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6 Oonyana bakaLevi+ yayinguGershon, uKohati+ noMerari.+ 2 Oonyana bakaKohati yayinguAmram, uItsare,+ uHebron noUziyeli.+ 3 Abantwana* baka-Amram+ yayinguAron,+ uMoses,+ kunye noMiriyam.+ Bona oonyana baka-Aron yayinguNadabhi, uAbhihu,+ uEleyazare+ noItamare.+ 4 UEleyazare wazala uFinehasi, uFinehasi+ wazala uAbhishuwa. 5 UAbhishuwa wazala uBhuki, uBhuki wazala u-Uzi. 6 U-Uzi wazala uZerahiya, uZerahiya wazala uMerayoti. 7 UMerayoti wazala uAmariya, uAmariya wazala uAhitubhi.+ 8 UAhitubhi wazala uTsadoki,+ uTsadoki wazala uAhimahatse.+ 9 UAhimahatse wazala uAzariya, uAzariya wazala uYohanan. 10 UYohanan wazala uAzariya. Waba ngumbingeleli endlini eyakhiwa nguSolomon eYerusalem.

11 UAzariya wazala uAmariya, uAmariya wazala uAhitubhi. 12 UAhitubhi wazala uTsadoki,+ uTsadoki wazala uShalum. 13 UShalum wazala uHilekiya,+ uHilekiya wazala uAzariya. 14 UAzariya wazala uSeraya,+ uSeraya wazala uYehotsadaki.+ 15 Yena uYehotsadaki wathinjwa xa uYehova wathatha amaYuda neYerusalem wawasa ekuthinjweni ngesandla sikaNebhukadenetsare.

16 Oonyana bakaLevi yayinguGershom,* uKohati noMerari. 17 La ngamagama oonyana bakaGershom: uLibhini noShimeyi.+ 18 Oonyana bakaKohati yayinguAmram, uItsare, uHebron noUziyeli.+ 19 Oonyana bakaMerari yayinguMahali noMushi.

Ezi ziintsapho zabaLevi ngokookhokho bazo:+ 20 KwekaGershom,+ uLibhini yayingunyana wakhe, uYahati unyana wakhe, uZima unyana wakhe, 21 uYowa unyana wakhe, uIdo unyana wakhe, uZera unyana wakhe noYeyaterayi unyana wakhe. 22 Oonyana bakaKohati,* yayinguAminadabhi unyana wakhe, uKora+ unyana wakhe, uAsire unyana wakhe, 23 uElikana unyana wakhe, uEbhiyasafu+ unyana wakhe, uAsire unyana wakhe, 24 uTahati unyana wakhe, u-Uriyeli unyana wakhe, u-Uziya unyana wakhe noShawule unyana wakhe. 25 Oonyana bakaElikana yayinguAmasayi noAhimoti. 26 Oonyana bomnye uElikana yayinguTsofare unyana wakhe, uNahati unyana wakhe, 27 uEliyabhi unyana wakhe, uYeroham unyana wakhe noElikana+ unyana wakhe. 28 Oonyana bakaSamuweli+ yayinguYoweli izibulo, owesibini inguAbhiya.+ 29 Oonyana bakaMerari* yayinguMahali,+ uLibhini unyana wakhe, uShimeyi unyana wakhe, u-Uza unyana wakhe, 30 uShimeya unyana wakhe, uHagiya unyana wakhe noAsaya unyana wakhe.

31 Aba ngabo uDavide wababeka ukuba balathise umculo endlini kaYehova emva kokuba iTyeya ibekwe apho.+ 32 Babejongene nomculo phambi kwentente engcwele, oko kukuthi intente yokuhlangana de uSolomon wakha indlu kaYehova eYerusalem,+ ibe basebenza ngendlela ababeyalelwe ngayo.+ 33 La ngamadoda awayekhonza noonyana babo: KumaKohati yayinguHeman+ imvumi, unyana kaYoweli,+ unyana kaSamuweli, 34 unyana kaElikana,+ unyana kaYeroham, unyana kaEliyeli, unyana kaToha, 35 unyana kaTsufi, unyana kaElikana, unyana kaMahati, unyana ka-Amasayi, 36 unyana kaElikana, unyana kaYoweli, unyana ka-Azariya, unyana kaZefaniya, 37 unyana kaTahati, unyana ka-Asire, unyana kaEbhiyasafu, unyana kaKora, 38 unyana kaItsare, unyana kaKohati, unyana kaLevi, unyana kaSirayeli.

39 Umntakwabo, uAsafu,+ wayesima ngasekunene kwakhe. UAsafu wayengunyana kaBhe­rekiya, unyana kaShimeya, 40 unyana kaMikayeli, unyana kaBhahaseya, unyana kaMalekiya, 41 unyana kaEteni, unyana kaZera, unyana ka-Adaya, 42 unyana kaEtan, unyana ka­Zima, unyana kaShimeyi, 43 unyana kaYahati, unyana kaGershom, unyana kaLevi.

44 Oonyana bakaMerari,+ abantakwabo, ababengakwisandla sasekhohlo, yayinguEtan+ unyana kaKishi, unyana ka-Abhedi, unyana kaMaluke, 45 unyana kaHashabhiya, unyana ka-Amatsiya, unyana kaHilekiya, 46 unyana ka-Amtsi, unyana kaBhani, unyana kaShemere, 47 unyana kaMahali, unyana kaMushi, unyana kaMerari, unyana kaLevi.

48 Abantakwabo, abaLevi, babemiselwe phezu kwayo* yonke inkonzo yentente engcwele, indlu yoThixo wokwenene.+ 49 UAron noonyana bakhe+ babeqhumisa imibingelelo esibingelelweni somnikelo otshiswayo+ nasesibingelelweni sesiqhumiso esiqholiweyo,+ besenza wonke umsebenzi weyona ndawo ingcwele, behlawulela uSirayeli+ kanye ngendlela ababeyalelwe ngayo nguMoses umkhonzi woThixo wokwenene. 50 Aba yayingoonyana baka-Aron:+ uEleyazare+ unyana wakhe, uFinehasi unyana wakhe, uAbhishuwa unyana wakhe, 51 uBhuki unyana wakhe, u-Uzi unyana wakhe, uZerahiya unyana wakhe, 52 uMerayoti unyana wakhe, uAmariya unyana wakhe, uAhitubhi+ unyana wakhe, 53 uTsadoki+ unyana wakhe noAhimahatse unyana wakhe.

54 Ezi yayiziindawo zabo zokuhlala ngokweenkampu zabo* kummandla wabo: oonyana baka-Aron ababeyintsapho yamaKohati, elawela kubo iqashiso lokuqala, 55 banikwa iHebron+ elizweni lakwaYuda, namadlelo ayo. 56 Kodwa intsimi yesixeko neelali zaso bayinika uKalebhi+ unyana kaYefune. 57 Oonyana baka-Aron banikwa izixeko* zokubalekela:+ iHebron,+ iLibhena+ namadlelo ayo, iYatire,+ iEshtemowa namadlelo ayo,+ 58 iHilen namadlelo ayo, iDebhiri+ namadlelo ayo, 59 iAshan+ namadlelo ayo, iBhete-shemeshe+ namadlelo ayo. 60 Kwisizwe sakwaBhenjamin: iGebha+ namadlelo ayo, iAlemete namadlelo ayo neAnatoti+ namadlelo ayo. Xa zizonke izixeko zeentsapho zabo zaziyi-13.+

61 Oonyana bamaKohati abashiyekayo banikwa izixeko ezilishumi entsatsheni yesizwe, kwihafu yesizwe, ihafu yakwaManase.+

62 Oonyana bakaGershom ngokweentsapho zabo banikwa izixeko eziyi-13 kwisizwe sakwaIsakare, kwisizwe sakwa-Ashere, kwisizwe sakwaNafetali nakwisizwe sakwaManase eBhashan.+

63 Oonyana bakaMerari ngokweentsapho zabo banikwa izixeko eziyi-12 ngeqashiso kwisizwe sakwaRubhen, kwisizwe sakwaGadi nakwisizwe sakwaZebhulon.+

64 Ngaloo ndlela amaSirayeli anika abaLevi ezi zixeko namadlelo azo.+ 65 Ngaphezu koko, abanika ngeqashiso ezi zixeko zichazwe ngamagama, kwisizwe sakwaYuda, kwisizwe sakwaSimeyon nakwisizwe sakwaBhenjamin.

66 Abanye kwiintsapho zamaKohati baba nezixeko kum­mandla wesizwe sakwaEfrayim.+ 67 Abanika izixeko* zokubalekela: iShekem+ namadlelo ayo kummandla weentaba zakwaEfrayim, iGezere+ namadlelo ayo, 68 iYokemam namadlelo ayo, iBhete-horon+ namadlelo ayo, 69 iAyalon+ namadlelo ayo neGati-rimon+ namadlelo ayo. 70 Iintsapho ­zamaKohati ­ezishiyekileyo zanikwa iAnere namadlelo ayo neBhileyam namadlelo ayo kwihafu yesizwe sakwaManase.

71 AmaGershom anikwa isixeko kwihafu yesizwe sakwaManase: iGolan+ eseBhashan namadlelo ayo neAshtaroti namadlelo ayo.+ 72 Kwisizwe sakwaIsakare: iKedeshe namadlelo ayo, iDabherati+ namadlelo ayo,+ 73 iRamoti namadlelo ayo neAnem namadlelo ayo. 74 Kwisizwe sakwa-Ashere: iMashale namadlelo ayo, iAbhedon namadlelo ayo,+ 75 iHukoki namadlelo ayo neRehobhi+ namadlelo ayo. 76 Kwisizwe sakwaNafetali: iKedeshe+ eseGalili+ namadlelo ayo, iHamon namadlelo ayo neKiriyatayim namadlelo ayo.

77 Oonyana bakaMerari abashiyekileyo banikwa kwisizwe sakwaZebhulon:+ iRimono namadlelo ayo, iTabhore namadlelo ayo, 78 ibe kummandla waseYordan eYeriko ukuya kwimpuma yeYordan kwisizwe sakwaRubhen: banikwa iBhetsere esentlango namadlelo ayo, iYahatsa+ namadlelo ayo, 79 iKedemoti+ namadlelo ayo neMefehati namadlelo ayo. 80 Kwisizwe sakwaGadi: iRamoti eseGiliyadi namadlelo ayo, iMahanayim+ namadlelo ayo, 81 iHeshbhon+ namadlelo ayo neYazere+ namadlelo ayo.