1All Israel was listed in the genealogies recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. They were taken captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
The People in Jerusalem
2Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.
3Those from Judah, from Benjamin, and from Ephraim and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem were:
4Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
5Of the Shelanites9:5 See Num. 26:20; Hebrew Shilonites.:
Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
6Of the Zerahites:
Jeuel.
The people from Judah numbered 690.
7Of the Benjamites:
Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;
8Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, the son of Mikri; and Meshullam son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah.
9The people from Benjamin, as listed in their genealogy, numbered 956. All these men were heads of their families.
10Of the priests:
Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin;
11Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the official in charge of the house of God;
12Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah; and Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer.
13The priests, who were heads of families, numbered 1,760. They were able men, responsible for ministering in the house of God.
14Of the Levites:
Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a Merarite; 15Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal and Mattaniah son of Mika, the son of Zikri, the son of Asaph; 16Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berekiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
17The gatekeepers:
Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their fellow Levites, Shallum their chief 18being stationed at the King’s Gate on the east, up to the present time. These were the gatekeepers belonging to the camp of the Levites. 19Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his fellow gatekeepers from his family (the Korahites) were responsible for guarding the thresholds of the tent just as their ancestors had been responsible for guarding the entrance to the dwelling of the Lord. 20In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar was the official in charge of the gatekeepers, and the Lord was with him. 21Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
22Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer. 23They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord—the house called the tent of meeting. 24The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north and south. 25Their fellow Levites in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven-day periods. 26But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God. 27They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they had to guard it; and they had charge of the key for opening it each morning.
28Some of them were in charge of the articles used in the temple service; they counted them when they were brought in and when they were taken out. 29Others were assigned to take care of the furnishings and all the other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the special flour and wine, and the olive oil, incense and spices. 30But some of the priests took care of mixing the spices. 31A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with the responsibility for baking the offering bread. 32Some of the Kohathites, their fellow Levites, were in charge of preparing for every Sabbath the bread set out on the table.
33Those who were musicians, heads of Levite families, stayed in the rooms of the temple and were exempt from other duties because they were responsible for the work day and night.
34All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs as listed in their genealogy, and they lived in Jerusalem.
The Genealogy of Saul
35Jeiel the father9:35 Father may mean civic leader or military leader. of Gibeon lived in Gibeon.
His wife’s name was Maakah, 36and his firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 37Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah and Mikloth. 38Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They too lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.
39Ner was the father of Kish, Kish the father of Saul, and Saul the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.9:39 Also known as Ish-Bosheth
40The son of Jonathan:
Merib-Baal,9:40 Also known as Mephibosheth who was the father of Micah.
41The sons of Micah:
Pithon, Melek, Tahrea and Ahaz.9:41 Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint and 8:35); Hebrew does not have and Ahaz.
42Ahaz was the father of Jadah, Jadah9:42 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 8:36); most Hebrew manuscripts Jarah, Jarah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza. 43Moza was the father of Binea; Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son and Azel his son.
44Azel had six sons, and these were their names:
Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.
1እስራኤል ሁሉ በየትውልድ ሐረጋቸው ተቈጥረው ስማቸው በእስራኤል ነገሥታት መዝገብ ላይ ሰፈረ።
የኢየሩሳሌም ከተማ ሕዝብ
9፥1-17 ተጓ ምብ – ነህ 11፥3-19
የይሁዳ ሕዝብ ከፈጸሙት በደል የተነሣ ተማርከው ወደ ባቢሎን ተወሰዱ። 2በመጀመሪያ በየርስታቸውና በየከተሞቻቸው ተመልሰው የሰፈሩት ጥቂት እስራኤላውያን፣ ካህናት፣ ሌዋውያንና በቤተ መቅደሱ ውስጥ የጕልበት ሥራ የሚሠሩ አገልጋዮች ነበሩ።
3በኢየሩሳሌም ይኖሩ የነበሩ የይሁዳ፣ የብንያም፣ የኤፍሬምና የምናሴ ነገዶች የሚከተሉት ናቸው፤
4ከይሁዳ ልጅ፣ ከፋሬስ ዘሮች፣ የባኒ ልጅ፣ የአምሪ ልጅ፣ የዖምሪ ልጅ፣ የዓሚሁድ ልጅ ዑታይ።
5ከሴሎናውያን፦
የበኵር ልጁ ዓሣያና ወንዶች ልጆቹ።
6ከዛራውያን፦
ይዑኤል፤
የሕዝቡ ቍጥር ስድስት መቶ ዘጠና ነበረ።
ከይሁዳ ነገድ የሰው ቍጥር ስድስት መቶ ዘጠና ነበር።
7ከብንያማውያን፦
የሐስኑአ ልጅ፣ የሆዳይዋ ልጅ፣ የሜሱላም ልጅ ሰሉ። 8የይሮሐም ልጅ ብኔያ፤ የሚክሪ ልጅ፣ የኦዚ ልጅ ኤላ፤ የይብንያ ልጅ፣ የራጉኤል ልጅ፣ የሰፋጥያ ልጅ ሜሱላም።
9በትውልድ ሐረግ መዝገቡ ላይ በተጻፈው መሠረት ከብንያም ነገድ የሕዝቡ ቍጥር ዘጠኝ መቶ ሃምሳ ስድስት ነበረ፤ እነዚህ ሁሉ ወንዶች የቤተ ሰብ አለቆች ነበሩ።
10ከካህናቱ፦
ዮዳኤ፣ ዮአሪብ፣ ያኪን፤
11የእግዚአብሔር ቤት አለቃ የሆነው የአኪጦብ ልጅ፣ የመራዮት ልጅ፣ የሳዶቅ ልጅ፣ የሜሱላም ልጅ፣ የኬልቅያስ ልጅ ዓዛርያስ።
12የመልክያ ልጅ፣ የጳስኮር ልጅ፣ የይሮሐም ልጅ ዓዳያ፤ የኢሜር ልጅ፣ የምሺላሚት ልጅ፣ የሜሱላም ልጅ፣ የየሕዜራ ልጅ፣ የዓዲኤል ልጅ መዕሣይ።
13የቤተ ሰብ አለቃ የነበሩት ካህናት ቍጥር አንድ ሺሕ ሰባት መቶ ስድሳ ነበረ፤ እነዚህም በእግዚአብሔር ቤት ለሚከናወነው አገልግሎት ብቁ ሰዎች ነበሩ።
14ከሌዋውያን ወገን፦
ከሜራሪ ዘሮች የአሳብያ ልጅ፣ የዓዝሪቃም ልጅ፣ የአሱብ ልጅ ሸማያ፣ 15በቅበቃር፣ ኤሬስ፣ ጋላልና የአሳፍ ልጅ፣ የዝክሪ ልጅ፣ የሚካ ልጅ መታንያ።
16የኤዶታም ልጅ፣ የጋላል ልጅ፣ የሰሙስ ልጅ አብድያ። እንዲሁም በነጦፋውያን ከተሞች የኖረው የሕልቃና ልጅ፣ የአሳ ልጅ በራክያ።
17የቤተ መቅደሱ በር ጠባቂዎች፦
ሰሎም፣ ዓቁብ፣ ጤልሞን፣ አሒማንና ወንድሞቻቸው፤ አለቃቸውም ሰሎም ነበረ፤ 18እርሱም በስተ ምሥራቅ በሚገኘው በንጉሡ በር እስካሁን ድረስ ተመድቧል። እነዚህም የሌዋውያኑ ሰፈር በር ጠባቂዎች ነበሩ።
19የቆሬ ልጅ የአብያሳፍ ልጅ፣ የቆሬ ልጅ ሰሎምና ከእርሱም ቤተ ሰብ የሆኑት ቆሬያውያን ወደ እግዚአብሔር ማደሪያ9፥19 በዚህ በቍጥር 21 እና 23 ላይ ቤተ መቅደሱን ያመለክታል። የሚያስገባውን በር ይጠብቁ እንደ ነበር ሁሉ፣ እነዚህም ወደ ቤተ መቅደሱ የሚያስገባውን በር ይጠብቁ ነበር።
20በቀድሞ ጊዜ የበር ጠባቂዎቹ አለቃ የአልዓዛር ልጅ ፊንሐስ ነበረ፤ እግዚአብሔርም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረ።
21ወደ መገናኛው ድንኳን የሚያስገባውን በር የሚጠብቀው ደግሞ የሜሱላም ልጅ ዘካርያስ ነበረ።
22መግቢያ በሮቹን እንዲጠብቁ የተመረጡት በአጠቃላይ ሁለት መቶ ዐሥራ ሁለት ነበሩ።
እነርሱም በትውልድ ሐረጋቸው መሠረት በሚኖሩባቸው መንደሮች ተቈጥረው ተመዘገቡ፤ በር ጠባቂዎቹን በዚያ ቦታ ላይ የመደቧቸው ዳዊትና ባለ ራእዩ ሳሙኤል ነበሩ። 23የማደሪያውን ድንኳን፣ ማለትም የእግዚአብሔርን ቤት የሚጠብቁትም እነርሱና ዘሮቻቸው ነበሩ። 24በር ጠባቂዎቹም በምሥራቅ፣ በምዕራብ፣ በሰሜንና፣ በደቡብ በሚገኙት በአራቱም ማእዘኖች ላይ ነበሩ። 25ወንድሞቻቸውም በየመንደሮቻቸው ሆነው በየጊዜው እየወጡ የጥበቃውን ሥራ ሰባት ሰባት ቀን ያግዟቸው ነበር። 26ሌዋውያን የነበሩት አራቱ የበር ጠባቂ አለቆች ግን በእግዚአብሔር ቤት ውስጥ የሚገኙትን ክፍሎችና ግምጃ ቤቶች በኀላፊነት ይጠብቁ ነበር። 27የጥበቃውን ሥራ የሚያከናውኑት እነርሱ በመሆናቸው የሚያድሩትም በዚያው በእግዚአብሔር ቤት አካባቢ ነበረ፤ ጧት ጧትም ደጆቹን የሚከፍቱት እነርሱ ነበሩ።
28ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ ለቤተ መቅደሱ አገልግሎት የሚውሉ ዕቃዎችን በኀላፊነት ይጠብቁ ነበር፤ ዕቃዎቹም በሚገቡበትና በሚወጡበት ጊዜ ሁሉ ይቈጥሩ ነበር። 29ሌሎቹ ሌዋውያን ደግሞ ዕቃዎቹንና የቤተ መቅደሱን ንዋያተ ቅድሳት፣ ዱቄቱን፣ የወይን ጠጁን፣ የወይራ ዘይቱን፣ ዕጣኑን፣ የሽቱውን ቅመማ ቅመም እንዲጠብቁ ተመድበው ነበር። 30ከካህናቱም አንዳንዶቹ የሽቱውን ቅመማ ቅመም ይለውሱና ያዘጋጁ ነበር። 31የቆሬያዊው የሰሎም በኵር ልጅ ሌዋዊው ማቲትያ የቍርባኑን እንጀራ የመጋገር ኀላፊነት ተሰጥቶት ነበር። 32በየሰንበቱ ለሚዘጋጀው ገጸ ኅብስትም ኀላፊነቱ የተሰጠው ከቀዓታውያን ወንድሞቻቸው መካከል ለአንዳንዶቹ ነበር።
33የሌዋውያን ቤተ ሰብ አለቆች የነበሩት መዘምራኑ ደግሞ በቤተ መቅደሱ ክፍሎች ውስጥ እንዲኖሩና ከሌላው ሥራ ሁሉ ነጻ እንዲሆኑ ተደርጎ ነበር፤ ምክንያቱም ቀንና ሌሊት የሚሠሩት ሥራ ነበራቸው።
34እነዚህ ሁሉ የሌዋውያን ቤተ ሰብ አለቆች ሲሆኑ፣ በትውልድ ሐረጋቸው መሠረት ተመዘገቡ፤ የሚኖሩትም በኢየሩሳሌም ነበረ።
የሳኦል ትውልድ ሐረግ
9፥34-44 ተጓ ምብ – 1ዜና 8፥28-38
35የገባዖን አባት9፥35 አባት ማለት፣ የማኅበረ ሰብ መሪ ወይም፣ የጦር መሪ ማለት ነው። ይዒኤል የሚኖረው በገባዖን ነበረ፤
የሚስቱም ስም መዓካ ይባላል። 36የበኵር ልጁ ዓብዶን ሲሆን፣ የእርሱም ተከታዮች ዱር፣ ቂስ፣ በኣል፣ ኔር፣ ናዳብ፣ 37ጌዶር፣ አሒዮ፣ ዛኩር፣ ሚቅሎት ነበሩ። 38ሚቅሎት ሳምአን ወለደ፤ እነርሱም ከዘመዶቻቸው ጋር በኢየሩሳሌም አቅራቢያ ይኖሩ ነበር።
39ኔር ቂስን ወለደ፤ ቂስ ሳኦልን ወለደ፤ ሳኦል ዮናታንን፣ ሜልኪሳን፣ አሚናዳብን፣ አስበኣልን9፥39 ኢሽጠቦሼት በመባልም ይታወቃል። ወለደ።
40የዮናታን ወንድ ልጅ፤
መሪበኣል9፥40 ሜፊቦስቴ በመባልም ይታወቃል። ነው፤ መሪበኣል ሚካን ወለደ።
41የሚካ ወንዶች ልጆች፤
ፒቶን፣ ሜሌክ፣ ታሬዓ፣ አካዝ።
42አካዝ የዕራን ወለደ፤ የዕራም ናሌሜትን፣ ዓዝሞትን፣ ዘምሪን ወለደ፤ ዘምሪም ሞጻን ወለደ። 43ሞጻም ቢንዓን ወለደ፤ ልጁ ረፋያ ነበረ፤ ልጁ ኤልዓሣ፣ ልጁ ኤሴል።
44ኤሴል ስድስት ወንዶች ልጆች ነበሩት፤ ስማቸውም፦
ዓዝሪቃም፣ ቦክሩ፣ እስማኤል፣ ሸዓርያ፣ አብድዩ፣ ሐናን፤ እነዚህ የኤሴል ወንዶች ልጆች ናቸው።
