Numeri 26:1-65
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Lubalo lwesibili lwetive taka-Israyeli (1-65)
26 Ngemuva kwalesishayo,+ Jehova wakhuluma naMosi na-Eliyezeri indvodzana ya-Aroni umphristi, watsi:
2 “Balani sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli, kusukela kulabaneminyaka lengu-20 budzala kuya etulu, futsi nibabale ngekwetindlu tabobabe babo, kube ngibo bonkhe bantfu baka-Israyeli labangaya emphini.”+
3 Ngako boMosi na-Eliyezeri+ umphristi bakhuluma nalesive ehlane lakaMowabi+ ngaseJordane, macondzana neJerikho,+ batsi:
4 “Balani bonkhe bantfu, kusukela kulabaneminyaka lengu-20 budzala kuya etulu, njengobe nje Jehova atjele Mosi.”+
Ngulawa emadvodzana a-Israyeli laphuma eveni laseGibhithe:
5 Esiveni sakaRubeni,+ umntfwana wekucala wa-Israyeli; nankha emadvodzana akhe:+ kuHanoki kwavela umndeni wemaHanoki; kuPhalu kwavela umndeni wemaPhalu;
6 kuHesroni kwavela umndeni wemaHesroni; kuKhami kwavela umndeni wemaKhami.
7 Ngulena-ke imindeni yesive sakaRubeni, futsi bantfu lababhaliswa kuyo bebangu-43 730.+
8 Indvodzana yaPhalu bekungu-Eliyabe.
9 Emadvodzana a-Eliyabe bekunguNemuweli, Dathani na-Abiramu. BoDathani na-Abiramu bebangemadvodza lakhetsiwe ka-Israyeli futsi ngibo labalwa naMosi+ na-Aroni bakanye nelicembu laKhora,+ ngesikhatsi bamelene naJehova.+
10 Umhlaba wavuleka* wabamita. Khora yena wafa nalabo lebebamsekela ngesikhatsi umlilo ucotfula emadvodza langu-250.+ Loko lokwenteka kubo kwaba secwayiso.+
11 Kodvwa emadvodzana aKhora wona akazange afe.+
12 Nankha emadvodzana aSimeyoni+ ngekwemindeni yawo: kuNemuweli kwavela umndeni wemaNemuweli; kuJamini kwavela umndeni wemaJamini; kuJakhini kwavela umndeni wemaJakhini;
13 kuZera kwavela umndeni wemaZera; kuShawula kwavela umndeni wemaShawula.
14 Ngulena-ke imindeni yesive sakaSimeyoni, futsi lababhaliswa kuyo bebangu-22 200.+
15 Ngulawa emadvodzana aGadi+ ngekwemindeni yawo: kuSefoni kwavela umndeni wemaSefoni; kuHagi kwavela umndeni wemaHagi; kuShuni kwavela umndeni wemaShuni;
16 ku-Ozni kwavela umndeni wema-Ozni; ku-Eri kwavela umndeni wema-Eri;
17 ku-Arodi kwavela umndeni wema-Arodi; ku-Areli kwavela umndeni wema-Areli.
18 Ngulena-ke imindeni yemadvodzana aGadi, futsi bantfu lababhaliswa kuyo bebangu-40 500.+
19 Emadvodzana aJuda+ bekungu-Eri na-Onani.+ Kodvwa-ke omabili afela eveni laseKhenani.+
20 Ngulawa emadvodzana aJuda ngekwemindeni yawo: kuShela+ kwavela umndeni wemaShela; kuPheresi+ kwavela umndeni wemaPheresi; kuZera+ kwavela umndeni wemaZera.
21 Nankha emadvodzana aPheresi: kuHesroni+ kwavela umndeni wemaHesroni; kuHamule+ kwavela umndeni wemaHamule.
22 Ngulena-ke imindeni yesive sakaJuda, futsi bantfu lababhaliswa kuyo bebangu-76 500.+
23 Nankha emadvodzana a-Isakhari+ ngekwemindeni yawo: kuThola+ kwavela umndeni wemaThola; kuPhuwa kwavela umndeni wemaPhuwa;
24 kuJashubi kwavela umndeni wemaJashubi; kuShimroni kwavela umndeni wemaShimroni.
25 Ngulena-ke imindeni yesive saka-Isakhari, futsi bantfu lababhaliswa kuyo bebangu-64 300.+
26 Nankha emadvodzana aZebuloni+ ngekwemindeni yawo: kuSeredi kwavela umndeni wemaSeredi; ku-Eloni kwavela umndeni wema-Eloni; kuJaleli kwavela umndeni wemaJaleli.
27 Ngulena-ke imindeni yakaZebuloni, futsi bantfu lababhaliswa kuyo bebangu-60 500.+
28 Emadvodzana aJosefa+ ngekwemindeni yawo bekuboManase na-Efrayimu.+
29 Nankha emadvodzana aManase:+ kuMakhire kwavela umndeni wemaMakhire,+ futsi Makhire watala Gileyadi.+ KuGileyadi kwavela umndeni wemaGileyadi.
30 Ngulawa emadvodzana aGileyadi: ku-Iyezeri kwavela umndeni wema-Iyezeri; kuHelekhi kwavela umndeni wemaHelekhi;
31 ku-Asriyeli kwavela umndeni wema-Asriyeli; kuShekhemu kwavela umndeni wemaShekhemu;
32 kuShemida kwavela umndeni wemaShemida; kuHeferi kwavela umndeni wemaHeferi.
33 Selofehadi indvodzana yaHeferi abenemadvodzakati kuphela,+ ete emadvodzana. Emabito emadvodzakati aSelofehadi+ bekuboMahala, Nowa, Hogila, Milkha naThisa.
34 Ngulena-ke imindeni yesive sakaManase, futsi bantfu lababhaliswa kuyo bebangu-52 700.+
35 Nankha emadvodzana a-Efrayimu+ ngekwemindeni yawo: kuShuthela+ kwavela umndeni wemaShuthela; kuBekheri kwavela umndeni wemaBekheri; kuThahani kwavela umndeni wemaThahani.
36 Ngulawa emadvodzana aShuthela: ku-Erani kwavela umndeni wema-Erani.
37 Lena-ke yimindeni yemadvodzana a-Efrayimu, futsi bantfu lababhaliswa kuyo bebangu-32 500.+ Lawa bekungemadvodzana aJosefa ngekwemindeni yawo.
38 Nankha emadvodzana aBhenjamini+ ngekwemindeni yawo: kuBhela+ kwavela umndeni wemaBhela; ku-Ashbeli kwavela umndeni wema-Ashbeli; ku-Ahiramu kwavela umndeni wema-Ahiramu;
39 kuShufamu kwavela umndeni wemaShufamu; kuHufamu kwavela umndeni wemaHufamu.
40 Emadvodzana aBhela bekungu-Adi naNamani:+ ku-Adi kwavela umndeni wema-Adi; kuNamani kwavela umndeni wemaNamani.
41 Ngulawa-ke emadvodzana aBhenjamini ngekwemindeni yawo, futsi bantfu lababhaliswa kuyo bebangu-45 600.+
42 Nankha emadvodzana aDani+ ngekwemindeni yawo: kuShuhamu kwavela umndeni wemaShuhamu. Lena-ke bekuyimindeni yakaDani ngekwemindeni yayo.
43 Bantfu lababhaliswa kuyo yonkhe imindeni yemaShuhamu bebangu-64 400.+
44 Nankha emadvodzana a-Asheri+ ngekwemindeni yawo: kuJimna kwavela umndeni wemaJimna; kuJishvi kwavela umndeni wemaJishvi; kuBheriya kwavela umndeni wemaBheriya;
45 emadvodzaneni aBheriya bekungulaba: kuHebere kwavela umndeni wemaHebere; kuMalkhiyeli kwavela umndeni wemaMalkhiyeli.
46 Libito lendvodzakati ya-Asheri bekunguSera.
47 Ngulena-ke imindeni yemadvodzana a-Asheri, futsi bantfu lababhaliswa kuyo bebangu-53 400.+
48 Ngulawa emadvodzana aNaftali+ ngekwemindeni yawo: kuJasiyeli kwavela umndeni wemaJasiyeli; kuGuni kwavela umndeni wemaGuni;
49 kuJeseri kwavela umndeni wemaJeseri; kuShilemi kwavela umndeni wemaShilemi.
50 Ngulena-ke imindeni yakaNaftali ngekwetinsendvo tayo, futsi bantfu lababhaliswa kuyo bebangu-45 400.+
51 Sebabonkhe bantfu lababhaliswa ka-Israyeli bebangu-601 730.+
52 Ngemuva kwaloko Jehova watsi kuMosi:
53 “Kufanele wehlukanisele labantfu lelive, ubanikete lifa kuye ngeluhla lwalamabito.*+
54 Lifa lemacembu lamakhulu kufanele ulente libe likhulu, lemacembu lamancane lona ulente libe lincane.+ Ngulelo nalelo cembu kufanele linikwe lifa lelilingana nelinani lebantfu lababhalisiwe.
55 Lelive kufanele lehlukaniswe ngenkatho,+ futsi labantfu batawunikwa lifa labo ngekwetive tabobabe babo.
56 Lifa ngalinye litawukhishwa kusetjentiswa inkatho, futsi lehlukaniselwe emacembu lamakhulu nalamancane.”
57 Naba bantfu lababhaliswa esiveni semaLevi+ ngekwemindeni yabo: kuGeshoni kwavela umndeni wemaGeshoni; kuKhohati+ kwavela umndeni wemaKhohati; kuMerari kwavela umndeni wemaMerari.
58 Ngulena imindeni yemaLevi: umndeni wemaLibni,+ umndeni wemaHebroni,+ umndeni wemaMahali,+ umndeni wemaMushi,+ nemndeni wemaKhora.+
Khohati watala Amramu.+
59 Umfati wa-Amramu bekunguJokhebedi,+ indvodzakati yaLevi, layitalelwa ngumfati wakhe eGibhithe. Jokhebedi watalela Amramu bo-Aroni, Mosi kanye naMiriyamu, longudzadzewabo.+
60 Aroni watala Nadabi, Abihu, Eliyezeri na-Ithamari.+
61 Kodvwa boNadabi na-Abihu bafa ngenca yekuletsa umlilo longakavumeleki embikwaJehova.+
62 Sebabonkhe lababhaliswa kulesive bebangu-23 000, futsi bekungibo bonkhe bantfu labadvuna labanenyanga yinye kuya etulu budzala.+ Bona abazange babhaliswe kanye nema-Israyeli,+ ngobe bebangeke banikwe lifa kanye nawo.+
63 Ngulabo-ke bantfu lababhaliswa nguMosi na-Eliyezeri umphristi, ngesikhatsi babhalisa ema-Israyeli ehlane lakaMowabi ngaseJordane, macondzana neJerikho.
64 Kodvwa-ke bebangasekho labantfu lebebabhaliswe nguMosi na-Aroni umphristi ngesikhatsi kubalwa ema-Israyeli ehlane laseSinayi.+
65 Ngobe Jehova abekhulume ngabo watsi: “Nakanjani batawufela lapha ehlane.”+ Ngako akusalanga muntfu kubo ngaphandle kwaKhalebi indvodzana yaJefune kanye naJoshuwa indvodzana yaNuni.+
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “wavula umlomo wawo.”
^ Nobe “kuye ngelinani lemabito labhalisiwe.”
