Eyoku-1 yeziKronike 23:1 Ke kaloku, xa uDavide wayesele aluphele, ehambisekile ebudaleni, wamenza uSolomon unyana wakhe ukumkani phezu kwamaSirayeli. 23:2 Wazihlanganisa zonke izikhulu zakwaSirayeli, nababingeleli, kunye abaLevi. 23:3 Babalwa ke abaLevi, kwathabathela kwabaminyaka imashumi mathathu bezelwe kwenyusa. inani labo ngokweentloko zabo, indoda ngendoda, laba ngamashumi omathathu anesibhozo Iwaka. 23:4 kubo, amashumi amabini anesine amawaka, ababephethe umsebenzi wenkonzo indlu kaYehova; amawaka amathandathu ngabaphathi nabagwebi. 23:5 Kananjalo amawaka amane ayengabagcini-masango; amawaka amane adumisa uYehova ngeempahla endazenzayo, watsho uDavide, ukuba ndidumise ngazo. 23:6 UDavide wabahlula bazizahlulo ngokoonyana bakaLevi, bathi, uGershon, noKehati, noMerari. 23:7 koonyana bakaGershon nguLadan noShimehi; 23:8 Oonyana bakaLadan nguAsheri; intloko ibinguYehiyeli, noZetam, noYoweli; 23:9 Oonyana bakaShimehi nguAsheri; uShelomoti, noHaziyeli, noHaran; bathathu. Ezi zazinjalo iinkulu zezindlu zooyise zikaLadan. 23:10 Oonyana bakaShimehi nguYahati, noZina, noYehushe, noBheriya. Ezi ngoonyana bakaShimehi abane. 23:11 UYahati wayengomkhulu, uZiza engowesibini; ngoYehushe noBheriya babenoonyana. ababaninzi oonyana; ke ngoko ayebalweni olunye, ngokokwawo indlu katata. 23:12 Oonyana bakaKehati nguAsheri; noAmram, noItsare, noHebron, noUziyeli, bebane. 23:13 Oonyana baka-Amram nguAram; uAron noMoses; kwahlulwa uAron, ukuba yena bangcwaliswe ezona nto zingcwele, yena noonyana bakhe, kude kuse ephakadeni neziqhumiso phambi koYehova, ukuba balungiselele kuye, basikelele egameni lakhe ngonaphakade. 23:14 Ke kaloku, ngoMoses, umfo wakwaThixo, oonyana bakhe babizwa ngokwesizwe Levi. 23:15 Oonyana bakaMoses nguGershom noEliyezere. 23:16 Koonyana bakaGershom nguShebhuweli inkulu. 23:17 Koonyana bakaEliyezere nguRehabheya inkulu. Ke uEliyezere wayengenabani abanye oonyana; ke oonyana bakaRehabheya bebebaninzi kunene. 23:18 koonyana bakaItsare nguIshmayeli; UShelomiti inkulu. 23:19 koonyana bakaHebron yanguAsheriyeli; nguYeriya inkulu, noAmariya owesibini, noYahaziyeli nowesithathu noYekameham owesine. 23:20 koonyana bakaUziyeli yanguShela; nguMika inkulu, noYesiya owesibini. 23:21 Oonyana bakaMerari nguAsheri; uMahali, noMushi. Oonyana bakaMaheli yayinguShela. uElazare, kunye Kish. 23:22 Wafa uElazare engenanyana, eneentombi zodwa; nabazalwana bazo oonyana. bazithabatha oonyana bakaKishe. 23:23 Oonyana bakaMushi nguAsheri; UMahali, noEdere, noYeremoti; 23:24 Ngabo abo oonyana bakaLevi ngokwezindlu zooyise; nkqu i iinkulu zezindlu zooyise ngokwenani lamagama ngokweentloko zazo ababesenza umsebenzi wenkonzo yendlu kaYehova iminyaka engamashumi amabini ubudala nangaphezulu. 23:25 Wathi uDavide, UYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, ubaphumzile abantu bakhe; ukuze bahlale eYerusalem ngonaphakade. 23:26 Kananjalo kubaLevi; bangabi sawuthwala umnquba, bangabi sawuthwala Zonke iimpahla zayo zenkonzo yayo. 23:27 Ngokuba ngokwamazwi kaDavide okugqibela, abaLevi babalwa bethabathela emashumini amabini iminyaka ubudala nangaphezulu: 23:28 ngokuba umsebenzi wabo ubengoonyana baka-Aron, ukuba bakhonze uYehova endlwini kaYehova, ezintendelezweni, nasemagumbini, nasemagumbini ukuhlanjululwa kwezinto zonke ezingcwele, nomsebenzi wenkonzo yendlu kaThixo; 23:29 nezonka zokubonisa, nomgubo ocoliweyo, ube ngumnikelo wokudla, nomnikelo wokudla nezonka ezingenagwele, nezokubhaka ngepani, nezonka kuba eqhotsiweyo, nangazo zonke iintlobo zomlinganiselo nobukhulu; 23:30 nokuma yonke imiso ngemiso, bebulela, bedumisa uYehova, kwangokunjalo ngokulinganayo; 23:31 nokunyusa onke amadini anyukayo kuYehova ngesabatha, ngomhla wesabatha ukuthwasa kwenyanga, nangamaxesha amisiweyo, ngenani, ngokwesiko wabawisela umthetho ngamaxesha onke, phambi koYehova. 23:32 bagcine isigxina somnquba womnquba ibandla, nesigxina sengcwele, nesigxina sengcwele oonyana baka-Aron, abazalwana babo enkonzweni yendlu kaYehova.