1 Tikhronike 24
Umsebenti lomiselwe baphristi
1Leti-ke bekuticheme temadvodzana a-Aroni: Emadvodzana a-Aroni bekuboNadabi, na-Abihu, na-Eleyazare, na-Ithamari. 2Kodvwa bo-Abihu naNadabi bafa kucala kuneyise, babesete bantfwana. Bo-Eleyazare-ke na-Ithamari bona basale bakhonta babaphristi. 3Ngekusitwa boSadoki, umtukulu wa-Eleyazare, na-Ahimeleki, umtukulu wa-Ithamari, Davide wabehlukanisa ticheme ngeticheme entela kutsi basebente ngendlela enkonzweni. 4Linani lelikhulu lebaholi latfolakala kubendlu yaka-Eleyazare kunalabo lababetfolakala ka-Ithamari, behlukaniswa njengemfanelo. Lababetfolakala ka-Eleyazare baholi baba li-16, kwatsi baka-Ithamari baba siphohlongo, tinhloko temindeni letatibatukulu. 5Loku bakwenta ngekungatikhetseli, ngobe babesebentisa inkatho, bekunetindvuna tendzawo lengcwelengcwele, netindvuna taNkulunkulu kuto njalo titukulwane tabo-Eleyazare na-Ithamari.
6Umbhali Shemaya, umsa waNethaneli, umLevi, wababhalisa emabito abo embikwenkhosi netindvuna, naboSadoki, umphristi, na-Ahimeleki, umsa wa-Abiyatha, netinhloko temindeni yebaphristi neyemaLevi, kutsatfwa umndeni munye ka-Eleyazare, kwase kutsatfwa munye ka-Ithamari. Inkatho yahamba kanje:
7Yekucala yadla Jehoyaribi, yesibili yadla Jedaya,
8yesitsatfu yadla Harimi, yesine yadla Seyorimu,
9yesihlanu yadla Malkhiya, yesitfupha yadla Mijamini,
10yesikhombisa yadla Hakhosi, yesiphohlongo yadla Abiya,
11yemfica yadla Jeshuwa, yelishumi yadla Shekhaniya,
12yeli-11 yadla Eliyashibi, yeli-12 yadla Jakimu,
13yeli-13 yadla Hupha, yeli-14 yadla Jeshebeyabe,
14yeli-15 yadla Bilgayi, yeli-16 yadla Imeri,
15yeli-17 yadla Heziri, yeli-18 yadla Haphisesi,
16yeli-19 yadla Phethahiya, yema-20 yadla Jehezekeli.
17Yema-21 yadla Jakhini, yema-22 yadla Gamuli,
18yema-23 yadla Delaya, yema-24 yadla Maziya.
19Lamadvodza-ke abhaliswa ngekulandzelana kwekukhonta kwawo lokwakumisiwe, kwetikhatsi tekungena kwawo ethempelini laSimakadze, njengekwemininingwane yemiyalo labekelwa yona nguyisemkhulu Aroni, njengobe Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, abeshito kuye.
Lamanye emaLevi
20Mayelana naletinye tinhloko tetitukulwane temaLevi:
Kumadvodzana a-Amramu bekunguShubayeli;
kumadvodzana aShubayeli bekunguJedeya.
21Mayelana naRehabiya, kumadvodzana akhe,
22KaJisihari bekunguShelomothi;
kumadvodzana aShelomothi kwakunguJahathi.
23Emadvodzana aHebroni: wekucala kwakunguJeriya, wesibili kwaba ngu-Amariya, wesitsatfu kwaba nguJahaziyeli, wesine kunguJekameyamu.
24Umsa wa-Uziyeli bekunguMikha,
kumadvodzana aMikha kwaba nguShamiri.
25UmnakaboMikha bekunguJishiya,
kumadvodzana aJishiya kwaba nguZakhariya.
26Emadvodzana aMerari bekuboMahali naMushi.
Umsa waJaziya bekunguBeno.
27Emadvodzana aMerari kusuka kuJaziya
bekuboBeno, naShohamu, naZakhuri, na-Ibri.
28Kusukela kuMahali kwakungu-Eleyazare
29KaKhishi: umsa waKhishi kwakunguJerameli.
30Emadvodzana aMushi bekuboMahali, na-Ederi, naJerimothi.
Lawa-ke bekungemaLevi njengekwetindlu tawo. 31Benta inkatho nabo njengabomnakabo, batukulu ba-Aroni, ngesikhatsi basembikwenkhosi Davide, naSadoki, na-Ahimeleki, netinhloko temindeni yebaphristi netemaLevi. Imindeni yalabangematubulo yayiphatfwa ngendlela lekwakuphatfwa ngayo botfunjana.
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