1 Ngoma 23 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

23 ¹Igihe Dawidi yari ashaje kandi yari amaze imyaka myinshi, yagize umuhungu wiwe Salomo umwami wa Isirayeli. ²Yakoranije hamwe abatware bose ba Isirayeli, hamwe n’abaherezi n’Abalewi. ³Abalewi bari bafise imyaka mirongo itatu canke irengeje baraharurwa, maze igitigiri cabo cose kigera ku 38 000. ⁴Muri bo, 24 000 bari bagenewe kurongora igikorwa c’inzu ya Data wa twese; 6 000 bari abakuru n’abacamanza. ⁵4 000 bari abarinzi b’amarembo, 4 000 na bo baninahaza Data wa twese bakoresheje ibicurarangisho Dawidi yagize kugira ninahaze.

⁶Nuko Dawidi arabagabura mu migwi nk’uko bagaba abahungu ba Lewi: Gerishoni, Kohati na Merari.

Imiryango ya Gerishoni

⁷Mu Bagerishoni: Ladani na Shimeyi. ⁸Abahungu ba Ladani: Yehiyeli umukuru, hanyuma Zetamu na Yoweli, bose uko ari batatu. ⁹Abahungu ba Shimeyi: Shelomoti, Haziyeli na Harani—batatu. Aba ni bo bari abakuru b’imiryango ya Ladani. ¹⁰Kandi abahungu ba Shimeyi: Yahati, Zina, Yewushi na Beriya. Aba bane ni bo bari abahungu ba Shimeyi. ¹¹Yahati yari umukuru, Ziza umwa kabiri; Yewushi na Beriya nta bahungu benshi bari bafise, ni co gituma baharuriwe hamwe nk’umuryango umwe, igikorwa kimwe.

Imiryango ya Kohati

¹²Abahungu ba Kohati: Amramu, Iziyari, Heburoni na Uziyeli, bose uko ari bane. ¹³Abahungu ba Amramu: Aroni na Musa. Aroni yarejejwe ngo ahereze ibintu vyera cane, we n’abahungu biwe ibihe vyose, ngo ashikanire imashikanwa imbere ya Data wa twese, amukorere, kandi aharanire mw’izina ryiwe ibihe vyose. ¹⁴Ariko Musa, umuntu wa Data wa twese—abahungu biwe baharuriwe mu bwoko bwa Lewi. ¹⁵Abahungu ba Musa: Gerishomu na Eliyezeri. ¹⁶Abahungu ba Gerishomu: Shebuyeli umukuru. ¹⁷Abahungu ba Eliyezeri: Rehabiya umukuru. Eliyezeri nta bandi bahungu yari afise; abahungu ba Rehabiya bari benshi cane. ¹⁸Abahungu ba Iziyari: Shelomiti umukuru. ¹⁹Abahungu ba Heburoni: Yeriya umukuru, Amariya umwa kabiri, Yahaziyeli umwa gatatu, na Yekameyamu umwa kane. ²⁰Abahungu ba Uziyeli: Mika umukuru na Ishiya umwa kabiri.

Imiryango ya Merari

²¹Abahungu ba Merari: Mahali na Mushi. Abahungu ba Mahali: Eleyazari na Kishi. ²²Eleyazari yarapfuye ata bahungu afise, afise gusa abakobwa; ni co gituma bene wabo, abahungu ba Kishi, babarongoye. ²³Abahungu ba Mushi: Mahali, Ederi na Yeremoti, bose uko ari batatu.

²⁴Aba ni bo bari abahungu ba Lewi nk’uko imiryango yabo yari ingene, abakuru b’imiryango banditswe ku mazina yabo, bakorera mu nzu ya Data wa twese, bafise imyaka mirongo ibiri no kuduga. ²⁵Kuko Dawidi yavuze ati: “Data wa twese, Imana ya Isirayeli, yahaye abantu bayo akaruhuko, kandi iba i Yeruzalemu ibihe vyose. ²⁶Ni co gituma Abalewi batakibitura ihema ryeranda canke ibikoresho vyaryo vyose vy’ugukorera.” ²⁷Kuko kubera ayo mabwirizwa ya nyuma ya Dawidi, Abalewi baharuwe kuva ku myaka mirongo ibiri canke irengeje. ²⁸Igikorwa cabo cari ukwunganira abahungu ba Aroni mu gukorera inzu ya Data wa twese: kwitwararika ibibanza no mu nzu, kweza ibintu vyeranda vyose, n’ikindi gikorwa cose mu nzu ya Data wa twese. ²⁹Bitwararika Imitsima y’Imbere, ifu nziza y’amashikanwa y’intete, imitsima minini itarimwo umwambiro, ivyokejwe n’ivyavangwa, n’ingero zose z’ivyingana n’iz’ubunini. ³⁰Bari bategerezwa guhagarara buri gitondo kugira bakengurukire baninahaze Data wa twese, no kw’ijoro nyene, ³¹no ku mashikanwa yose yoturirwa Data wa twese ku Masabato, ku kwezi gushasha, no ku misi mikuru yagenywe—ku gitigiri casabwa, imbere ya Data wa twese ibihe vyose. ^a a v31 Ukwezi gushasha kwari ibirori vyo buri kwezi vyagirwa igihe ukwezi gushasha kw’Abaheburayo kwatangura. ³²Bitwararika igikorwa c’ihema ry’ibonaniro, igikorwa c’ahera, n’igikorwa ca bene wabo, abahungu ba Aroni, mu gukorera inzu ya Data wa twese.