1 Imilando 23
1 UDavida esemdala esanele ngensuku wamisa uSolomoni indodana yakhe ukuthi abe yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli.
Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 Wasebuthanisa zonke induna zakoIsrayeli labapristi lamaLevi.
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3 AmaLevi asebalwa kusukela koleminyaka engamatshumi amathathu kusiya phezulu; lenani lawo, ngamakhanda awo, ngamadoda, laba zinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu lesificaminwembili.
And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
4 Kula kwakulezinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili lane okuqondisa umsebenzi wendlu yeNkosi; lezinduna labahluleli abayizinkulungwane eziyisithupha;
Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges;
5 labagcini bamasango abayizinkulungwane ezine; labadumisi beNkosi abayizinkulungwane ezine ngezinto engizenzele ukudumisa, watsho uDavida.
and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD 'with the instruments which I made to praise therewith.'
6 UDavida wasewehlukanisa ngezigaba, ngokwamadodana kaLevi, oGerishoni, uKohathi, loMerari.
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 KumaGerishoni kwakungoLadani loShimeyi.
Of the Gershonites: Ladan, and Shimei.
8 Amadodana kaLadani: OJehiyeli inhloko, loZethamu, loJoweli, emathathu.
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9 Amadodana kaShimeyi: OShelomithi loHaziyeli loHarani, emathathu. La ayezinhloko zaboyise koLadani.
The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan.
10 Lamadodana kaShimeyi: OJahathi, uZiza, loJewushi, loBeriya. La ayengamadodana kaShimeyi, emane.
And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
11 LoJahathi wayeyinhloko, loZiza engowesibili; kodwa uJewushi loBeriya babengelabantwana abanengi, ngakho babesendlini yaboyise ngokubalwa kanye.
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.
12 Amadodana kaKohathi: OAmramu, uIzihari, uHebroni, loUziyeli, emane.
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 Amadodana kaAmramu: OAroni loMozisi. UAroni wehlukaniselwa-ke ukungcwelisa izinto ezingcwelengcwele, yena lamadodana akhe, kuze kube nininini, ukutshisa impepha phambi kweNkosi, ukuyikhonza, lokubusisa ngebizo layo kuze kube nininini.
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should be sanctified as most holy, he and his sons for ever, to offer before the LORD, to minister unto Him, and to bless in His name for ever.
14 NgoMozisi umuntu kaNkulunkulu, amadodana akhe abizwa ngaphansi kwesizwe sakoLevi.
But as for Moses the man of God, his sons are named among the tribe of Levi.
15 Amadodana kaMozisi: OGereshoma loEliyezeri.
The sons of Moses: Gershom, and Eliezer.
16 Amadodana kaGereshoma: UShebuweli inhloko.
The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
17 Lamadodana kaEliyezeri ayenguRehabhiya inhloko; uEliyezeri wayengelawo-ke amanye amadodana, kodwa amadodana kaRehabhiya ayemanengi okwedlulisayo.
And the sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18 Amadodana kaIzihari: UShelomithi inhloko.
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.
19 Amadodana kaHebroni: OJeriya inhloko, uAmariya owesibili, uJahaziyeli owesithathu, uJekameyamu owesine.
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Amadodana kaUziyeli: OMika inhloko, loIshiya owesibili.
The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.
21 Amadodana kaMerari: OMahli loMushi. Amadodana kaMahli: OEleyazare loKishi.
The sons of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar, and Kish.
22 UEleyazare wasesifa, wayengelamadodana kodwa amadodakazi; amadodana kaKishi, abafowabo, asewathatha.
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them to wife.
23 Amadodana kaMushi: OMahli loEderi loJeremothi, emathathu.
The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24 La ngamadodana kaLevi ngendlu yaboyise, inhloko zaboyise, ngokubalwa kwawo, ngenani lamabizo, ngamakhanda awo, esenza umsebenzi wenkonzo yendlu yeNkosi, kusukela koleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu.
These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses, according to their muster, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.
25 Ngoba uDavida wathi: INkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ibanikile abantu bayo ukuphumula, bazahlala eJerusalema kuze kube sephakadeni.
For David said: 'The LORD, the God of Israel, hath given rest unto His people, and He dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever;
26 Ngokunjalo-ke kumaLevi; kakulamuntu ozathwala ithabhanekele laloba yiziphi izitsha zalo zenkonzo yalo.
and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.'
27 Ngoba ngamazwi kaDavida okucina amadodana kaLevi abhalwa kusukela kwaleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu.
For by the last ordinances of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.
28 Ngoba indawo yawo yayingasesandleni samadodana kaAroni enkonzweni yendlu yeNkosi, phezu kwamaguma, laphezu kwamakamelo, laphezu kokuhlambulula zonke izinto ezingcwele, lomsebenzi wenkonzo yendlu kaNkulunkulu,
For their station was at the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;
29 lowezinkwa zokubukiswa, lowempuphu ecolekileyo yomnikelo wokudla, lowezinkwana eziyizipatalala ezingelamvubelo, lowokubhakwe ngepani, lowokukhanzingiweyo, lowesilinganiso sonke lobukhulu;
for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked on the griddle, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;
30 lokuma ukusa ngokusa ukubonga lokudumisa iNkosi, kanjalo lantambama,
and to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
31 lokunikela konke kweminikelo yokutshiswa eNkosini ngamasabatha, ngokuthwasa kwenyanga, langemikhosi emisiweyo, ngenani, ngokwesimiso kukho, njalonjalo phambi kweNkosi.
and to offer all burnt-offerings unto the LORD, on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and in the appointed seasons, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually, before the LORD;
32 Njalo azagcina umlindo wethente lenhlangano, lomlindo wendlu engcwele, lomlindo wamadodana kaAroni, abafowabo, enkonzweni yendlu yeNkosi.
and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service of the house of the LORD.
