Eyoku-1 yeziKronike
15:1 UDavide wazenzela izindlu emzini kaDavide, wamlungiselela indawo
ityeya kaThixo, wayimisela intente.
15:2 Wathi uDavide, Mayingathwali ityeya kaThixo ngabangebaLevi;
bona unyule bona uYehova ukuba bayithwale ityeya kaThixo, balungiselele
kuye ngonaphakade.
15:3 UDavide wawabizela ndawonye onke amaSirayeli eYerusalem, ukuba kuyinyuse ityeya
kaYehova, endaweni yakhe abeyilungisele yona.
15:4 Wabahlanganisa ke uDavide oonyana baka-Aron nabaLevi;
15:5 koonyana bakaKehati yangu-Eriyeli; yangu-Uriyeli umthetheli, nabazalwana bakhe, belikhulu elinamnye
Amashumi amabini:
15:6 koonyana bakaMerari yanguShumiyeli; uAsaya umthetheli, nabazalwana bakhe, bengamakhulu amabini
namashumi amabini:
15:7 Koonyana bakaGershom yangu-Eriyeli; NguYoweli umthetheli, nabazalwana bakhe, belikhulu elinamnye
Amashumi amathathu:
15:8 koonyana bakaElitsafan yanguShela; UShemaya umthetheli, nabazalwana bakhe, bebabini
Ikhulu:
15:9 koonyana bakaHebron yanguAsheriyeli; nguEliyeli umthetheli, nabazalwana bakhe, bengamashumi asibhozo.
15:10 koonyana bakaUziyeli yanguShela; yanguAminadabhi umthetheli, nabazalwana bakhe, belikhulu
neshumi elinambini.
15:11 UDavide wabiza uTsadoki noAbhiyatare ababingeleli, kunye nababingeleli
AbaLevi abangooUriyeli, uAsaya, noYoweli, uShemaya, noEliyeli, kunye
Aminadabhi,
15:12 Wathi kubo, Niziintloko zezindlu zooyise zabaLevi.
zingcwaliseni nina nabazalwana benu, ukuze nibanyuse abangcwele
ityeya kaYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, isiwe endaweni endiyilungisileyo
yona.
15:13 ngokuba, ngokuba ningenjinjalo kwasekuqalekeni, watyhoboza uYehova uThixo wethu
phezu kwethu, ngenxa yokuba singamfunanga ngokwesiko.
15:14 Bazingcwalisa ke ababingeleli nabaLevi, ukuba bayinyuse ityeya
kaYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli.
15:15 Bayithwala oonyana bakaLevi ityeya kaThixo emagxeni abo
wathabatha izibonda ezo, njengoko wamwiselayo uMoses umthetho ngako ngokwelizwi likaYehova
NKOSI.
15:16 Wathi uDavide kubathetheli babaLevi, mabamise abazalwana babo
yiba ziimvumi ngeempahla zokuvuma, nemirhubhe, neehadi, ne
amacangci ekhalisa, ngokuphakamisa ilizwi ngovuyo.
15:17 AbaLevi bammisela uHeman unyana kaYoweli; nakubazalwana bakhe.
uAsafu unyana kaBherekiya; nakoonyana bakaMerari, abazalwana babo;
uEtan unyana kaKushaya;
15:18 kunye nabo abazalwana babo abakwinqanaba lesibini, uZekariya, noBhen, no
noYahaziyeli, noShemiramoti, noYehiyeli, noUni, noEliyabhi, noBhenaya,
noMahaseya, noMatitiya, noElifelehu, noMikeneha, no-Obhedi-edom,
uYehiyeli, abamasango.
15:19 Ngoko ke iimvumi, ooHeman, noAsafu, noEtan, baba ngabalungiseleli ukuba bavakalise ilizwi.
amacangci obhedu;
15:20 noZekariya, noAziyeli, noShemiramoti, noYehiyeli, noUni,
uEliyabhi, noMahaseya, noBhenaya, bephethe imirhubhe eAlamoti;
15:21 noMatitiya, noElifelehu, noMikeneha, no-Obhedi-edom, noYehiyeli;
noAzaziya ebetha uhadi, ewe, ephumeza uhadi.
15:22 UKenaniya, umthetheli wabaLevi, ubezibethelela ingoma, efundisa
ingoma leyo, ngokuba eyingcibi.
15:23 OoBherekiya noElikana babengabamasango etyeya.
15:24 noShebhaniya, noYehoshafati, noNataniyeli, noAmasayi,
UZekariya, noBhenaya, noEliyezere, ababingeleli, bavuthela ixilongo
namaxilongo phambi kwetyeya kaThixo, oo-Obhedi-edom noYehiya bengabamasango
yomkhombe.
15:25 UDavide, namadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli, nabathetheli bamawaka;
waya kuyinyusa ityeya yomnqophiso kaYehova endlwini kaY
Obededom ngovuyo.
15:26 Kwathi, ekubancedeni kukaThixo abaLevi ababethwele ityeya
Babingelela ngawo umnqophiso kaYehova, iinkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo zasixhenxe, nesixhenxe
iinkunzi zeegusha.
15:27 Wayambethe ingubo yokwaleka yelinen ecikizekileyo uDavide, nabaLevi bonke
abathwali betyeya, neemvumi, noKenaniya umphathi wengoma
Ke uDavide wayebhinqe iefodi yelinen emhlophe.
15:28 Ayinyusa ke onke amaSirayeli ityeya yomnqophiso kaYehova
ukuduma, nesandi sesigodlo, nesaxilongo, nangawo
Aza kuhlokoma imirhubhe nangeehadi.
15:29 Kwathi ke, ekufikeni kwetyeya yomnqophiso kaYehova phakathi kwenu
Mzi kaDavide, uMikali, intombi kaSawule, ekrobe ngefestile
wambona ukumkani uDavide esina, eqamba, wamcekisa entliziyweni yakhe.