1 Awa ndi anthu a mʼchigawo cha Yuda amene anabwerako ku ukapolo, amene Nebukadinezara mfumu ya ku Babuloni anawagwira ukapolo ndi kupita nawo ku Babuloni (iwo anabwerera ku Yerusalemu ndi ku Yuda, aliyense ku mzinda wake. 2 Iwo anabwerera pamodzi ndi Zerubabeli, Yesuwa, Nehemiya, Seruya, Reelaya, Mordekai, Bilisani, Misipara, Bigivai, Rehumu ndi Baana).

Chiwerengero cha anthu aamuna a Israeli chinali chotere:

36 Ansembe anali awa:

40 Alevi anali awa:

41 Anthu oyimba nyimbo anali awa:

42 Alonda a ku Nyumba ya Mulungu anali awa:

43 Otumikira ku Nyumba ya Mulungu anali awa:

55 Zidzukulu za antchito a Solomoni zinali izi:

59 Anthu ali mʼmunsiwa anabwera kuchokera ku mizinda ya Teli-Mela, Teli-Harisa, Kerubi, Adoni ndi Imeri, ngakhale samatha kutsimikiza kuti mafuko awo analidi Aisraeli enieni kapena ayi:

61 Ndi ena pakati pa ansembe anali awa:

62 Amenewa anafufuza mayina awo mʼbuku lofotokoza mbiri ya mafuko awo, koma mayinawo sanawapezemo, choncho anawachotsa pa unsembe ngati anthu odetsedwa pa zachipembedzo. 63 Bwanamkubwa anawawuza anthuwo kuti asamadye nawo mpaka atapezeka wansembe wodziwa kuwombeza ndi Urimu ndi Tumimu.

64 Chiwerengero cha anthu onse pamodzi chinali 42,360, 65 kuwonjezera pamenepo, panalinso antchito awo aamuna ndi aakazi okwanira 7,337. Analinso ndi amuna ndi akazi oyimba nyimbo okwanira 200. 66 Anali ndi akavalo 736, nyulu 245, 67 ngamira 435 ndi abulu 6,720.

68 Atafika ku Nyumba ya Yehova mu Yerusalemu, ena mwa atsogoleri a mabanja anapereka zopereka zaufulu zothandizira kumanganso Nyumba ya Mulungu pamalo pake pakale. 69 Anapereka kwa msungichuma wa ntchitoyo molingana ndi mmene aliyense chuma chake chinalili: golide wa makilogalamu 500, siliva makilogalamu 2,800 ndi zovala za ansembe zokwanira 100.

70 Ansembe, Alevi, oyimba nyimbo, alonda ndi antchito a ku Nyumba ya Yehova pamodzi ndi Aisraeli ena onse ankakhala mʼmidzi ya makolo awo.