17 Ngako emaLevi akhetsa boHemani, umsa waJoweli; kubomnakabo akhetsa Asafa, umsa waBherekhiya; kubomnakabo emaMerari akhetsa Ethani, umsa waKhushaya;
kwatsi emvakwabo kwalandzela bomnakabo: boZakhariya, naJaziyeli, naShemiramothi, naJehiyeli, na-Uni, na-Eliyabe, naBhenaya, naMaseya, naMathithiya, na-Elifelehu, naMikneya, na-Obedi Edomu kanye naJeyiyeli, bomahlalesangweni.
Bahlabeli boHemani, na-Asafa kanye na-Ethani bakhetselwa kudlala emasimbali elitfusi.
Lababenabo bekuboHemani, naJeduthuni kanye nalabanye lababekhetsiwe ngemabito abo bakhetselwe umsebenti wekubonga Simakadze, batsi: “Ngobe umusa wakhe ume kuze kube phakadze.”
BoHemani naJeduthuni bona umsebenti wabo bekukushaya emacilongo, nemasimbali kanye nekudlala letinye tingubhu tekuhlabela ingoma lengcwele yekudvumisa. Emadvodzana aJeduthuni wona abema esangweni.
Emadvodzana aKhohati bekubo-Amramu, naJisihari, naHebroni kanye na-Uziyeli.
naThahathi, umsa wakhe, na-Uriyeli, umsa wakhe, na-Uziya, umsa wakhe, kanye naShawula, umsa wakhe.
Titukulwane takaMerari bekunguMahali, naLibni, umsa wakhe, naShimeyi, umsa wakhe, na-Uza, umsa wakhe,
Nankha-ke lamadvodza labekhonta kanye nemadvodzana awo: Esiveni semaKhohati bekunguHemani, umhlabeli, umsa waJoweli, umsa waSamuweli,
Asafa, labebambisene naHemani, yena abekhonta ngasesandleni sakhe sekudla. Asafa abengumsa waBherekhiya, umsa waShimeya,
Ngasesandleni sangesancele bekubomnakabo lebekungemadvodzana aMerari: Ethani abengumsa waKhishi, umsa wa-Abdi, umsa waMaluki,
Nkulunkulu wabonkulunkulu unguSimakadze lokhulumako. Umemetela emhlabeni wonkhe, kusukela emphumalanga kuye enshonalanga.
Ngempela, Nkulunkulu ubaphatsa kahle baka-Israyeli nalabo labamsulwa etinhlitiyweni.
Awu, Nkulunkulu! Ungathuli, utente simungulu. Ungatsalalisi, Nkulunkulu.
Libito lelitubulo lakhe bekunguJoweli, elanywa ngu-Abiya, bobabili babetikhulu eBherisheba.