mwana Asa, mwana Eikana, mwana uwaikele mumishi yabena Netopha. ¹⁷ Naba kumpongolo. Sharumu, na Akkubu, na Talmoni, na Ahimani, na bamunyinabo. ¹⁸ Shallumu ali ni kasomo wabo, Uo ukufika pali nomba aba mumpongolo yamfumu kukabanga. ¹⁹ Bene abali bakabinda kunkambi yabena bana bakwa Lebi. Kabili Sharumu mwana Kore, mwana Ebiasafi, mwana Kora nabamunyina bangánda yakwa wishi abena Kora, bali pamulimo wakubomba, bakalinda yamingililo ye Hema, ifyo bashibo bali bakalinda wapakwingilila pakambi yakwa Yehoba, ²⁰ ilyo Fineasi mwana Eliasari ali nichilongoshi pali bene kale, Yehoba abenankwe. ²¹ na Sakariah mwana Mesheremiah ali kalinda wamwinshi we hema lyakulaishanya. ²² Bonse aba, aba sobololwa kukuba bakalinda mumengililo, bali imyanda ibili nekumi nababili. Bene balembelwe ifitoto mumishi ikula yabo, bena basontelwe kuli Dabidi na Samwele kamona mumilimo yabo wacishinka. ²³ Kabili bene anbana bali pampongolo shangánda shakwa Yehoba, kungánda ye hema, kukuba abalishi. ²⁴ Kumbali shine kwali bakainda, kukabanga, kumasamba, kukapinda kaku kuso, nakukapinda kakukuso. ²⁵ Kabili bamunyinabo bamumishimfula bali ubwakwisa munshita munshita, munshiku cine lubali, mukuba pamo nabo. ²⁶ Pantu impalume shine mulimo wakumona imiputule mwakututila mwamungánda yakwa Lesa. ²⁷ Kabili balelala ukushinguluka ingánda yakwa Lesa. Pantu kwaba shingeme ukulinda kwaiko, kabili kwabashingeme ukwisulako ulucelo nolucelo. ²⁸ Kabili bamo bamuli bene bali nokumona ifipe fyakubombela, pantu fyalefumiwa kuupenda nokwingisha. ²⁹ Kabili bamo bamuli bene bali aba lungiwa pafipe fyamungánda, napafipe fyonse ifyamushilo, napa bunga ubwapeleka, nomwangashi, namafuta, nalibani nefyefungo. ³⁰ Kabili bamo abamu bana baume baba shimapepo bali abakutobenkanya cintobentobe cafyefungo. ³¹ Matitihia umo uwamubena Lebi, ibeli lykwa Sharumu umwina kola, ali nomulimo wakumona imikate iyapapatala. ³² Kabili bamo bamu bana baume bamu bena kaoti, abamuli bamunyinabo bali abakumona imikate iyakutantama kukuipekanya isabata lyesabata. ³³ Aba ebakwimba, bakasomo bangánda shaba shibo ishabena Lebi, abaikele mumiputile, ablekwa kumilimo imbi, pantu akasuba nobushiku walibashingeme umulimo wabo. ³⁴ Aba ebakasomo bamungánda shabo isha bena Lebi, umwabelele ifitoto fyabo, bakasomo aba baikele mu Yerusalemu. ³⁵ Mu Gibeone, mwaikele wishi wakwa Gibeone, Yeile, nishina lyamukashi wakwe ali ni Maakah, ³⁶ no mwana wakwe umwaume ibeli ali ni Abidone, ilyo Suri na Kishi na Baali, na Nere, na Nadabu, ³⁷ na Gedore, na Ahio, na Sekariah, na Mikilote, ³⁸ Mikilote afyele shimeamu. Bena nabo baikele apalungatana naba munyinabo mu Yerusalemu pamo naba munyinabo. ³⁹ Kabili Nere afyele Kishi, na Kishi afyele Shauli, na Shauli afyele ⁴⁰ Yonatani, na Maikishua na Abinadubu, na Eshibali. nomwana mwaume wakwa Yonatani ali ni Meribi.Na Meribi afyele micah. ⁴¹ Nabana baume bakwa Micah, Pitone, na Mereke, na Tareha na Ahasi. ⁴² kabili Ahasi afyele Yara, na Yara afyele Alemete, Na Ahsimabete, na Simiri, na Simiri afyele Mosa, na ⁴³ Mosa afyele Bineha uo Lafaya ali emwane umwaume, uo Eleasah ali emwane umwaume, ⁴⁴ Asere ali na bana baume mutanda, kabili aya amashina yabo, Asirikamo, Bokiru, na Ismaeli, na Sheariah, na Obediah, na Hanania, aba ebana baume bakwa Asare.