1 Chronicles 23

1UDavida esemdala esanele ngensuku a wamisa uSolomoni indodana yakhe ukuthi abe yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli b.

Izigaba zabapristi lezamaLevi lemisebenzi yazo

2Wasebuthanisa zonke induna zakoIsrayeli labapristi lamaLevi. 3AmaLevi asebalwa kusukela koleminyaka engamatshumi amathathu kusiya phezulu c; lenani lawo, ngamakhanda awo d, ngamadoda, laba zinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu lesificaminwembili e. 4Kula kwakulezinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili lane okuqondisa umsebenzi wendlu yeNkosi; lezinduna labahluleli abayizinkulungwane eziyisithupha f; 5labagcini bamasango abayizinkulungwane ezine; labadumisi beNkosi abayizinkulungwane ezine ngezinto engizenzele ukudumisa g, watsho uDavida h. 6UDavida wasewehlukanisa ngezigaba i, ngokwamadodana kaLevi, oGerishoni, uKohathi, loMerari j.

7KumaGerishoni kwakungoLadani loShimeyi k. 8Amadodana kaLadani: OJehiyeli inhloko l, loZethamu m, loJoweli, emathathu n. 9Amadodana kaShimeyi: OShelomithi loHaziyeli loHarani, emathathu. La ayezinhloko zaboyise koLadani. 10Lamadodana kaShimeyi o: OJahathi, uZiza, loJewushi, loBeriya. La ayengamadodana kaShimeyi, emane. 11LoJahathi wayeyinhloko, loZiza engowesibili; kodwa uJewushi loBeriya babengelabantwana abanengi, ngakho babesendlini yaboyise ngokubalwa kanye.

12Amadodana kaKohathi: OAmramu, uIzihari, uHebroni, loUziyeli, emane p. 13Amadodana kaAmramu: OAroni loMozisi q. UAroni wehlukaniselwa-ke r ukungcwelisa izinto ezingcwelengcwele, yena lamadodana akhe, kuze kube nininini s, ukutshisa impepha phambi kweNkosi t, ukuyikhonza u, lokubusisa ngebizo layo kuze kube nininini v , w. 14NgoMozisi umuntu kaNkulunkulu x, amadodana akhe abizwa ngaphansi kwesizwe sakoLevi y. 15Amadodana kaMozisi: OGereshoma loEliyezeri z. 16Amadodana kaGereshoma: UShebuweli inhloko aa. 17Lamadodana kaEliyezeri ayenguRehabhiya inhloko ab; uEliyezeri wayengelawo-ke amanye amadodana, kodwa amadodana kaRehabhiya ayemanengi okwedlulisayo. 18Amadodana kaIzihari: UShelomithi inhloko. 19Amadodana kaHebroni: OJeriya inhloko, uAmariya owesibili, uJahaziyeli owesithathu, uJekameyamu owesine ac. 20Amadodana kaUziyeli: OMika inhloko ad, loIshiya owesibili ae.

21Amadodana kaMerari: OMahli loMushi af. Amadodana kaMahli: OEleyazare loKishi ag. 22UEleyazare wasesifa, wayengelamadodana kodwa amadodakazi ah; amadodana kaKishi, abafowabo, asewathatha ai. 23Amadodana kaMushi: OMahli loEderi loJeremothi, emathathu aj.

24La ngamadodana kaLevi ngendlu yaboyise ak, inhloko zaboyise, ngokubalwa kwawo, ngenani lamabizo, ngamakhanda awo, esenza umsebenzi wenkonzo yendlu yeNkosi al, kusukela koleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu am. 25Ngoba uDavida wathi: INkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ibanikile abantu bayo ukuphumula, bazahlala eJerusalema kuze kube sephakadeni an. 26Ngokunjalo-ke kumaLevi; kakulamuntu ozathwala ithabhanekele laloba yiziphi izitsha zalo zenkonzo yalo ao. 27Ngoba ngamazwi kaDavida okucina amadodana kaLevi abhalwa kusukela kwaleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu. 28Ngoba indawo yawo yayingasesandleni samadodana kaAroni enkonzweni yendlu yeNkosi, phezu kwamaguma, laphezu kwamakamelo, laphezu kokuhlambulula zonke izinto ezingcwele, lomsebenzi wenkonzo yendlu kaNkulunkulu ap, 29lowezinkwa zokubukiswa aq, lowempuphu ecolekileyo yomnikelo wokudla ar, lowezinkwana eziyizipatalala ezingelamvubelo, lowokubhakwe ngepani as, lowokukhanzingiweyo at, lowesilinganiso sonke au lobukhulu av; 30lokuma ukusa ngokusa ukubonga lokudumisa iNkosi, kanjalo lantambama, 31lokunikela konke kweminikelo yokutshiswa eNkosini ngamasabatha aw, ngokuthwasa kwenyanga ax, langemikhosi emisiweyo ay, ngenani, ngokwesimiso kukho, njalonjalo phambi kweNkosi. 32Njalo azagcina umlindo wethente lenhlangano, lomlindo wendlu engcwele az, lomlindo wamadodana kaAroni, abafowabo, enkonzweni yendlu yeNkosi ba.

Copyright information for Ndebele