1 Ngoma
23: 1 Nuko Dawidi ashaje kandi yuzuye iminsi, agira umuhungu wa Salomo umwami
hejuru ya Isiraheli.
23 Akoranya abatware bose ba Isiraheli, hamwe n'abatambyi na
Abalewi.
3 Abalewi barabaze kuva ku myaka mirongo itatu no hejuru:
kandi umubare wabo ukoresheje amatora yabo, umuntu ku muntu, yari mirongo itatu n'umunani
igihumbi.
23: 4 Muri byo, ibihumbi makumyabiri na bine bagombaga gushyira imbere umurimo wa
inzu y'Uhoraho; n'ibihumbi bitandatu bari abayobozi n'abacamanza:
23: 5 Byongeye kandi ibihumbi bine bari abatwara ibicuruzwa; ibihumbi bine basingiza Uhoraho
hamwe n'ibikoresho nakoze, nk'uko Dawidi yabivuze, kugira ngo mbisingize.
6 Dawidi abigabanyamo amasomo mu bahungu ba Lewi, ari bo.
Gershon, Kohath, na Merari.
23: 7 Muri Gerosoni harimo, Laadan, na Shimei.
Abahungu ba Laadan; umutware yari Yeheyeli, na Zetamu, na Yoweli, batatu.
9 Abahungu ba Shimeyi; Shelomith, na Haziel, na Haran, batatu. Ibyo byari
umutware wa ba sekuruza ba Laadan.
Abahungu ba Shimeyi ni Jahati, Zina, Yeushi na Beriya. Ibi
bane bari abahungu ba Shimei.
23 Yahata yari umutware, Ziza aba uwa kabiri, ariko Yeushi na Beriya bari bafite
si abahungu benshi; kubwibyo rero bari mubare umwe, ukurikije ibyabo
inzu ya se.
Abahungu ba Kohati; Amuramu, Izhar, Heburoni, na Uzziyeli, bane.
Abahungu ba Amuramu; Aroni na Mose: Aroni aratandukana, ko ari
akwiye kweza ibintu byera cyane, we n'abahungu be ubuziraherezo, gutwika
imibavu imbere y'Uwiteka, kumukorera, no guha umugisha mu izina rye
iteka ryose.
23:14 Noneho kuri Mose umuntu w'Imana, abahungu be bitirirwa umuryango
Lewi.
23:15 Abahungu ba Mose ni Gerushomu na Eliyezeri.
23:16 Mu bahungu ba Gerosomu, Shebueli yari umutware.
Abahungu ba Eliyezeri bari Rehabiya umutware. Kandi Eliezer nta na kimwe yari afite
abandi bahungu; ariko abahungu ba Rehabiya bari benshi cyane.
23:18 Mu bahungu ba Izari; Shelomith umutware.
23:19 Mu bahungu ba Heburoni; Yeriya uwambere, Amariya wa kabiri, Jahaziyeli
gatatu, na Jekameam uwa kane.
23:20 Mu bahungu ba Uziyeli; Mika uwambere, na Yese uwa kabiri.
Abahungu ba Merari; Mahli, na Mushi. Abahungu ba Mahli; Eleyazari, na
Kish.
23 Eleyazari arapfa, nta bahungu yabyaye, uretse abakobwa, n'abavandimwe babo
Abahungu ba Kish barabajyana.
Abahungu ba Mushi; Mahli, na Eder, na Yeremoti, batatu.
24 Abahungu ba Lewi bakurikira inzu ya ba sekuruza. ndetse i
umutware wa ba se, nkuko babaruwe numubare wamazina yabo
amatora, yakoraga umurimo wo gukorera inzu y'Uwiteka, kuva
imyaka yimyaka makumyabiri no hejuru.
23:25 Kuko Dawidi yavuze ati: Uwiteka Imana ya Isiraheli yahaye abantu be uburuhukiro,
kugira ngo bature i Yerusalemu ubuziraherezo:
23:26 Kandi no ku Balewi; Ntibazongera gutwara ihema, cyangwa
ibikoresho byose byayo kugirango bikorwe.
23:27 Kuberako amagambo ya nyuma ya Dawidi Abalewi babaruwe kuva kuri makumyabiri
imyaka no hejuru:
23:28 Kuberako imirimo yabo yagombaga gutegereza abahungu ba Aroni kugirango bakorere umurimo
inzu y'Uwiteka, mu nkiko, no mu byumba, no mu
kweza ibintu byose byera, n'umurimo wo gukorera inzu
y'Imana;
23:29 Byombi kumugati, no kubifu nziza yo gutamba inyama, na
kuri keke idasembuye, no kubitetse mu isafuriya, na
kubyo bikaranze, no muburyo bwose bwo gupima n'ubunini;
23:30 Kandi guhagarara buri gitondo gushimira no guhimbaza Uwiteka, kandi kuri
ndetse;
23 Kandi Uwiteka atambire Uhoraho ibitambo byose byoswa mu Isabato, mu
ukwezi gushya, no ku minsi mikuru yashyizweho, ukurikije umubare, ukurikije gahunda
Yabategetse buri gihe imbere y'Uwiteka:
23:32 Kandi ko bagomba kugumya gutura ihema ry'Uhoraho
itorero, n'inshingano z'ahantu hera, n'inshingano za
Abahungu ba Aroni abavandimwe babo, bakorera inzu y'Uwiteka.