1 Nalii
15:1 A hana iho la o Davida i na hale nona ma ke kulanakauhale o Davida, a hoomakaukau iho la i wahi no
ka pahu o ke Akua, a kukulu iho la i halelewa nona.
15:2 A laila ʻī akula ʻo Dāvida, ʻAʻohe mea e pono ke lawe i ka pahu o ke Akua, ʻo nā Levi wale nō;
na Iehova lakou i wae e amo i ka pahu o ke Akua, a e lawelawe na
ia ia a mau loa aku.
15:3 A houluulu ae la o Davida i ka Iseraela a pau i Ierusalema, e lawe mai i ka pahu
o Iehova i kona wahi ana i hoomakaukau ai nona.
15:4 A hoakoakoa ae la o Davida i na mamo a Aarona, a me na Levi.
15:5 No na mamo a Kohata; ʻO ʻUriʻela ka luna, a ʻo kona poʻe hoahānau hoʻokahi haneri a me kumamakahi
ʻiwakālua:
15:6 No na mamo a Merari; ʻo ʻAsaia ka luna, a me kona poʻe hoahānau ʻelua haneri
a he iwakālua.
15:7 No na mamo a Geresoma; ʻo Ioʻela ka luna, a ʻo kona poʻe hoahānau hoʻokahi haneri a me kumamākahi
kanakolu:
15:8 No na mamo a Elizapana; ʻo Semaia ka luna, a ʻo kona mau hoahānau ʻelua
haneri:
15:9 No na mamo a Heberona; ʻo ʻEliʻela ka luna, a me kona poʻe hoahānau he kanawalu;
15:10 No na mamo a Uziela; ʻo ʻAminadaba ka luna, a ʻo kona poʻe hoahānau hoʻokahi haneri
a he umikumamalua.
15:11 A kii aku la o Davida ia Zadoka a me Abiatara i na kahuna, a me ka
Na Levi, no Uriela, Asaia, Ioela, Semaia, Eliela, a
Aminadab,
15:12 A olelo mai la ia lakou, "O oukou ka poe koikoi o na makua o ka Levi.
e huikala oukou ia oukou iho, o oukou a me ko oukou poe hoahanau, i alakai ai oukou i ka
i ka pahu o Iehova ke Akua o ka Iseraela i kahi a'u i hoomakaukau ai
ia.
15:13 No ka mea, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻoukou i hana ma mua, ua uhaʻi ʻo Iēhova ko mākou Akua
maluna o makou, no ka mea, aole makou i imi ia ia mamuli o ka pono.
15:14 Pela i huikala ai na kahuna a me na Levi ia lakou iho e lawe i ka pahu
na Iehova ke Akua o ka Iseraela.
15:15 A amo na mamo a Levi i ka pahu o ke Akua ma ko lakou mau poohiwi
me nā ʻauamo ma luna, e like me kā Mose i kauoha ai, e like me ka ʻōlelo a Iēhova
Haku.
15:16 A olelo aku la o Davida i na luna o ka Levi e hoonoho i ko lakou poe hoahanau
e hoolea me na mea kani, na pesaleteria a me na lira
kimebala, kani, ma ka hookiekie ana i ka leo me ka olioli.
15:17 A hoonoho iho la na Levi ia Hemana ke keiki a Ioela; a me kona poe hoahanau,
ʻo ʻAsapa ke keiki a Berekia; a no na mamo a Merari ko lakou poe hoahanau,
ʻo ʻEtana ke keiki a Kusaia;
15:18 A me lakou ko lakou poe hoahanau o ka papa lua, Zekaria, Ben, a
o Iaaziela, o Semiramota, o Iehiela, o Uni, o Eliaba, o Benaia,
ʻo Maaseia, ʻo Matitia, ʻo ʻElipele, ʻo Mikeneia, ʻo ʻObededoma,
Ieiela, na kiaipuka.
15:19 No laila ua hoʻonoho ʻia ka poʻe mele, ʻo Hemana, ʻo ʻAsapa, a me ʻEtana e hoʻokani pū
kimebala keleawe;
15:20 A ʻo Zekaria, ʻo ʻAziʻela, ʻo Semiramota, ʻo Iehiʻela, ʻo Uni, a
ʻo ʻEliaba, ʻo Maʻaseia, a ʻo Benaia, me nā pesaleteria ma ʻAlamota;
15:21 A me Matitia, a me Elipele, a me Mikeneia, a me Obededoma, a me Ieiʻela.
a ʻo ʻAzazia, me nā lira ma ka Seminita e lanakila ai.
15:22 A ʻo Kenania, ka luna o nā Levi, no ka mele
ke mele, no ka mea, he akamai.
15:23 A ʻo Berekia lāua ʻo ʻElekana nā kiaʻi puka no ka pahu.
15:24 ʻO Sebania, ʻo Iehosapata, ʻo Netaneʻela, ʻo ʻAmasai,
ʻO Zekaria, ʻo Benaia, a ʻo ʻEliezera, nā kāhuna, i puhi i ka puhi
he mau pū i mua o ka pahu o ke Akua: a ʻo ʻObededoma lāua ʻo Iehia nā kiaʻi puka
no ka pahu.
15:25 No laila, ʻo Dāvida, a me nā lunakahiko o ka ʻIseraʻela, a me nā luna tausani.
hele e lawe mai i ka pahu berita o Iehova mai ka hale o Iehova
Obededdom me ka olioli.
15:26 A eia kekahi, i ko ke Akua kokua ana i na Levi, ka poe i lawe i ka pahu o
ka berita o Iehova, ua kaumaha lakou i na bipi ehiku a me na bipi ehiku
hipa kāne.
15:27 A ua ʻaʻahu ʻia ʻo Dāvida i ka ʻaʻahu olonā, a me nā Levi a pau
ka poe i hali i ka pahu, a me ka poe mele, a me Kenania ka luna mele
me ka poʻe mele: He ʻēpoda olonā kekahi ma luna ona.
15:28 Pela i lawe mai ai ka Iseraela a pau i ka pahuberita o Iehova me
ka hooho ana, a me ke kani ana o ke korineta, a me na pu, a me ka
kimebala, e kani ana me na pesaleteria a me na lira.
15:29 A hiki i ka wā i hele mai ai ka pahu berita o Iēhova i ka
ke kulanakauhale o Davida, o Mikala ke kaikamahine a Saula e nana ana ma ka puka makani
ʻIke akula ʻo ia i ke aliʻi iā Dāvida e haʻa ana a e hoʻokani ana: hoʻowahāwahā ʻo ia iā ia i loko o kona naʻau.