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8 Mpindieu aba mbamfumu ba nzubu ya batatuabu ne mêna a bantu bavuabu bafunde bilondeshile dilondangana dia mêku abu bavua babande nanyi bumbukile mu Babilona, mu bukokeshi bua mukalenge Atashasete:+ 2 mu bana ba Pinehasa,+ Gêshoma; mu bana ba Itamâ,+ Danyele; mu bana ba Davidi, Hatusha; 3 mu bana ba Shekaniya, ba mu bana ba Palosha, Zekâya, ne yeye uvua ne bantu balume 150 bavuabu bafunde mêna abu; 4 mu bana ba Pahata-moaba,+ Eleyeho-enai muana wa Zelaya, ne yeye uvua ne bantu balume 200; 5 mu bana ba Zatu,+ Shekaniya muana wa Yahaziele, ne yeye uvua ne bantu balume 300; 6 mu bana ba Adine,+ Ebede muana wa Yonatana, ne yeye uvua ne bantu balume 50; 7 mu bana ba Elama,+ Yeshayi muana wa Atalaya, ne yeye uvua ne bantu balume 70; 8 mu bana ba Shefataya,+ Zebadaya muana wa Mikaele, ne yeye uvua ne bantu balume 80; 9 mu bana ba Yoaba, Obadaya muana wa Yehiele, ne yeye uvua ne bantu balume 218; 10 mu bana ba Bani, Shelomita muana wa Yosifiya, ne yeye uvua ne bantu balume 160; 11 mu bana ba Bebai,+ Zekâya muana wa Bebai, ne yeye uvua ne bantu balume 28; 12 mu bana ba Azagada,+ Yohanana muana wa Hakatana, ne yeye uvua ne bantu balume 110; 13 mu bana ba Adonikama,+ bantu bavua ba ndekelu, ne aa avua mêna abu: Elifelete, Yiele, ne Shemaya, ne bobu bavua ne bantu balume 60; 14 ne mu bana ba Bigewai,+ Utai ne Zabuda, ne bobu bavua ne bantu balume 70.

15 Ngakabasangisha ku musulu udi uya ku Ahawa,+ tuetu kuasa tshitudilu muaba au bua matuku asatu. Kadi pamvua mukonkonone bantu ne bakuidi, tshivua musanganamu muena Lewi nansha umue to. 16 Ke meme kubikidisha bantu bavua balombola aba: Eliezê, Aliele, Shemaya, Elenatana, Yaliba, Elenatana, Natana, Zekâya, ne Meshulama, meme kubikidisha kabidi Yoyaliba ne Elenatana bavua balongeshi. 17 Pashishe meme kubatumina dîyi bua Ido mulombodi wa muaba uvuabu babikila ne: Kasifaya. Meme kubambila bua kuambila Ido ne bana babu, bena mudimu ba ku ntempelo* bavua mu Kasifaya, bua batutuadile bena mudimu bua nzubu wa Nzambi wetu. 18 Bu muvua tshianza tshimpe tshia Nzambi wetu tshikale netu, bakalua ne muntu uvua ne budimu wa mu bana ba Mali+ muikulu wa Lewi muana wa Isalele, mmumue ne: Shelebaya,+ ne bana bende ne bana babu, bantu balume 18; 19 ne Hashabeya, ne yeye uvua ne Yeshayi wa mu bena Melali,+ bana babu ne bana babu balela, bantu balume 20. 20 Kuvua kabidi bena mudimu ba ku ntempelo* 220 bavua Davidi ne bakokeshi bapeshe bena Lewi bua kubambuluisha, buonso buabu batela mu mêna abu.

21 Pashishe meme kuambila bantu bua kujila biakudia ku musulu wa Ahawa, bua tuetu kudipuekesha kumpala kua Nzambi wetu, bua atulombole mu luendu luetu, tuetu ne bana betu balela ne bintu bietu bionso. 22 Mvua mumvue bundu bua kulomba mukalenge basalayi ne bendeshi ba tubalu bua kutulamabu mu njila bua bena lukuna, bualu tuvua bambile mukalenge ne: “Tshianza tshimpe tshia Nzambi wetu tshidi kudi bantu bonso badi bamukeba,+ kadi udi uleja bukole buende ne tshiji tshiende kudi bantu bonso badi bamulekela.”+ 23 Ke tuetu kujila biakudia, kulomba Nzambi wetu bua bualu ebu, ne yeye wakateleja disengelela dietu.+

24 Nunku ngakateka bamfumu ba bakuidi 12 ku luseke, mmumue ne: Shelebaya ne Hashabeya,+ pamue ne bana babu ba balume dikumi. 25 Pashishe meme kubapimina arjan ne or ne bintu bia kuenza nabi mudimu, dipa divua mukalenge ne bafidi bende ba mibelu ne bakokeshi ba mu bukalenge buende ne bena Isalele bonso bavua muaba au bafile bua nzubu wa Nzambi wetu.+ 26 Nunku mvua mupime mu bianza biabu ntalanta* 650 ya arjan, bintu lukama bia kuenza nabi mudimu bia tshiamu tshia arjan, bikale ne mushinga wa ntalanta ibidi, ntalanta lukama ya or, 27 tubakudi 20 tua or tuikale ne mushinga wa darike* tshinunu, ne bintu bibidi bia kuenza nabi mudimu bia tshiamu tshia mitaku tshimpe menemene, tshikunze tshibalakana, bionso bimpe anu bu or.

28 Pashishe meme kubambila ne: “Nudi ba tshijila ku mêsu kua Yehowa,+ ne bintu bia kuenza nabi mudimu ebi mbia tshijila, ne arjan ne or mmulambu wa budisuile udibu bapeshe Yehowa Nzambi wa bankambua benu. 29 Nubilame bimpe menemene too ne panudi nubipima kumpala kua bamfumu ba bakuidi ne bena Lewi ne bakokeshi ba nzubu ya batatu ya Isalele mu Yelushalema,+ mu bibambalu bia* nzubu wa Yehowa.” 30 Nunku bakuidi ne bena Lewi bakangata arjan ne or ne bintu bia kuenza nabi mudimu bivuabu babapimine bua kuyabu nabi ku Yelushalema ku nzubu wa Nzambi wetu.

31 Ndekelu wa bionso tuakumbuka ku musulu wa Ahawa+ mu dituku dia 12 dia ngondo wa kumpala+ bua kuya ku Yelushalema, ne tshianza tshia Nzambi wetu tshivua netu, yeye kutusungila ku tshianza tshia bena lukuna mu njila ne kudi bantu batu baalaminangana. 32 Nunku tuakafika ku Yelushalema,+ tuetu kuenzaku matuku asatu. 33 Mu dituku dinayi, tuetu kupima arjan ne or ne bintu bia kuenza nabi mudimu mu nzubu wa Nzambi wetu,+ tuetu kubipesha Melemota+ muana wa muakuidi Uliya, ne yeye uvua ne Eleazâ muana wa Pinehasa, ne bobu bavua ne Yozabada+ muana wa Yeshua ne Noadaya muana wa Binui,+ bena Lewi. 34 Bakabala bintu bionso, ne bakabipima, bobu kufunda bujitu buabi buonso. 35 Bantu bavuabu bakuate baye nabu kadi bapingane bakafila milambu ya kuosha kudi Nzambi wa Isalele: ngombe milume 12+ bua Isalele mujima, bimpanga bia mikoko 96,+ bana ba mikoko 77 ba mpanga, ne mbuji ya mpumbu 12+ bu mulambu wa mpekatu; bionso ebi bivua mulambu wa kuosha bua Yehowa.+

36 Pashishe tuakafila mêyi a kudi mukalenge+ kudi baleji mpala* ba mukalenge ne banguvena ba buloba bua Dia muamua dia Musulu,*+ ne bobu bakambuluisha tshisamba ne nzubu wa Nzambi mulelela.+