Eyokuqala EyemiLando 4:1-43
4 Amadodana kaJuda kwakunguPherezi,+ loHezironi,+ loKhami,+ loHuri, loShobhali.+
2 UReyaya indodana kaShobhali wazala uJahathi. UJahathi wazala u-Ahumayi loLahadi. Lezi yizo izimuli zamaZorathi.+
3 La ngamadodana kayise ka-Ethami:+ UJeziriyeli lo-Ishima lo-Idibhashi (ibizo likadadewebo kwakunguHazeleliphoni).
4 UPhenuweli wayenguyise kaGedori, u-Ezeri enguyise kaHusha. La kwakungamadodana kaHuri+ izibulo lika-Efratha, njalo uHuri wayenguyise kaBhethilehema.+
5 U-Ashuri+ uyise kaThekhowa+ wayelamakhosikazi amabili, uHela loNahara.
6 UNahara wamzalela u-Ahuzami, loHeferi, loThemeni, loHahashithari. La yiwo amadodana kaNahara.
7 Amadodana kaHela kwakunguZerethi lo-Izihari lo-Ethani.
8 UKhozi wazala u-Anubi loZobhebha. UKhozi ngukhokho wezizukulwane zika-Ahaheli indodana kaHarumi.
9 UJabhezi wayehlonipheka ukwedlula abafowabo futhi unina wamnika ibizo elithi Jabhezi* esithi: “Ngimbelethe ngisizwa ubuhlungu.”
10 UJabhezi wathandaza kuNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli wathi: “Kwangathi ungangibusisa unginike indawo enkulu. Isandla sakho kasibe lami futhi ungivikele ngingehlelwa ngumonakalo ukuze kungabi lolutho olubi olwenzakala kimi!” Ngakho uNkulunkulu wakwenza lokho ayekucelile.
11 UKhelubi umfowabo kaShuha wazala uMehiri uyise ka-Eshithoni.
12 U-Eshithoni wazala uBhethi-rafa, loPhaseya, loThehina uyise ka-Iri-nahashi. La kwakungamadoda aseRekha.
13 Amadodana kaKhenazi kwakungu-Othiniyeli+ loSeraya, indodana ka-Othiniyeli kunguHathathi.
14 UMeyonothayi wazala u-Ofira. USeraya wazala uJowabi uyise wamaGe-harashimi.* Ayebizwa njalo ngenxa yokuthi ayezingcitshi zomsebenzi.
15 Amadodana kaKhalebhi+ indodana kaJefune kwakungu-Iru lo-Ela loNahama. Indodana ka-Ela kwakunguKhenazi.
16 Amadodana kaJehaleleli kwakunguZifi, loZifa, loThiriya, lo-Asareli.
17 Amadodana ka-Ezira kwakunguJetheri, loMeredi, lo-Eferi, loJaloni. Owesifazana* wazithwala wabeletha uMiriyamu loShamayi lo-Ishibha uyise ka-Eshithemowa.
18 (Umkakhe ongumJuda wazala uJeredi uyise kaGedori, loHebheri uyise kaSokho, loJekuthiyeli uyise kaZanowa.) La kwakungamadodana kaBhithiya indodakazi kaFaro eyayithethwe nguMeredi.
19 Amadodana enkosikazi kaHodiya yiwo azala uKheyila umGami lo-Eshithemowa umMahakhathi. UmkaHodiya wayengudadewabo kaNahamu.
20 Amadodana kaShimoni kwakungu-Amnoni, loRina, loBheni-hanani, loThiloni. Amadodana ka-Ishi kwakunguZohethi loBheni-zohethi.
21 Amadodana kaShela+ indodana kaJuda kwakungu-Eri uyise kaLekha, loLahada uyise kaMaresha, lezimuli zalabo ababesebenza ukwenza amalembu amahle, abendlu ka-Ashibheya,
22 loJokhimu, lamadoda eKhozeba, loJowashi, loSarafi, abathatha amakhosikazi angamaMowabi, loJashubhi-lehemu. Konke lokhu kuyatholakala emibhalweni yakudala.
23 Babengababumbi ababehlala eNethayimi leGedera. Babehlala lapho futhi besebenzela inkosi.
24 Amadodana kaSimiyoni+ kwakunguNemuweli, loJamini, loJaribi, loZera, loShawuli.+
25 UShawuli wazala uShalumi, uyise kaMibhisamu, uyise kaMishima.
26 Indodana kaMishima kwakunguHamuweli, uyise kaZakhuri, uyise kaShimeyi.
27 UShimeyi wayelamadodana angu-16 lamadodakazi ayisithupha, kodwa kubafowabo akula owaba lamadodana amanengi. Akulazimuli zabo ezaba lamadodana amanengi njengamadoda akoJuda.+
28 Babehlala eBheri-shebha,+ leMolada,+ leHazari-shuwali,+
29 leBhiliha, le-Ezema,+ leTholadi,
30 leBhethuweli,+ leHoma,+ leZikhilagi,+
31 leBhethi-marikhabhothi, leHazari-susimi,+ leBhethi-bhiri, leSharayimi. La yiwo okwakungamadolobho abo kwaze kwaqala ukubusa uDavida.
32 Babehlala e-Ethami, le-Ayini, leRimoni, leThokheni, le-Ashani,+ amadolobho amahlanu,
33 lasezigabeni ezaziseduze lamadolobho la kuze kuyefika eBhali. Le yiyo imibhalo yosendo lwabo lendawo ababehlala kuzo.
34 Ezinye izizukulwane zikaSimiyoni kwakunguMeshobhabhi, loJamileki, loJosha indodana ka-Amaziya,
35 loJoweli, loJehu indodana kaJoshibhiya, indodana kaSeraya, indodana ka-Asiyeli,
36 lo-Eliyonayi, loJahakhoba, loJeshohaya, lo-Asaya, lo-Adiyeli, loJesimiyeli, loBhenaya,
37 loZiza indodana kaShifi, indodana ka-Aloni, indodana kaJedaya, indodana kaShimiri, indodana kaShemaya.
38 Laba abaqanjwe ngamabizo babengabakhokheli bezimuli zabo njalo izimuli zaboyise zanda kakhulu.
39 Baya eduze leGedori, empumalanga yesigodi besiyadingela imihlambi yabo amadlelo.
40 Ekucineni bathola amadlelo amahle njalo aluhlaza. Ilizwe lelo lalibanzi, lilokuthula futhi abantu behlalisekile. AmaHamu yiwo ayeke ahlala khona.+
41 Laba abalamabizo aqanjiweyo bafika ngensuku zikaHezekhiya+ inkosi yakoJuda, bahlasela amatende amaHamu lawamaMewunimi ayehlala lapho. Bawatshabalalisa wonke aphela, yikho lalamuhla engekho. Ngemva kwalokho bahlala endaweni yawo ngoba kwakulamadlelo amahle emihlambi yabo.
42 Amanye amadoda akoSimiyoni angu-500 aya entabeni iSeyiri+ ekhokhelwa nguPhelathiya, loNeyariya, loRefaya, lo-Uziyeli, amadodana ka-Ishi.
43 Babulala ama-Amaleki+ ayebaleke azohlala lapho, basebehlala khona. Balokhu belapho kuze kube lamuhla.
Amabala angaphansi
^ Ibizo leli livela ebaleni lesiHebheru elitsho “ubuhlungu.”
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Isigodi sezingcitshi zomsebenzi.”
^ Lapha kungabe kutshiwo uBhithiya okukhulunywa ngaye kuvesi 18.
