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Ukubalwa Kwabantu Kwesibili
1 Ngemva kwesifo uThixo wathi kuMosi lo-Eliyazari indodana ka-Aroni, umphristi, 2 “Balani abantu bonke abako-Israyeli ngezimuli zabo bonke abaleminyaka esukela kwengamatshumi amabili yokuzalwa kusiya phezulu abangaba libutho lako-Israyeli.” 3 Ngakho uMosi lo-Eliyazari umphristi batshela abantu basemagcekeni aseMowabi eduze lomfula uJodani ngaphetsheya kweJerikho bathi kubo, 4 “Balani amadoda aleminyaka yokuzalwa esukela kwengamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu, njengokulaywa kukaMosi nguThixo.”
Laba ngabako-Israyeli abaphuma eGibhithe:
5 Izizukulwane zikaRubheni izibulo lika-Israyeli, kwakuyilezi:
uHanokhi, wadabula abosendo lwamaHanokhi;
uPhalu, wadabula abosendo lwamaPhalu;
6 uHezironi wadabula abosendo lwamaHezironi;
uKhami wadabula abosendo lwamaKhami.
7 Laba babengabezinsendo zikaRubheni; inani labo lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amane lantathu, lamakhulu ayisikhombisa alamatshumi amathathu (43,730).
8 Indodana kaPhalu kwakungu-Eliyabi, 9 njalo amadodana ka-Eliyabi kwakunguNemuweli, uDathani kanye lo-Abhiramu. Bona laba uDathani lo-Abhiramu yibo ababeyizikhulu zabantu abahlamukela uMosi lo-Aroni njalo babengabanye babalandeli bakaKhora ngesikhathi behlamukela uThixo. 10 Umhlaba wavuleka wabaginya kanye loKhora, kanye labalandeli babo abafa beqothulwa ngumlilo bengamadoda angamakhulu amabili alamatshumi amahlanu (250). Njalo baba yisixwayiso. 11 Loba kunjalo, inzalo kaKhora kayibhubhanga yonke, yaphela.
12 Izizukulwane zikaSimiyoni ngokwensendo zazo kwakuyilezi:
uNemuweli wadabula abosendo lwamaNemuweli;
uJamini wadabula abosendo lwamaJamini;
uJakhini wadabula abosendo lwamaJakhini;
13 uZera wadabula abosendo lwamaZera;
uShawuli wadabula abosendo lwamaShawuli.
14 Laba babengabezinsendo zikaSimiyoni; inani labo lalingamadoda azinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili lambili, lamakhulu amabili (22,200).
15 Izizukulwane zikaGadi ngokwensendo zazo kwakuyilezi:
uZifoni wadabula abosendo lwamaZifoni;
uHagi wadabula abosendo lwamaHagi;
uShuni wadabula abosendo lwamaShuni;
16 u-Ozini wadabula abosendo lwama-Ozini;
u-Eri wadabula abosendo lwama-Eri;
17 u-Arodi wadabula abosendo lwama-Arodi;
u-Areli wadabula abosendo lwama-Areli.
18 Laba bengabensendo zikaGadi; inani labo lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amane lamakhulu amahlanu (40,500).
19 U-Eri lo-Onani babengamadodana kaJuda, kodwa bafela eKhenani.
20 Izizukulwane zikaJuda ngokwensendo zazo kwakuyilezi:
uShela wadabula abosendo lwakoShela;
uPherezi wadabula abosendo lwamaPherezi;
uZera wadabula abosendo lwamaZera.
21 Izizukulwane zikaPherezi kwakuyilezi:
uHezironi wadabula abosendo lwamaHezironi;
uHamuli wadabula abosendo lwamaHamuli.
22 Laba babezinsendo zikaJuda; inani labo lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisikhombisa lesithupha, lamakhulu amahlanu (76,500).
23 Izizukulwane zika-Isakhari ngokwensendo zazo kwakuyilezi:
uThola wadabula abosendo lwamaThola;
uPhuwa wadabula abosendo lwamaPhuwa;
24 uJashubi wadabula abosendo lwamaJashubi;
uShimroni wadabula abosendo lwamaShimroni.
25 Laba ngabensendo zika-Isakhari; inani labo lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisithupha lane, lamakhulu amathathu (64,300).
26 Izizukulwane zikaZebhuluni ngokwensendo zazo kwakuyilezi:
uSeredi wadabula abosendo lwamaSeredi;
u-Eloni wadabula abosendo lwama-Eloni;
uJaliyeli wadabula abosendo lwamaJahileli.
27 Laba ngabensendo zikaZebhuluni, inani labo lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisithupha lamakhulu amahlanu (60,500).
28 Izizukulwane zikaJosefa ngokwensendo zabo bezalwa nguManase lo-Efrayimi kwakuyilezi:
29 Izizukulwane zikaManase ngokwensendo zazo kwakuyilezi:
uMakhiri wadabula abosendo lwamaMakhiri (uMakhiri wayenguyise kaGiliyadi);
uGiliyadi wadabula abosendo lwamaGiliyadi.
30 Laba yizizukulwane zikaGiliyadi:
u-Iyezeri wadabula abosendo lwama-Iyezeri;
uHelekhi wadabula abosendo lwamaHeleki;
31 u-Asiriyeli wadabula abosendo lwama-Asiriyeli;
uShekhemu wadabula abosendo lwamaShekhemu;
32 uShemida wadabula abosendo lwamaShemida;
uHeferi wadabula abosendo lwamaHeferi.
33 (UZelofehadi indodana kaHeferi wayengelamadodana; wayelamadodakazi wodwa, amabizo awo ayenguMahila, uNowa, uHogila, uMilikha kanye loThiza.)
34 Laba kwakungabensendo zikaManase; inani labo lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amahlanu lambili, lamakhulu ayisikhombisa (52,700).
35 Laba kwakuyizizukulwane zika-Efrayimi ngokwensendo zazo:
uShuthela wadabula abosendo lwamaShuthela;
uBhekheri wadabula abosendo lwamaBhekheri;
uThahani wadabula abosendo lwamaThahani.
36 Laba kwakuyizizukulwane zikaShuthela:
u-Erani wadabula abosendo lwama-Erani.
37 Laba kwakungabensendo zika-Efrayimi; inani labo lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu lambili, lamakhulu amahlanu (32,500).
Laba kwakuyizizukulwane zikaJosefa ngokwensendo zazo.
38 Izizukulwane zikaBhenjamini ngokwensendo zazo kwakuyilezi:
uBhela wadabula abosendo lwamaBhela;
u-Ashibheli wadabula abosendo lwama-Ashibheli;
u-Ahirami wadabula abosendo lwama-Ahirami;
39 uShufamu wadabula abosendo lwamaShufamu;
uHufamu wadabula usendo lwamaHufamu
40 Izizukulwane zikaBhela ezazalwa ngu-Adi kanye loNamani yilezi:
u-Adi wadabula abosendo lwama-Adithe;
uNamani wadabula abosendo lwamaNamani.
41 Laba kwakungabensendo zikaBhenjamini; inani labo lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amane lanhlanu, lamakhulu ayisithupha (45,600).
42 Laba babeyizizukulwane zikaDani ngokwensendo zazo:
uShuhamu wadabula abosendo lwamaShuhamu.
Laba babengabezinsendo zikaDani: 43 Bonke babengabosendo lwamaShuhamu; njalo inani labo lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisithupha lane, lamakhulu amane (64,400).
44 Izizukulwane zika-Asheri ngokwensendo zazo kwakuyilezi:
u-Imna wadabula abosendo lwama-Imna;
u-Ishivi wadabula abosendo lwama-Ishivi;
uBheriya wadabula abosendo lwamaBheriya;
45 njalo izizukulwane ezadatshulwa nguBheriya yilezi:
uHebheri wadabula abosendo lwamaHebheri;
uMalikhiyeli wadabula abosendo lwamaMalikhiyeli.
46 (U-Asheri wayelendodakazi okwakuthiwa nguSera.)
47 Laba babengabezinsendo zika-Asheri; inani labo lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amahlanu lantathu, lamakhulu amane (53,400).
48 Izizukulwane zikaNafithali ngokwensendo zazo kwakuyilezi:
uJaziyeli wadabula abosendo lwamaJaziyeli;
uGuni wadabula abosendo lwamaGuni;
49 uJezeri wadabula abosendo lwamaJezeri;
uShilemu wadabula abosendo lwamaShilemu.
50 Laba babengabezinsendo zikaNafithali; inani labo lalizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amane lanhlanu, lamakhulu amane (45,400).
51 Inani lamadoda wonke ako-Israyeli lalizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisithupha lanye, lamakhulu ayisikhombisa alamatshumi amathathu (601,730).
52 UThixo wathi kuMosi, 53 “Ilizwe lizakwahlukaniselwa abantu njengelifa labo kusiya ngenani lamabizo abo. 54 Isizwe esikhulu uzasinika isabelo esikhulu, kuthi isizwana esincinyane usiphe isabelo esincane; isizwana ngasinye sizakwabelwa ilifa laso ngokuya ngenani lamabizo alabo ababhaliweyo. 55 Iba leqiniso lokuthi ilizwe labiwa ngenkatho. Isabelo seqembu ngalinye sizakuya ngamabizo esizwana sabokhokho baso. 56 Isabelo ngasinye selizwe sizakwehlukaniswa ngokwenza inkatho phakathi kwezizwana ezinkulu lezincinyane.”
57 Laba ngabaLevi ababalwa kulandelwa insendo zabo:
uGeshoni wadabula abosendo lwamaGeshoni;
uKhohathi wadabula abosendo lwamaKhohathi;
uMerari wadabula abosendo lwamaMerari.
58 Laba labo babengabezinsendo zabaLevi:
usendo lwamaLibhini,
usendo lwamaHebhroni,
usendo lwamaMahili,
usendo lwamaMushi,
usendo lwamaKhora.
(UKhohathi wayengukhokho ka-Amramu; 59 inkosikazi ka-Amramu kwakunguJokhebhedi, oyisizukulwane sikaLevi, owayezalelwe eGibhithe ngabaLevi. Wazala lo-Amramu u-Aroni, loMosi kanye lodadewabo uMiriyemu. 60 U-Aroni wayenguyise kaNadabi, u-Abhihu, u-Eliyazari kanye lo-Ithamari. 61 Kodwa uNadabi lo-Abhihu bafa baze banikele kuThixo ngomlilo ongavunyelwayo.)
62 Bonke abaLevi abesilisa ababalwayo kusukela kwabalenyanga eyodwa yokuzalwa kusiya phezulu babezinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili lantathu (23,000). Kababalwanga ndawonye labanye abako-Israyeli ngoba kabanikwanga isabelo esiyilifa phakathi kwabo.
63 Laba yibo ababalwa nguMosi lo-Eliyazari umphristi mhla bebala abako-Israyeli emagcekeni aseMowabi nganeno komfula iJodani malungana leJerikho. 64 Kwakungekho loyedwa phakathi kwabo owayekhona mhla uMosi lo-Aroni bebala abako-Israyeli enkangala yaseSinayi. 65 Ngoba uThixo wayetshilo kwabako-Israyeli labo ukuthi ngempela babezakufa enkangala, njalo kakho loyedwa wabo owasalayo ngaphandle kukaKhalebi indodana kaJefune loJoshuwa indodana kaNuni.

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