Ngoma za mbere 23:1-32
23 Dawidi amaze gusaza ari hafi gupfa*, yimika umuhungu wiwe Salomo ngo abe umwami wa Isirayeli+.
2 Maze akoranya abatware bose ba Isirayeli, abaherezi+ n’Abalewi+.
3 Baharura Abalewi bari bafise imyaka 30 kuduga+, umwumwe ukwiwe. Bari 38.000.
4 Muri abo harimwo 24.000 bahagarikira igikorwa c’inzu ya Yehova, abarongozi n’abacamanza 6.000+,
5 abarinzi b’amarembo+ 4.000, n’abandi 4.000 bashemeza+ Yehova bakoresheje ibicurarangisho. Ku bijanye n’ivyo bicurarangisho, Dawidi yavuze ati: «Nabikoze ngo bikoreshwe mu gushemeza Imana.»
6 Maze Dawidi abashira* mu migwi+ yisunze uwo bakomokako mu bahungu ba Lewi, ari bo Gerushoni, Kohati na Merari+.
7 Ku bakomoka kuri Gerushoni hari Ladani na Shimeyi.
8 Abahungu ba Ladani bari batatu: umukuru yari Yehiyele, hagakurikira Zetamu na Yoweli+.
9 Abahungu ba Shimeyi* bari batatu: Shelomoti, Haziyeli na Harani. Abo ni bo bari abakuru b’imigwi mikurumikuru igize imiryango yitirirwa Ladani.
10 Abahungu ba Shimeyi* na bo bari Yahati, Zina*, Yushi na Beriya. Abo uko ari bane bari abahungu ba Shimeyi.
11 Yahati yari umukuru, hagakurikira Ziza. Mugabo kubera ko Yushi na Beriya bataronse abahungu benshi, baharuwe nk’umuryango umwe ujejwe igikorwa kimwe.
12 Abahungu ba Kohati bari bane: Amuramu, Izihari+, Heburoni na Uziyeli+.
13 Abahungu ba Amuramu bari Aroni+ na Musa+. Mugabo Aroni yaratowe*+ ahabwa ibanga ryamaho kugira ngo we n’abahungu biwe beze Aheranda cane, bashikane ibimazi imbere ya Yehova, bamukorere bongere bahezagire abantu mw’izina ryiwe ibihe vyose+.
14 Nayo Musa wa muntu w’Imana y’ukuri, abahungu biwe baharuwe mu muryango w’Abalewi.
15 Abahungu ba Musa bari Gerushomu+ na Eliyezeri+.
16 Mu bahungu ba Gerushomu, Shebuweli+ ni we yari umukuru.
17 Mu bakomoka* kuri Eliyezeri, Rehabiya+ ni we yari umukuru. Eliyezeri nta bandi bahungu yaronse, mugabo abahungu ba Rehabiya bari benshi rwose.
18 Mu bahungu ba Izihari+, Shelomiti+ ni we yari umukuru.
19 Abahungu ba Heburoni bari aba: umukuru yari Yeriya, uwa kabiri Amariya, uwa gatatu Yahaziyeli, uwa kane Yekameyamu+.
20 Abahungu ba Uziyeli+ bari aba: umukuru yari Mika, uwa kabiri Ishiya.
21 Abahungu ba Merari bari Mahili na Mushi+. Abahungu ba Mahili bari Eleyazari na Kishi.
22 Eleyazari yapfuye atavyaye abahungu. Yavyaye abakobwa gusa. Basazabo bakomoka kuri Kishi baciye babarongora.
23 Abahungu ba Mushi bari batatu: Mahili, Ederi na Yeremoti.
24 Abo ni bo bari abahungu ba Lewi, hakurikijwe imigwi mikurumikuru igize umuryango bavamwo, hakurikijwe n’abari abakuru muri iyo migwi. Banditswe bongera baharurwa hakurikijwe amazina yabo, kuva ku bafise imyaka 20 kuduga. Bakora igikorwa co ku nzu ya Yehova.
25 Vyakozwe ukwo kuko Dawidi yari yaravuze ati: «Yehova Imana ya Isirayeli yahaye amahoro abantu biwe+, kandi azoba i Yeruzalemu ibihe vyose+.
26 Bisubiye, ntibizoba ngombwa ko Abalewi barerura ihema ryeranda canke ikintu na kimwe mu bikoreshwa muri ryo+.»
27 Hisunzwe amategeko ya nyuma Dawidi yatanze, baraharuye Abalewi bafise imyaka 20 kuduga.
28 Bari bajejwe gufasha bene Aroni+ mu gikorwa co ku nzu ya Yehova. Bitwararika ivyerekeye ibigo+, uburiro, gutyorora ibintu vyose vyeranda, bakitwararika n’ibindi vyose bikenewe ku bw’igikorwa co ku nzu y’Imana y’ukuri.
29 Barafasha kandi mu bijanye n’imikate igerekeranye*+, ifu inoze y’ishikanwa ry’intete, udukate dufyase tutagiramwo umwambiro+, ibikarangwa kw’ipanu, igikandu kivanze+ n’amavuta no mu bijanye n’ingero zose z’ibiseseka n’iz’uburebure.
30 Imisi yose mu gitondo no ku mugoroba+, basabwa kuba bahari kugira ngo bakengurukire Yehova bongere bamushemeze.
31 Barafasha igihe cose ibimazi biturirwa vyashikanirwa Yehova ku masabato+, ku mboneko z’ukwezi+ no ku misi mikuru+, hakurikijwe igitigiri gihuye n’amategeko. Bama bakorera ico gikorwa imbere ya Yehova.
32 Baritwararika n’ivyo bajejwe ku bijanye n’ihema ry’ibonaniro, Aheranda, bakitwararika na benewabo bakomoka kuri Aroni. Babigira ku bw’igikorwa c’inzu ya Yehova.
Utujambo tw'epfo
^ Mu giheburayo havuga ngo «yisaziye kandi ahaze imisi.»
^ Canke «abagabura.»
^ Biboneka ko ari uwundi Shimeyi.
^ Biboneka ko ari Shimeyi avugwa ku murongo wa 7.
^ Ku murongo wa 11 yitwa Ziza.
^ Canke «yarashizwe ku ruhande.»
^ Mu giheburayo havuga ngo «mu bahungu.»
^ Ni imikate y’ishikanwa.
