¹ Davide atakalamba ndipo atatsala pang'ono kumwalira, analonga mwana wake Solomo kuti akhale mfumu ya Israeli. ² Anasonkhanitsa atsogoleri onse a Israeli, pamodzi ndi ansembe ndi Alevi. ³ Anawerengedwa Alevi a zaka makumi atatu ndi kupitirirapo. Iwo analipo zikwi makumi atatu mphambu zisanu ndi zitatu. ⁴ "Mwa awa, zikwi makumi awiri mphambu zinayi adayang'anira ntchito yomanga nyumba ya Yehova, ndi zikwi zisanu ndi chimodzi adali akapitao ndi oweruza. ⁵ Zikwi zinayi adali olondera zipata, ndipo zikwi zinayi adatamanda Yehova ndi zoyimbira zomwe ndidapanga kuti ndiyamike," Adatero David. ⁶ Ndipo anawagawa m'magulu monga ana a Levi: Gerisoni, Kohati, ndi Merari. ⁷ Kuchokera ku mafuko ochokera ku Gerisoni, panali Ladani ndi Simeyi. ⁸ Panali ana atatu a Ladani: Yehieli mtsogoleri wawo, Zethamu, ndi Yoweli. ⁹ Ana a Simeyi anali atatu: Shelomoti, Hazieli ndi Harana. Awa anali atsogoleri a mafuko a Ladani. ¹⁰ Ana a Simeyi anali anayi: Yahati, Ziza, Yeusi ndi Beriya. ¹¹ Yahati anali woyamba kubadwa, ndipo Ziza anali wachiwiri, koma Yeusi ndi Beriya analibe ana ambiri aamuna, choncho banja limodzi linali ndi ntchito imodzi. ¹² Ana a Kohati anali awa: Amramu, Izara, Hebroni ndi Uzieli. ¹³ Ana aamuna a Amuramu anali awa: Aroni ndi Mose. Aroni anasankhidwa kuti apatule zopatulikitsa, kuti iye ndi mbadwa zake azifukizapo pamaso pa Yehova, kumtumikira ndi kupereka madalitso m'dzina lake kwamuyaya. ¹⁴ Koma Mose munthu wa Mulungu, mbadwa zake zinawerengedwa pamodzi ndi fuko la Levi. ¹⁵ Ana aamuna a Mose anali Gerisomu ndi Eliezere. ¹⁶ Mwana wamkulu wa Gerisomu anali Subaeli; Mwana wa Eliezere anali Rehabiya. ¹⁷ Eliezere analibe ana ena, koma Rehabiya anali ndi ana ambiri. ¹⁸ Mwana wa Izara anali Selomiti, mtsogoleri wawo. ¹⁹ Ana a Hebroni anali awa: woyamba Yeriya, wachiwiri Amariya, wachitatu Yahazieli, wachinayi Yekameamu. ²⁰ Ana aamuna a Uziyeli anali Mika woyamba, ndi Isiya wachiwiri. ²¹ Ana a Merari anali Mali ndi Musi. Ana a Mali anali Eleazara ndi Kisi. ²² Eleazara anamwalira wopanda mwana wamwamuna. Anali ndi ana akazi okha. Ana a Kisi anakwatira. ²³ Ana atatu a Musi anali Mali, Ederi, ndi Yerimoti. ²⁴ Awa anali zidzukulu za Levi monga mwa mabanja awo. Iwo anali atsogoleri, olembedwa mayina, malinga ndi mabanja amene anali kugwira ntchito yotumikira m'nyumba ya Yehova, kuyambira azaka 20 kupita m'tsogolo. ²⁵ Pakuti Davide anati, Yehova Mulungu wa Israyeli wapumulitsa anthu ake; akhala m'nyumba yake ku Yerusalemu kosatha. ²⁶ Alevi sadzathanso kunyamula chihema chopatulika ndi zipangizo zonse zogwiritsa ntchito potumikira. " ²⁷ Pakuti ndi mawu otsiriza a Davide anawerenga Alevi, kuyambira a zaka makumi awiri ndi mphambu. ²⁸ Ntchito yawo inali yothandiza ana a Aroni pantchito ya nyumba ya Yehova. Iwo anali ndi udindo wosamalira mabwalo, zipinda, kuyeretsa kwa zinthu zonse za Yehova, ndi ntchito zina zogwiritsa ntchito panyumba ya Mulungu. ²⁹ Ankasamaliranso buledi wokhalapo, ufa wosalala wa nsembe yambewu, buledi wopanda chotupitsa, zopereka zophika, zopereka zosakaniza ndi mafuta, ndi kuyeza konse kuchuluka kwa zinthu ndi kukula kwake. ³⁰ Iwo ankayimiranso m'mawa uliwonse kuthokoza ndi kutamanda Yehova. Ankachitanso zimenezi madzulo ³¹ ndi nthawi iliyonse yopereka nsembe zopsereza kwa Yehova, pa Sabata ndi pa zikondwerero za mwezi watsopano ndi masiku a maphwando. Chiwerengero chokhazikika, choperekedwa ndi lamulo, nthawi zonse chimayenera kupezeka pamaso pa Yehova. ³² Iwo anali kuyang'anira chihema chokumanako, malo oyera, ndipo anali kuthandiza abale awo a Aroni potumikira m'nyumba ya Yehova.