Buku Lakwamba la Mbiri 23:1-32
23 Davidi wati wakota kweniso we pafupi kufwa,* wanguŵika mwana waki Solomoni kuja fumu ya ku Isirayeli.+
2 Pavuli paki wanguwunganisa alongozgi wosi ŵa Ayisirayeli, asembi+ kweniso Alevi.+
3 Alevi wo ŵenga ndi vyaka 30 pamwenga kujumpha anguŵerengeka;+ weyosi wanguŵerengeka, ndipu wosi pamoza chiŵerengeru chawu chingukwana 38,000.
4 Pa ŵanthu ŵenaŵa, 24,000 ateŵetiyanga nge akuwonere ntchitu ya panyumba yaku Yehova, 6,000 ŵenga alongozgi ndi akweruzga,+
5 4,000 ŵenga alonda a pageti,+ ndipu 4,000 athamikanga+ Yehova mwakugwiriskiya ntchitu vipangizu vakumbiya vo Davidi wangukamba kuti, “Ndavipanga kuti vakuthamikiya Chiuta.”
6 Pavuli paki, Davidi wanguŵagaŵa mu magulu+ mwakukoliyana ndi ŵana aku Levi yaŵa: Gerisoni, Kohati ndi Merari.+
7 A munyumba yaku Gerisoni ŵenga Ladani ndi Shimeyi.
8 Ŵana anthulumi aku Ladani ŵenga atatu, Yehiyelu yo wenga mulongozgi wawu, Zetamu ndi Yoweli.+
9 Ŵana anthulumi aku Shimeyi ŵenga atatu, Shelomoti, Haziyeli ndi Harani. Yiwu ŵenga alongozgi a nyumba za awusewu a mu banja laku Ladani.
10 Ŵana anthulumi aku Shimeyi ŵenga Yahati, Zina, Yewushi ndi Beriya. Wosi anayi ŵenga ŵana anthulumi aku Shimeyi.
11 Yahati wenga mulongozgi, ndipu Ziza wenga wachiŵi. Kweni pakuti Yewushi ndi Beriya ŵengavi ŵana anthulumi anandi, yiwu anguŵerengeka nge nyumba yimoza ya awusewu, ndipu angupaskika ntchitu yimoza.
12 Ŵana anthulumi aku Kohati ŵenga anayi, Amuramu, Iziha,+ Heburoni ndi Uziyeli.+
13 Ŵana anthulumi aku Amuramu ŵenga Aroni+ ndi Mozesi.+ Kweni Aroni ndi ŵana ŵaki anthulumi angupaturika kwamuyaya+ kuti atowesengi Malu Ngakupaturika Ukongwa, aperekengi sembi pa masu paku Yehova, amuteŵetiyengi, kweniso kuti aperekengi vitumbiku mu zina laki nyengu zosi.+
14 Kweni ŵana anthulumi aku Mozesi munthu waku Chiuta wauneneska, anguŵerengeke limoza ndi fuku la Alevi.
15 Ŵana anthulumi aku Mozesi ŵenga Gerisomu+ ndi Eliyezere.+
16 Pa ŵana anthulumi aku Gerisomu, Shebuweli+ ndiyu wenga mulongozgi.
17 Kutuliya mu mphapu yaku* Eliyezere, Rehabiya+ ndiyu wenga mulongozgi wawu; Eliyezere wengavi ŵana anyaki anthulumi, kweni ŵana anthulumi aku Rehabiya ŵenga anandi ukongwa.
18 Pa ŵana anthulumi aku Iziha,+ Shelomiti+ ndiyu wenga mulongozgi.
19 Ŵana anthulumi aku Heburoni ŵenga Yeraya yo wenga mulongozgi, wachiŵi Amariya, wachitatu Yahaziyeli ndipuso wachinayi Yekamiyamu.+
20 Ŵana anthulumi aku Uziyeli+ ŵenga Mika yo wenga mulongozgi, ndipu Isishaya wenga wachiŵi.
21 Ŵana anthulumi aku Merari ŵenga Mahili ndi Mushi.+ Ŵana anthulumi aku Mahili ŵenga Eliyazara ndi Kishi.
22 Eliyazara wachifwa wengavi mwana munthulumi, kweni wenga ndi ŵana anthukazi pe. Sonu ŵana anthulumi aku Kishi wo ŵenga abali ŵawu* ndiwu anguŵato kuja awolu ŵawu.
23 Ŵana anthulumi aku Mushi ŵenga atatu, Mahili, Ederi ndi Yeremoti.
24 Ŵenaŵa ndiwu ŵenga ŵana anthulumi aku Levi mwakukoliyana ndi nyumba za awusewu. Yiwu ŵenga alongozgi a nyumba za awusewu wo anguŵerengeka ndi kulembeka mazina ndipuso agwiranga ntchitu ya uteŵeti wa panyumba yaku Yehova, kwambiya a vyaka 20 kuluta kunthazi.
25 Pakuti Davidi wangukamba kuti: “Yehova Chiuta waku Isirayeli wachitiska kuti ŵanthu ŵaki apumuwi,+ ndipu iyu wajengi mu Yerusalemu mpaka muyaya.+
26 Kweniso Alevi akhumbikengi so cha kunyamuwanga chihema pamwenga vidya vaki vo agwiriskiya ntchitu pakuteŵete.”+
27 Pakuti mwakukoliyana ndi ulongozgi wakumaliya wo Davidi wangupereka, Alevi akwambiya vyaka 20 kuluta kunthazi anguŵerengeka.
28 Ntchitu yawu yenga kovya ŵana aku Aroni+ pa uteŵeti wa panyumba yaku Yehova, kuwonere mabalaza,+ vipinda vakuryiyamu, kuwonere ntchitu yakutowesa chinthu chechosi chakupaturika kweniso ntchitu yeyosi yo yakhumbikanga pa uteŵeti wa panyumba yaku Chiuta wauneneska.
29 Yiwu awovyanga pakunozga viŵandi vakuyereka,*+ ufwa wakusilirika wa sembi ya mbewu, viŵandi vakuphapha vambula chakutupisa,+ makeki ngakukazinga padinga, ufwa wakukasa,+ kweniso awoneriyanga unandi ndi ukulu wa vinthu vosi vakukhumbika kupimika.
30 Mlenji wewosi yiwu amanga+ kuti awongi ndi kuthamika Yehova. Mazulu napu achitanga venivi.+
31 Yiwu awovyanga pa nyengu yeyosi yakupereke sembi zakupiriza kwaku Yehova pa zuŵa la Sabata,+ pa mazuŵa nga mwezi wufya+ kweniso pa maphwandu.+ Yiwu achitanga venivi nyengu zosi pa masu paku Yehova mwakukoliyana ndi chiŵerengeru cho marangu ngakambanga.
32 Agwiranga so ntchitu zawu zakukwaskana ndi chihema chakukumanaku, malu ngakupaturika kweniso zakukwaskana ndi abali ŵawu wo ŵenga ŵana aku Aroni pa uteŵeti wawu wa panyumba yaku Yehova.
Mazu Ngam'mphata
^ Mazu ngaki chayingu, “kweniso wakhorwa ndi mazuŵa nga umoyu waki.”
^ Mazu ngaki chayingu, “pa ŵana anthulumi aku.”
^ Mazu ngaki chayingu, “azichi ŵawu.”
^ Kung’anamuwa, viŵandi vakulongo.
