< Oekyuk 1 >
1 Ke len se oemeet ke malem se akluo in yac se akluo tukun mwet Israel illa liki acn Egypt, LEUM GOD El kaskas nu sel Moses in Lohm Nuknuk Mutal sel yen mwesis Sinai. El fahk,
UThixo wakhuluma kuMosi ethenteni lokuhlangana enkangala yaseSinayi ngosuku lwakuqala lwenyanga yesibili emnyakeni wesibili ngemva kokuphuma kwabako-Israyeli eGibhithe. UThixo wathi,
2 “Kom ac Aaron in oru sie oaoa lulap ke sruf ac sou nukewa lun mwet Israel. Simusla inen mukul nukewa
“Balani abantu bonke bako-Israyeli ngensendo langezindlu zabo, lenze uluhlu lwamabizo amadoda, inye ngayinye.
3 yac longoulyak matwa, su ku in wi mweun.
Wena lo-Aroni lizaqoqa ngezigaba wonke amadoda ako-Israyeli kusukela kwabaleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu abangaba libutho.
4 Sie mwet kol ke kais sie sruf in kasrekomtal.”
Kuzozonke izizwe lithathe indoda eyodwa, eyinhloko yendlu yakibo, ukuze balincedise.
5 Pa inge inen mwet su ac fah kasreyomtal: Sruf Mwet Kol Reuben Elizur wen natul Shedeur Simeon Shelumiel wen natul Zurishaddai Judah Nashon wen natul Amminadab Issachar Nethanel wen natul Zuar Zebulun Eliab wen natul Helon Ephraim Elishama wen natul Ammihud Manasseh Gamaliel wen natul Pedahzur Benjamin Abidan wen natul Gideoni Dan Ahiezer wen natul Ammishaddai Asher Pagiel wen natul Ochran Gad Eliasaph wen natul Deuel Naphtali Ahira wen natul Enan Pa inge mwet ma solla liki inmasrlon mwet uh in oru oaoa se inge. Elos mwet kol ke kais sie sruf lalos.
La yiwo amabizo amadoda azaliphathisa: esizweni sikaRubheni, u-Elizuri indodana kaShedewuri:
esizweni sikaSimiyoni, uShelumiyeli indodana kaZurishadayi;
esizweni sikaJuda, uNahashoni indodana ka-Aminadabi;
esizweni sika-Isakhari, uNethaneli indodana kaZuwari;
esizweni sikaZebhuluni, u-Eliyabi indodana kaHeloni;
emadodaneni kaJosefa kwakuyila: esizweni sika-Efrayimi, u-Elishama indodana ka-Amihudi; esizweni sikaManase, uGamaliyeli indodana kaPhedazuri;
esizweni sikaBhenjamini, u-Abhidani indodana kaGidiyoni;
esizweni sikaDani, u-Ahiyezeri indodana ka-Amishadayi;
esizweni sika-Asheri, uPhagiyeli indodana ka-Okhirani;
esizweni sikaGadi, u-Eliyasafi indodana kaDuweli;
esizweni sikaNafithali; u-Ahira indodana ka-Enani.”
La yiwo amadoda akhethwa ebantwini bakuleyondawo, bengabakhokheli bezizwe zabokhokho babo. Babezinhloko zezizwana zako-Israyeli.
17 Mwet singoul luo inge elos kasrel Moses ac Aaron
UMosi lo-Aroni bathatha amadoda la alamabizo ayeqanjiwe
18 solani mwet uh nu sie ke len se meet in malem se akluo. Elos simusla inen mwet uh ke sruf lalos ac sou lun papa matu tumalos, ke inen mukul nukewa ma yac longoulyak matwa,
basebebizela ndawonye bonke abantu ngosuku lwakuqala lwenyanga yesibili. Baziveza umdabuko wabo ngensendo langezindlu zabo, ngakho kusukela emadodeni aleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu kwabhalwa amabizo awo, inye ngayinye,
19 oana ke LEUM GOD El sapkin nu sel Moses. Ouinge el oakalosla in acn mwesis in Sinai.
njengokulaywa kukaMosi nguThixo. Ngakho wababala enkangala yaseSinayi:
20 Simla inen mukul nukewa ma yac longoulyak matwa ma ku in wi mweun, fal nu ke sruf ac sou lalos, mutawauk ke sruf lal Reuben, su matu emeet sin tulik natul Israel. Pa inge takla lun sruf ac pisalos: Sruf Pisalos Reuben 46,500 Simeon 59,300 Gad 45,650 Judah 74,600 Issachar 54,400 Zebulun 57,400 Ephraim 40,500 Manasseh 32,200 Benjamin 35,400 Dan 62,700 Asher 41,500 Naphtali 53,400 Pisa lulap: mukul onfoko tolu tausin ac lumfoko lumngaul.
Ezizukulwaneni zikaRubheni indodana ka-Israyeli elizibulo: Wonke amadoda aleminyaka efika kumatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu ayengaba libutho abhalwa amabizo awo, inye ngayinye, kulandelwa imbali yosendo langezindlu zokuzalwa kwawo.
Inani labesizwana sikaRubheni lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amane lesithupha, lamakhulu amahlanu.
Ezizukulwaneni zikaSimiyoni: Wonke amadoda aleminyaka efika kwengamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu ayengaba libutho abalwa kwabhalwa amabizo awo, inye ngayinye, kulandelwa imbali yosendo langezindlu zokuzalwa kwawo.
Inani labesizwana sikaSimiyoni lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amahlanu lasificamunwemunye, lamakhulu amathathu.
Ezizukulwaneni zikaGadi: Wonke amadoda aleminyaka efika kwengamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu ayengaba libutho kwabhalwa amabizo awo, inye ngayinye, kulandelwa imbali yosendo langezindlu zokuzalwa kwawo.
Inani labesizwana sikaGadi lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amane lanhlanu, lamakhulu ayisithupha lamatshumi amahlanu.
Ezizukulwaneni zikaJuda: Wonke amadoda aleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu ayengaba libutho abhalwa amabizo awo, inye ngayinye, kulandelwa imbali yosendo langezindlu zokuzalwa kwawo.
Inani labesizwana sikaJuda lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisikhombisa lane lamakhulu ayisithupha.
Ezizukulwaneni zika-Isakhari: Wonke amadoda aleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu ayengaba libutho abhalwa amabizo awo, inye ngayinye, kulandelwa imbali yosendo langezindlu zokuzalwa kwawo.
Inani labesizwana sika-Isakhari lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amahlanu lane, lamakhulu amane.
Ezizukulwaneni zikaZebhuluni: Wonke amadoda aleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu ayengaba libutho abhalwa amabizo awo, inye ngayinye, kulandelwa imbali yosendo langezindlu zokuzalwa kwawo.
Inani lesizwe sikaZebhuluni lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amahlanu lasikhombisa, lamakhulu amane.
Emadodaneni kaJosefa: Ezizukulwaneni zika-Efrayimi: Wonke amadoda aleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu ayengaba libutho abhalwa amabizo awo, inye ngayinye, kulandelwa imbali yosendo langezindlu zokuzalwa kwawo.
Inani labesizwe sika-Efrayimi lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amane lamakhulu amahlanu.
Ezizukulwaneni zikaManase: Wonke amadoda aleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu ayengaba libutho abhalwa amabizo awo, inye ngayinye, kulandelwa imbali yosendo langezindlu zokuzalwa kwawo.
Inani labesizwe sikaManase lalizinkulungwane ezintathu lambili, lamakhulu amabili.
Ezizukulwaneni zikaBhenjamini: Wonke amadoda aleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu ayengaba libutho abhalwa amabizo awo, inye ngayinye, kulandelwa imbali yosendo langezindlu zokuzalwa kwawo.
Inani labesizwe sikaBhenjamini lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu, lamakhulu amane.
Ezizukulwaneni zikaDani: Wonke amadoda aleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu ayengaba libutho abhalwa amabizo awo, inye ngayinye, kulandelwa imbali yosendo langezindlu zokuzalwa kwawo.
Inani labesizwe sikaDani lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisithupha lambili, lamakhulu ayisikhombisa.
Ezizukulwaneni zika-Asheri: Wonke amadoda aleminyaka angamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu ayengaba libutho abhalwa amabizo awo, inye ngayinye, kulandelwa imbali yosendo langezindlu zokuzalwa kwawo.
Inani labesizwe sika-Asheri lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amane lanye, lamakhulu amahlanu.
Ezizukulwaneni zikaNafithali: Wonke amadoda aleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu ayengaba libutho abhalwa amabizo awo, inye ngayinye, kulandelwa imbali yosendo langezindlu zokuzalwa kwawo.
Inani labesizwe sikaNafithali lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amahlanu lantathu, lamakhulu amane.
La yiwo amadoda abalwa nguMosi lo-Aroni kanye labakhokheli bako-Israyeli abalitshumi lambili, munye ngamunye emele abendlu yakhe.
Wonke ama-Israyeli aleminyaka esukela kwengamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu ayengaba libutho abalwa ngezindlu zawo.
Inani lawo esehlangene wonke lalizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisithupha lantathu, lamakhulu amahlanu, lamatshumi amahlanu.
47 Tusruktu, mwet Levi elos tuh tia wi simla inelos in oana sruf saya uh,
Abendlu yesizwe sikaLevi, bona-ke, ababalwanga kanyekanye labanye.
48 mweyen LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Moses,
UThixo wayethe kuMosi:
49 “Ke pacl se kom oru oaoa lulap ke inen mukul ma fal in wi mweun, nimet sang sruf lal Levi nu kac.
“Ungabali abesizwe sikaLevi njalo ungabahlanganisi kulokhu kubalwa kwabanye laba abako-Israyeli.
50 A kom fah sang sruf Levi in fosrngakin Lohm Nuknuk Mutal sik ac kufwa nukewa nu kac. Elos fah us ma inge nukewa, ac elos pa ac kulansap loac. Elos in tulokunak iwen aktuktuk selos rauneak.
Kodwa, beka abaLevi ukuthi baphathe ithabanikeli lobufakazi, impahla zalo zonke kanye lazozonke izinto ezisetshenziswa kulo. Yibo abazathwala ithabanikeli lempahla zalo; bazalinakekela njalo bazalihonqolozela.
51 Kutena pacl kowos ac mukuila nu ke sie pacna acn, ma kunen mwet Levi in tuleya Lohm Nuknuk Mutal sik, ac sifilpa tulokunak ke nien aktuktuk sasu. Kutena mwet saya su tuku apkuran nu ke Lohm Nuknuk Mutal ac fah anwuki.
Ngezikhathi zonke nxa ithabanikeli lisuswa abaLevi yibo abazalethula, kuthi-ke nxa selimiswa njalo, abaLevi yibo abazalimisa. Loba ngubani osondela phansi kwalo uzabulawa.
52 Sruf nukewa sayen sruf lal Levi fah tulokunak lohm nuknuk selos fal nu ke kais sie u lalos, ac in oasr kais sie flag lun kais sie u.
Abako-Israyeli bazakwakha amathente abo ngezigaba zabo, indoda ngayinye esihonqweni sayo ngaphansi kophawu lwayo.
53 A mwet Levi fah tulokunak lohm nuknuk selos rauneak Lohm Nuknuk Mutal sik tuh elos in karingin in wangin sie fah tuku apkuran nu kac ac pwanak kasrkusrak luk uh in putati fin mwet Israel nukewa.”
Kodwa abaLevi bazamisa amathente abo ehonqolozele ithabanikeli loBufakazi ukuze isizwe sabako-Israyeli singayikwehlelwa lulaka. AbaLevi bazasebenza ukulinda iThabanikeli loBufakazi.”
54 Ke ma inge mwet Israel elos oru ma nukewa oana ma LEUM GOD El sapkin nu sel Moses.
Abako-Israyeli benza konke njengokulaywa kukaMosi nguThixo.