1 IZikhronike 24

24 ¹Lawa ngamaqembu amadodana ka-Aroni. Amadodana ka-Aroni: uNadabi no-Abihu, u-Eleazari no-Ithamari. ²UNadabi no-Abihu bafa ngaphambi kukayise, bengashiyanga madodana; ngakho u-Eleazari no-Ithamari basebenza njengabapristi. ³UDavide wabahlukanisa kanye noZadoki, inzalo ka-Eleazari, no-Ahimeleki, inzalo ka-Ithamari, ngokwesimiso senkonzo yabo eyayimisiwe. ⁴Amadodana ka-Eleazari atholakala enabaholi abaningi kunawa-Ithamari, ngakho ahlukaniswa: izinhloko zemindeni eziyishumi nesithupha kwaka-Eleazari, eziyisishiyagalombili kwaka-Ithamari, ngokwemindeni yawo. ⁵Babahlukanisa ngenkatho, bobabili ngokufanayo, ngokuba izikhulu zendlu engcwele nezikhulu zikaBaba wethu zaziphuma emadodaneni ka-Eleazari nasemadodaneni ka-Ithamari. ⁶UShemaya indodana kaNethaneli, umbhali ongumLevi, wababhala phambi kwenkosi, nezikhulu, noZadoki umpristi, no-Ahimeleki indodana ka-Abhiyathari, nezinhloko zemindeni yabapristi neyamaLevi—umndeni owodwa wakhethelwa u-Eleazari, owodwa u-Ithamari.

⁷Inkatho yokuqala yawela kuJehoyaribi, eyesibili kuJedaya, ⁸eyesithathu kuHarimi, eyesine kuSeyorimi, ⁹eyesihlanu kuMalkiya, eyesithupha kuMijamini, ¹⁰eyesikhombisa kuHakhozi, eyesishiyagalombili ku-Abhiya, ¹¹eyesishiyagalolunye kuJeshuwa, eyeshumi kuShekaniya, ¹²eyeshumi nanye ku-Eliyashibi, eyeshumi nambili kuJakimi, ¹³eyeshumi nantathu kuHupha, eyeshumi nane kuJeshebeyabi, ¹⁴eyeshumi nanhlanu kuBiliga, eyeshumi nesithupha ku-Imeri, ¹⁵eyeshumi nesikhombisa kuHeziri, eyeshumi nesishiyagalombili kuHaphizezi, ¹⁶eyeshumi nesishiyagalolunye kuPethahiya, eyamashumi amabili kuJehezkeli, ¹⁷eyamashumi amabili nanye kuJakini, eyamashumi amabili nambili kuGamuli, ¹⁸eyamashumi amabili nantathu kuDelaya, neyamashumi amabili nane kuMahaziya. ¹⁹Lezi kwakuyizikhundla zabo ezazimisiwe zokukhonza endlini kaBaba wethu, ngokwesimiso u-Aroni uyise abanika sona, njengoba uBaba wethu wakwa-Israyeli ayemyalile.

AmaLevi Aseleyo Nawo Enza Inkatho

²⁰Amanye amadodana kaLevi: emadodaneni ka-Amramu, uShubayeli; emadodaneni kaShubayeli, uJehdeya. ²¹KuRehabiya: emadodaneni kaRehabiya, u-Ishiya owokuqala. ²²KumaIzihari, uShelomothi; emadodaneni kaShelomothi, uJahathi. ²³Amadodana kaHebroni: uJeriya owokuqala, u-Amariya owesibili, uJahaziyeli owesithathu, uJekameyamu owesine. ²⁴Amadodana ka-Uziyeli: uMika; emadodaneni kaMika, uShamiri. ²⁵Umfowabo kaMika: u-Ishiya; emadodaneni ka-Ishiya, uZakariya. ²⁶Amadodana kaMerari: uMahli noMushi. Amadodana kaJahaziya: uBheno. ²⁷Amadodana kaMerari ngoJahaziya: uBheno, uShohamu, uZakuri, no-Ibhri. ²⁸KuMahli: u-Eleazari, owayengenamadodana. ²⁹KuKishi: amadodana kaKishi, uJerameyeli. ³⁰Amadodana kaMushi: uMahli, u-Ederi, noJerimothi. Lawa ayengamaLevi ngokwemindeni yawo. ³¹Nawo enza inkatho, njengezihlobo zawo amadodana ka-Aroni, phambi kwenkosi uDavide, noZadoki, no-Ahimeleki, nezinhloko zemindeni yabapristi neyamaLevi—inhloko yomndeni ngamunye ilingana nomfowabo omncane.