Ukulungiselela Ngokufanelekileyo Ityeya kaBawo wethu
UDavide uzama kwakhona, sele eqondile isizathu sokuba umzamo wokuqala wabulala indoda: ngabaLevi kuphela abathwala ityeya kaBawo wethu, emagxeni abo. Ngesi sihlandlo kwenziwa ngokomthetho, ngeemvumi nezixhobo zomculo, aze uDavide angqungqe—ngexa uMikali ebukele esefestileni emdelela.
15 1UDavide wazakhela izindlu emzini kaDavide, walungisa indawo yetyeya kaBawo wethu, wayimisa intente. 2Waza uDavide wathi: “Akukho bani unokuyithwala ityeya kaBawo wethu ngaphandle kwabaLevi, kuba uBawo wethu wabanyula ukuba bathwale ityeya yakhe, bamkhonze kude kube ngunaphakade.”
3UDavide wabahlanganisa onke amaSirayeli eYerusalem, ukuze banyuse ityeya kaBawo wethu bayise kuloo ndawo wayeyilungisile. 4Wabahlanganisa oonyana baka-Aron nabaLevi: 5koonyana bakaKehati, inkulu yabo inguUriyeli, enabazalwana bakhe abalikhulu elinamanci mabini; 6koonyana bakaMerari, inkulu yabo inguAsaya, enabazalwana bakhe abamakhulu mabini anamanci mabini; 7koonyana bakaGershom, inkulu yabo inguYoweli, enabazalwana bakhe abalikhulu elinamanci mathathu; 8koonyana bakaElitsafan, inkulu yabo inguShemaya, enabazalwana bakhe abamakhulu mabini; 9koonyana bakaHebron, inkulu yabo inguEliyeli, enabazalwana bakhe abamashumi asibhozo; 10koonyana bakaUziyeli, inkulu yabo inguAminadabhi, enabazalwana bakhe abalikhulu elinashumi elinababini.
11UDavide wababiza ababingeleli uTsadoki noAbhiyatare, nabaLevi uUriyeli, noAsaya, noYoweli, noShemaya, noEliyeli, noAminadabhi. 12Wathi kubo: “Niziintloko zezindlu zooyise zabaLevi. Zingcwaliseni, nina nabazalwana benu, ukuze ninyuse ityeya kaBawo wethu niyise kuloo ndawo ndiyilungisileyo. 13Ngenxa yokuba ningayithwalanga ngesihlandlo sokuqala, uBawo wethu wasityhobozela, kuba singamquqelanga ngokufanelekileyo.”
14Bazingcwalisa ke ababingeleli nabaLevi, ukuze banyuse ityeya kaBawo wethu. 15Oonyana bakaLevi bayithwala ityeya kaBawo wethu emagxeni abo ngezibonda, njengoko uMoses wawisa umthetho, ngokwelizwi likaBawo wethu.
16UDavide waxelela iinkulu zabaLevi ukuba zimise abazalwana bazo babe ziimvumi, beliphakamisa ilizwi ngemihlali ngeehadi, nemirhubhe, namacangci. 17AbaLevi bamisa uHeman unyana kaYoweli; nasemzalwaneni wakhe uAsafu unyana kaBherekiya; nabazalwana babo, amaMerari, uEtan unyana kaKushaya. 18Benabo kananjalo abazalwana babo bezinga lesibini: uZekariya, noYaziyeli, noShemiramoti, noYehiyeli, noUni, noEliyabhi, noBhenaya, noMahaseya, noMatitiya, noEliphelehu, noMiknehiya, noObhedi-edom, noYeyiyeli, abagcini-masango. 19Iimvumi uHeman, noAsafu, noEtan, zaya kuvuthela amacangci obhedu; 20uZekariya, noAziyeli, noShemiramoti, noYehiyeli, noUni, noEliyabhi, noMahaseya, noBhenaya, baya kubetha imirhubhe ngokweAlamoti; a a v20 IAlamoti yayiligama lomculo, kusingathwa ukuba lalibonisa isingqisho esiphezulu. 21noMatitiya, noEliphelehu, noMiknehiya, noObhedi-edom, noYeyiyeli, noAzaziya, baya kukhokela ngeehadi ngokweShemini. b b v21 IShemini (ethetha ukuthi ‘eyesibhozo’) yayiligama lomculo, kusingathwa ukuba lalibonisa isingqisho esezantsi. 22UKenaniya, inkulu yabaLevi, wayephethe umculo; wayekhokela umculo kuba enobuchule. 23UBherekiya noElikana babeziya kuba ngabagcini-masango betyeya. 24UShebhaniya, noYoshafati, noNataniyeli, noAmasayi, noZekariya, noBhenaya, noEliyezere, ababingeleli, baya kuvuthela ngamaxilongo phambi kwetyeya kaBawo wethu; uObhedi-edom noYehiya babengabagcini-masango betyeya.
25UDavide, namadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli, nabathetheli-waka, baya kunyusa ityeya yomnqophiso kaBawo wethu beyisusa endlwini kaObhedi-edom ngemihlali. 26Ngenxa yokuba uBawo wethu wabanceda abaLevi ababethwele ityeya yomnqophiso kaBawo wethu, babingelela iinkunzi ezisixhenxe zeenkomo neenkunzi ezisixhenxe zezimvu. 27UDavide wayambethe ingubo yelinen ecikizekileyo, kwanabo bonke abaLevi ababethwele ityeya, neemvumi, noKenaniya, inkulu yomculo; uDavide wayambethe nee-efodi yelinen. 28Onke amaSirayeli ayenyusa ityeya yomnqophiso kaBawo wethu edanduluka ngemihlali, ehlokomisa izigodlo, namaxilongo, namacangci, ebetha imirhubhe neehadi.
29Kwathi, xa ityeya yomnqophiso kaBawo wethu ingena emzini kaDavide, uMikali intombi kaSawule wakroba ngefestile. Wathi akubona uDavide ukumkani engqungqa egcoba, wamdela entliziyweni yakhe.
