¹Zvino Dhavhidhi akanga akwegura, ava namazuva mazhinji; akaita Soromoni mwanakomana wake mambo walsiraeri.

¹Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

²Akaunganidza machinda ose aIsiraeri pamwechete navapristi navaRevhi.

²He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

³VaRevhi vakaverengwa vanamakore makumi matatu navakapfuura ipapo; pakuwanda kwavo, vachiverengwa musoro womurume mumwe nomumwe, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezvisere.

³The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

⁴Pakati pavo vane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina vaitarira mabasa eimba yaJehovha; vane zviuru zvitanhatu vaiva vatariri navatongi;

⁴David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh; six thousand were officers and judges;

⁵vane zviuru zvina vaiva vatariri vemikova; vane zviuru zvina vairumbidza Jehovha nezvokuridza zvandakaita (ndizvo zvakareva Dhavhidhi) kuti arumbidzwe nazvo.

⁵four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, for giving praise.”

⁶Dhavhidhi akavakamura, akaita mapoka akaenzana navanakomana vaRevhi, Gerishoni, naKohati, naMerari.

⁶David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

⁷VokwaGerishoni: Radhani naShimei.

⁷Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

⁸Vanakomana vaRadhani: Jehieri mukuru, naZerami, naJoeri, vose vatatu.

⁸The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

⁹Vanakomana vaShimei: Sheromoti, naHazieri, naHarani, vose vatatu. Ndivo vaiva vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba aRadhani.

⁹The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan.

¹⁰Vanakomana vaShimei: Jahati, naZina, naJeushi, naBheriya. Ava vana vakanga vari vanakomana vaShimei.

¹⁰The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

¹¹Jahati akanga ari mukuru, wechipiri Ziza; asi Jeushi naBheriya vakanga vasina vanakomana vazhinji saka vakaverengwa vachiita imba imwe yamadzibaba.

¹¹Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.

¹²Vanakomana vaKohati: Amirami, naIshari, naHebhuroni, naUzieri, vose vana.

¹²The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

¹³Vanakomana vaAmirami: Aroni, naMozisi; Aroni ndiye akatsaurwa, kuti anatse zvinhu zvitsene-tsvene, iye navanakomana vake, nokusingaperi; kuti vapise zvinonhuhwira pamberi paJehovha,nokumushumira, nokuropafadza vanhu nezita rake nokusingaperi.

¹³The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.

¹⁴Asi kana ari Mozisi munhu waMwari, vanakomana vake vakaverengwa kurudzi rwaRevhi.

¹⁴But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

¹⁵Vanakomana vaMozisi: Gerishomi naEriezeri.

¹⁵The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

¹⁶Vanakomana vaGerishomi: Shebhueri mukuru.

¹⁶The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.

¹⁷Vanakomana vaEriezeri: Rehabhia mukuru. Eriezeri akanga asina vamwe vanakomana; asi vanakomana vaRehabhia vakanga vari vazhinji-zhinji.

¹⁷The sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

¹⁸Vanakomana valshari: Sheromiti mukuru.

¹⁸The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

¹⁹Vanakomana vaHebhuroni: Jeria mukuru, Amaria wechipiri, Jahazieri wechitatu, Jekameami wechina.

¹⁹The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

²⁰Vanakomana vaUzieri: Mika mukuru, naIshia wechipiri.

²⁰The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.

²¹Vanakomana vaMerari: Mari naMushi. Vanakomana vaMari: Eriazari naKishi.

²¹The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

²²Eriazari akafa asina vanakomana, asi vanasikana voga; hama dzavo, vanakomana vaKishi, dzikavawana.

²²Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them as wives.

²³Vanakomana vaMushi: Mari, naEdheri, naJeremoti, vose vatatu.

²³The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

²⁴Ndivo vaiva vanakomana vaRevhi, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, ivo vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba vakaverengwa pakati pavo, vachiverengwa namazita avo musoro womumwe nomumwe, vaibata basa paimba yaJehovha, vanamakore makumi maviri navakapfuura ipapo.

²⁴These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward.

²⁵nekuti Dhavhidhi wakati, Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri wakazorodza vanhu vake; iye anogara Jerusaremu nokusingaperi,

²⁵For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

²⁶uye vaRevhi havachazofaniri kutakura tabhenekari nenhumbi dzayo dzokubata mabasa ayo.

²⁶Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.”

²⁷Nekuti namashoko aDhavhidhi okupedzisira vanakomana vaRevhi vakaverengwa, vanamakore makumi maviri navakapfuura ipapo.

²⁷For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

²⁸Nekuti basa ravo rakanga riri rokubatsira vanakomana vaAroni pakushumira paimba yaJehovha, pavazhe, napamakamuri, napakusuka zvinhu zvitsvene, riri basa rokushumira paimba yaMwari;

²⁸For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts, and in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of God’s house;

²⁹nokugadzira zvingwa zvokuratidza, noupfu hwakatsetseka bwechipiriso choupfu, kana chezvingwa zvitete zvisina mbiriso, kana zvakabikwa mugango, kana zvakakanyiwa namafuta, marudzi ose ezviyero nezvitanda zvokuera

²⁹for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all kinds of measure and size;

³⁰nazvo, nokumira mangwanani ose vachivonga nokurumbidza Jehovha, uye madekwanawo saizvozvo;

³⁰and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh, and likewise in the evening;

³¹nokubayira Jehovha zvipiriso zvose zvinopiswa, pamasabata, napakugara kwemwedzi, napamitambo yakatarwa panguva dzose dzakarairwa, mazuva ose pamberi paJehovha.

³¹and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Yahweh;

³²Uye kuti vachengete tende rokusangana, nokuchengeta nzvimbo tsvene, nokuchengeta vanakomana vaAroni, hama dzavo, pabasa reimba yaJehovha.

³²and that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of Yahweh.