1 Tikhronike 23 - Siswati 1996 Bible

¹ Kwatsi Davide nasakhulile kakhulu asalikhehla, wase ubeka Solomoni, umsa wakhe, kutsi abe yinkhosi yema-Israyeli.

Umsebenti wemaLevi

² Davide wachubeka wabita bonkhe baholi besive sema-Israyeli kanye nebaphristi babo, nemaLevi.

³ EmaLevi labesaneminyaka lengema-30 nalengetulu abalwa, asawonkhe lawo madvodza aba ti-38 000.

⁴ Davide watsi: “Emkhatsini walaba: labati-24 000 batakwengamela kwakhiwa kwelithempeli laSimakadze, labati-6 000 bona batawuba tindvuna nebehluleli.

⁵ Labati-4 000 bona batawuba bomahlalesangweni, labati-4 000 babe bekudvumisa Simakadze ngetingubhu temculo lengitimisele loko.”

⁶ Davide wehlukanisa emaLevi aba ticheme letingangetemadvodzana aLevi: BoGeshoni, naKhohati, naMerari.

BakaGeshoni

⁷ LabebabakaGeshoni: BekuboLadani naShimeyi.

⁸ Emadvodzana aLadani: Wekucala bekunguJehiyeli, bese kuba boZethami naJoweli, babatsatfu sebabonkhe.

⁹ Emadvodzana aShimeyi: BekuboShelomothi, naHaziyeli, naHarani, babatsatfu sebabonkhe. Laba-ke bekungutona tinhloko temindeni yakaLadani.

¹⁰ Emadvodzana aShimeyi: BekuboJahathi, naZiza, naJewushe, naBheriya. Lawa-ke bekungemadvodzana aShimeyi, amane asawonkhe.

¹¹ Wekucala bekunguJahathi, wesibili kunguZiza, kodvwa boJewushe naBheriya bona abazange babe nemadvodzana lamanyenti, ngako-ke babalwa njengemndeni munye, banikwa umsebenti waba munye.

BakaKhohati

¹² Emadvodzana aKhohati: Bekubo-Amramu, naJisihari, naHebroni, na-Uziyeli, babebane sebabonkhe.

¹³ Emadvodzana a-Amramu: Bekubo-Aroni naMosi; Aroni wehlukaniselwa, yena kanye nentalelwane yakhe phakadze naphakadze kutsi bakhonte ngato tonkhe tintfo letingcwelengcwele tihlale tingcwele, bashise imphepho embikwaSimakadze, bakhonte ebukhoneni bakhe basho netibusiso ngeLibito lakhe phakadze naphakadze.

¹⁴ Emadvodzana aMosi, inceku yaNkulunkulu, nawo abalwa njengalabanye besive semaLevi.

¹⁵ Emadvodzana aMosi: BekuboGeshomu na-Eliyezeri.

¹⁶ Situkulwane sakaGeshomu: Wekucala bekunguShubayeli.

¹⁷ Situkulwane saka-Eliyezeri: Wekucala bekunguRehabiya. Eliyezeri akazange aphindze amtale umfana, kodvwa emadvodzana aRehabiya wona abemanyenti kakhulu.

¹⁸ Emadvodzana aJisihari: Wekucala bekunguShelomithi.

¹⁹ Emadvodzana aHebroni: Wekucala bekunguJeriya, wesibili kungu-Amariya, wesitsatfu kunguJahaziyeli, wesine kunguJekameyamu.

²⁰ Emadvodzana a-Uziyeli: Wekucala bekunguMikha, wesibili kunguJishiya.

BakaMerari

²¹ Emadvodzana aMerari: BekuboMahali naMushi. Emadvodzana aMahali: Bekubo-Eleyazare naKhishi.

²² Eleyazare wafa ate bantfwana labadvuna, abenemantfombatana odvwa. Bomnakabo, emadvodzana aKhishi, bawatsatsa bawenta bafati babo.

²³ Emadvodzana aMushi: BekuboMahali, na-Ederi, naJerimothi, babatsatfu sebabonkhe.

²⁴ Lena-ke bekuyintalelwane yaLevi ngemindeni yawo, tinhloko temindeni, njengobe tatibhaliswe ngemabito tabalwa ngayinye ngayinye, lokusho labo labebangasebenta, kusukela kulababeneminyaka lengema-20 kuya etulu, labo labebakhonta ethempelini laSimakadze.

²⁵ Davide phela abetsite: “Njengobe Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, asaletse kuthula esiveni sakhe futsi asatewuhlala eJerusalema kokuphela,

²⁶ akusadzingeki kutsi emaLevi abe etfwalana nelithende lekuhlangana nome-ke letinye nje tintfo letisetjentiswa nakukhontwako.”

²⁷ Ngekwemagama ekugcina aDavide emaLevi abalwa kusukela kulabo lababeneminyaka lengema-20 kuya etulu.

²⁸ Umsebenti wemaLevi kwakukusita emadvodzana a-Aroni emsebentini wasethempelini laSimakadze: Babefanele kwengamela tibuya netindlu letatichunywe ethempelini, nekuhlambulula tonkhe tintfo letingcwele kanye nekwenta leminye nje imisebenti yasendlini yaNkulunkulu.

²⁹ Babefanele banakekele sinkhwa sekubekwa etafuleni, nafulaha wemnikelo walokutinhlavu, nemacebelengwane langenambiliso kanye nekuphekwa nekubondvwa kwawo kanye nebungako bawo bebunyenti nesisindvo sawo.

³⁰ Babesukuma njalo ekuseni beme babonge Simakadze baphindze bamdvumise. Babenta njalo futsi nantsambama,

³¹ nangato tonkhe tikhatsi nakwentiwa iminikelo yekushiswa kuSimakadze ngemaSabatha, nangemikhosi yekwetfwasa kwenyanga, nangemikhosi nje leminye lemisiwe. Babefanele kukhonta embikwaSimakadze njalo nje, babe sibalo lesitsite futsi bakhonte ngaleyo ndlela labanikwe yona.

³² Ngako-ke emaLevi awenta umsebenti lamiselwe wona ethendeni lekuhlangana, nasendzaweni lengcwele, bangaphansi kwabomnakabo, batukulu ba-Aroni, enkonzweni yasethempelini laSimakadze.