1 Nalii
23: 1. A i ka wa i elemakule ai o Davida, a he nui na la, hoolilo iho la oia ia Solomona i alii
maluna o ka Iseraela.
23:2 A hoakoakoa ia i na luna a pau o ka Iseraela, me na kahuna a me
ka Levi.
23:3 A ua helu ʻia nā Levi mai ke kanakolu o nā makahiki a keu aku.
a ʻo ko lākou helu ʻana ma ko lākou poʻo, ʻo kēlā me kēia kanaka, he kanakolukumamāwalu
tausani.
23:4 He iwakāluakumamāhā tausani o lākou e hoʻonohonoho i ka hana o ka hana
hale o Iehova; a he mau luna a me na lunakanawai eono tausani.
23:5 A ʻehā tausani he poʻe kiaʻi puka; a eha tausani i hoolea ia Iehova
me na mea kani a'u i hana'i, wahi a Davida, e hoolea ai.
23:6 A mahele iho la o Davida ia lakou i na papa iwaena o na mamo a Levi, oia hoi.
ʻO Geresona, ʻo Kohata, a ʻo Merari.
23:7 No ka Geresona, o Ladana, a o Simei.
23:8 O na keikikane a Laadana; ʻo Iehiʻela ka luna, ʻo Zetama, a ʻo Ioela, ʻekolu.
23:9 ʻO nā keiki kāne a Simei; ʻo Selomita, ʻo Haziʻela, a ʻo Harana, ʻekolu. ʻO kēia mau mea
ka luna o na makua o Laadana.
23:10 A ʻo nā keiki kāne a Simei, ʻo Iahata, ʻo Zina, ʻo Ieusa, a ʻo Beria. ʻO kēia mau mea
ʻehā nā keiki kāne a Simei.
23:11 A ʻo Iahata ka luna, a ʻo Ziza ka lua;
aole nui na keikikane; nolaila, hookahi lakou helu ana, e like me ko lakou
hale o ka makuakane.
23:12 ʻO nā keiki kāne a Kohata; ʻo ʻAmerama, ʻo ʻIzehara, ʻo Heberona, ʻo ʻUziʻela, ʻehā.
23:13 ʻO nā keiki kāne a ʻAmerama; ʻo ʻAʻarona lāua ʻo Mose: a ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻo ʻAʻarona
e hoʻolaʻa i nā mea hoʻāno loa, ʻo ia a me kāna mau keiki i ke ahi mau loa
i mea ʻala i mua o Iēhova, e lawelawe nāna, a e hoʻomaikaʻi aku ma kona inoa
mau loa.
23:14 No Mose ke kanaka o ke Akua, ua kapaia kana mau keiki no ka ohana a
Levi.
23:15 ʻO nā keiki kāne a Mose, ʻo Geresoma a ʻo ʻEliezera.
23:16 No na mamo a Geresoma, o Sebuela ka luna.
23:17 A o na keikikane a Eliezera, o Rehabia ka luna. ʻAʻohe mea iā ʻEliezera
nā keiki kāne ʻē aʻe; aka, he nui loa na keiki a Rehabia.
23:18 No na mamo a Izehara; Selomita ka luna.
23:19 No na mamo a Heberona; o Ieria ka mua, o Amaria ka lua, o Iahaziela
ʻo ke kolu, a ʻo Iekameama ka hā.
23:20 No na mamo a Uziela; ʻO Mika ka mua, a ʻo Iesia ka lua.
23:21 ʻO nā keiki kāne a Merari; ʻo Mahli, a me Musi. ʻO nā keiki kāne a Maheli; Eleazara, a
Kish.
23:22 A make iho la o Eleazara, aohe ana keikikane, he mau kaikamahine wale no;
na na keiki a Kisa lakou i lawe.
23:23 ʻO nā keiki kāne a Musi; ʻo Maheli, ʻo ʻEdera, a ʻo Ieremota, ʻekolu.
23:24 ʻO lākou nā keiki kāne a Levi ma ka ʻohana o ko lākou poʻe kūpuna; ʻo ia hoʻi ka
poʻokela o nā mākua, e like me ka helu ʻana o nā inoa ma ko lākou mau inoa
polls, ka poe i hana i ka oihana o ka hale o Iehova, mai
he iwakālua makahiki a keu aku.
23:25 No ka mea, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dāvida, Ua hoʻomaha mai ʻo Iēhova ke Akua o ka ʻIseraʻela i kona poʻe kānaka.
i noho mau loa lakou ma Ierusalema.
23:26 LK A no ka Levi. aole lakou e hali hou i ka halelewa, aole hoi
o na ipu ona no ka lawelawe ana.
23:27 No ka mea, ma na olelo hope a Davida, ua heluia na Levi mai ka iwakalua mai
makahiki a keu:
23:28 No ka mea, ʻo kā lākou ʻoihana ka hana ma nā keiki a ʻAʻarona
ka hale o Iehova, ma na pahale, a ma na keena, a ma ka
ka huikala ana i na mea laa a pau, a me ka oihana o ka hale
na ke Akua;
23:29 No ka berena hoike, a no ka palaoa i mohaiai, a
no na popo berena hu ole, a no ka mea i moa ma ka pa, a
no ka mea i palaiia, a no na ano a pau a me ka nui;
23:30 LK A kū i kēlā kakahiaka i kēia kakahiaka e hoʻomaikaʻi a hoʻomaikaʻi iā Iēhova, a pēlā pū ma
pono;
23:31 A e kaumaha aku i na mohaikuni a pau ia Iehova i na Sabati, i ka
mahina hou, a ma na ahaaina, ma ka helu ana, e like me ke kauoha
kauoha mau ia lakou imua o Iehova.
23:32 LK A mālama lākou i ka ʻoihana o ka halelewa
anaina kanaka, a me ka oihana o kahi hoano, a me ka oihana o ka
na mamo a Aarona ko lakou poe hoahanau, ma ka oihana o ka hale o Iehova.