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Lewi Mienh Nyei Zeiv-Fun

¹Lewi nyei dorn maaih Geson, Ko^haatv caux Me^laa^li.
²Ko^haatv nyei dorn maaih Amlaam, Itc^haa, He^mbo^lon caux Utc^si^en.
³Amlaam nyei naamh nyouz maaih Aalon, Mose caux Miliem.
Aalon nyei dorn maaih Naa^ndapc, Aa^mbi^hu, E^le^aa^saa caux I^taa^maa. ⁴E^le^aa^saa zoux Fi^ne^hatc nyei die, Fi^ne^hatc zoux Aa^mbi^qu^waa nyei die, ⁵Aa^mbi^qu^waa zoux Mbukc^ki nyei die, Mbukc^ki zoux Utc^si nyei die, ⁶Utc^si zoux Se^laa^hi^yaa nyei die, Se^laa^hi^yaa zoux Me^laa^yotv nyei die, ⁷Me^laa^yotv zoux Aa^maa^li^yaa nyei die, Aa^maa^li^yaa zoux Aa^hi^tupv nyei die, ⁸Aa^hi^tupv zoux Saax^ndokc nyei die, Saax^ndokc zoux Aa^hi^maa^atc nyei die, ⁹Aa^hi^maa^atc zoux Aa^saa^li^yaa nyei die, Aa^saa^li^yaa zoux Yo^haa^nan nyei die. ¹⁰Yo^haa^nan zoux Aa^saa^li^yaa nyei die. Se dongh naaiv dauh Aa^saa^li^yaa yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem, se yiem dongh Saa^lo^morn ceix wuov norm zaangc Tin-Hungh nyei biauv zoux sai mienh. ¹¹Aa^saa^li^yaa zoux Aa^maa^li^yaa nyei die, Aa^maa^li^yaa zoux Aa^hi^tupv nyei die, ¹²Aa^hi^tupv zoux Saax^ndokc nyei die, Saax^ndokc zoux Sanlum nyei die, ¹³Sanlum zoux Hin^ki^yaa nyei die, Hin^ki^yaa zoux Aa^saa^li^yaa nyei die, ¹⁴Aa^saa^li^yaa zoux Se^lai^aa nyei die, Se^lai^aa zoux Ye^ho^saa^ndakc nyei die.
¹⁵Ziouv bun Ne^mbu^katv^netv^saa Hungh guaatv Yu^ndaa caux Ye^lu^saa^lem nyei baeqc fingx mingh wuov zanc, Ye^ho^saa^ndakc yaac zuqc guaatv mingh.
¹⁶Lewi nyei dorn maaih Geson, Ko^haatv caux Me^laa^li.⚓
¹⁷Naaiv se Geson nyei dorn nyei mbuox. Maaih Lipv^ni caux Si^me^i.
¹⁸Ko^haatv nyei dorn maaih. Amlaam, Itc^haa, He^mbo^lon caux Utc^si^en.
¹⁹Me^laa^li nyei dorn maaih Maali caux Musi.
Naaiv se ⟨Lewi Mienh⟩ ziux ninh mbuo nyei douh zong nyei bungh buonc.
²⁰Naaiv se Geson nyei zeiv-fun. Geson nyei dorn se Lipv^ni, Lipv^ni nyei dorn se Yaa^haatc, Yaa^haatc nyei dorn se Simx^maa, ²¹Simx^maa nyei dorn se Yo^aa, Yo^aa nyei dorn se Itc^ndo, Itc^ndo nyei dorn se Zelaa, Zelaa nyei dorn se Ye^aa^te^lai.
²²Ko^haatv nyei zeiv-fun maaih ninh nyei dorn, Am^mi^naa^ndapc, Am^mi^naa^ndapc nyei dorn, Kolaa, Kolaa nyei dorn, Atc^si, ²³Atc^si nyei dorn, En^kaa^naa, En^kaa^naa nyei dorn, E^mbi^yaa^saapc, E^mbi^yaa^saapc nyei dorn, Atc^si, ²⁴Atc^si nyei dorn, Taa^hatc, Taa^hatc nyei dorn, U^li^en, U^li^en nyei dorn, Utc^si^yaa, Utc^si^yaa nyei dorn, Saa^un.
²⁵En^kaa^naa nyei zeiv-fun maaih ninh nyei dorn, Aa^maa^saix caux Aa^hi^motv, ²⁶Aa^hi^motv nyei dorn, En^kaa^naa, En^kaa^naa nyei dorn, Sofai, Sofai nyei dorn, Naa^hatc, ²⁷Naa^hatc nyei dorn, E^li^apc, E^li^apc nyei dorn, Ye^lo^ham, Ye^lo^ham nyei dorn, En^kaa^naa, En^kaa^naa nyei dorn, Saa^mu^en.
²⁸Saa^mu^en nyei dorn maaih dorn-hlo heuc Yo^en. Dorn-faix heuc Aa^mbi^yaa.
²⁹Me^laa^li nyei zeiv-fun maaih Maali, Maali nyei dorn, Lipv^ni, Lipv^ni nyei dorn, Si^me^i, Si^me^i nyei dorn, Utc^saa, ³⁰Utc^saa nyei dorn, Si^me^aa, Si^me^aa nyei dorn, Hakv^gi^yaa, Hakv^gi^yaa nyei dorn, Aa^saax^yaa.

Ndaawitv Orn Yiem Zaangc Ziouv Nyei Biauv Baaux Nzung Nyei Mienh

³¹Yiem suiv ⟨Laengz Ngaengc Waac Faang⟩ nzuonx daaih an jienv zaangc Ziouv nyei biauv liuz, Ndaawitv orn naaiv deix mienh weic gunv baaux nzung nyei jauv. ³²Ninh mbuo yiem Wuic Buangh nyei Ndopv-Liuh nza'hmien maengx baaux nzung fu-sux taux Saa^lo^morn yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem ceix zaangc Ziouv nyei biauv. Ninh mbuo ei jienv leiz luonh baan fu-sux.
³³Naaiv se fu-sux nyei mienh caux ninh mbuo nyei zeiv-fun.
Yiem Ko^haatv Mienh daaih maaih Hemaan, zoux baaux nzung nyei bieiv. Hemaan, se Yo^en nyei dorn, Yo^en se Saa^mu^en nyei dorn, ³⁴Saa^mu^en se En^kaa^naa nyei dorn, En^kaa^naa se Ye^lo^ham nyei dorn, Ye^lo^ham se E^li^en nyei dorn, E^li^en se To^aa nyei dorn, ³⁵To^aa se Supc nyei dorn, Supc se En^kaa^naa nyei dorn, En^kaa^naa se Maa^haatv nyei dorn, Maa^haatv se Aa^maa^saix nyei dorn, ³⁶Aa^maa^saix se En^kaa^naa nyei dorn, En^kaa^naa se Yo^en nyei dorn, Yo^en se Aa^saa^li^yaa nyei dorn, Aa^saa^li^yaa se Se^fan^yaa nyei dorn, ³⁷Se^fan^yaa se Taa^hatc nyei dorn, Taa^hatc se Atc^si nyei dorn, Atc^si se E^mbi^yaa^saapc nyei dorn, E^mbi^yaa^saapc se Kolaa nyei dorn, ³⁸Kolaa se Itc^haa nyei dorn, Itc^haa se Ko^haatv nyei dorn, Ko^haatv se Lewi nyei dorn, Lewi se I^saa^laa^en nyei dorn.
³⁹Hemaan nyei bungh dauh youz, Aasaapc, yiem Hemaan nyei mbiaauc bung juangc gong. Aasaapc se Mbe^le^ki^yaa nyei dorn, Mbe^le^ki^yaa se Si^me^aa nyei dorn, ⁴⁰Si^me^aa se Mi^kaa^en nyei dorn, Mi^kaa^en se Mbaa^aa^se^yaa nyei dorn, Mbaa^aa^se^yaa se Man^ki^yaa nyei dorn, ⁴¹Man^ki^yaa se Etc^ni nyei dorn, Etc^ni se Zelaa nyei dorn, Zelaa se Aa^ndaa^yaa nyei dorn, ⁴²Aa^ndaa^yaa se Etaan nyei dorn, Etaan se Simx^maa nyei dorn, Simx^maa se Si^me^i nyei dorn, ⁴³Si^me^i se Yaa^haatc nyei dorn, Yaa^haatc se Geson nyei dorn, Geson se Lewi nyei dorn.
⁴⁴Ninh nyei bungh dauh youz, Me^laa^li Mienh, yiem Hemaan nyei zaaix maengx juangc gong. Etaan se Kisi nyei dorn, Kisi se Apc^ndi nyei dorn, Apc^ndi se Manlukv nyei dorn, ⁴⁵Manlukv se Haa^saa^bi^yaa nyei dorn, Haa^saa^bi^yaa se Aa^maa^si^yaa nyei dorn, Aa^maa^si^yaa se Hin^ki^yaa nyei dorn, ⁴⁶Hin^ki^yaa se Amsi nyei dorn, Amsi se Mbaani nyei dorn, Mbaani se Qeme nyei dorn, ⁴⁷Qeme se Maali nyei dorn, Maali se Musi nyei dorn, Musi se Me^laa^li nyei dorn, Me^laa^li se Lewi nyei dorn.
⁴⁸Ninh mbuo nyei gorx-youz, Lewi Mienh, yaac duqv mienh paaiv fu-sux zoux zaangc Tin-Hungh nyei biauv nyei yietc zungv gong.

Aalon Nyei Zeiv-Fun

⁴⁹Mv baac Aalon caux ninh nyei zeiv-fun zorqv ga'naaiv mingh fongc horc an buov ziec nyei ga'naaiv nyei ziec-dorngh yaac an buov hung dieh. Ninh mbuo liuc leiz yiem ⟨Gauh Cing-Nzengc Jiex Wuov Qongx⟩ nyei yietc zungv gong tengx I^saa^laa^en Mienh fiqv zuiz, ziux Tin-Hungh nyei bou, Mose, paaiv nyei waac.
⁵⁰Naaiv se Aalon nyei zeiv-fun. Aalon nyei dorn se E^le^aa^saa, E^le^aa^saa nyei dorn se Fi^ne^hatc, Fi^ne^hatc nyei dorn se Aa^mbi^qu^waa, ⁵¹Aa^mbi^qu^waa nyei dorn se Mbukc^ki, Mbukc^ki nyei dorn se Utc^si, Utc^si nyei dorn se Se^laa^hi^yaa, ⁵²Se^laa^hi^yaa nyei dorn se Me^laa^yotv, Me^laa^yotv nyei dorn se Aa^maa^li^yaa, Aa^maa^li^yaa nyei dorn se Aa^hi^tupv, ⁵³Aa^hi^tupv nyei dorn se Saax^ndokc, Saax^ndokc nyei dorn se Aa^hi^maa^atc,

Lewi Mienh Nyei Zingh

(Beiv mangc Yo^su^waa 21:1-42)

⁵⁴Naaiv se ninh mbuo yiem nyei dorngx ziux ninh mbuo nyei bungh buonc paaiv bun ninh mbuo nyei zeiv-fun. (Se paaiv bun Aalon nyei zeiv-fun, Ko^haatv Mienh, nyei buonc ndau, weic zuqc dingc maengc mangc ndortv zuqc ninh mbuo duqv ndaangc jiex.)
⁵⁵Ninh mbuo duqv yiem Yu^ndaa Deic nyei He^mbo^lon Zingh caux weih gormx nyei miev-ciangv. ⁵⁶Mv baac weih gormx wuov norm zingh nyei lingh deic caux fiuv-laangz zorqv bun Ye^fun^ne nyei dorn, Kaalepv.
⁵⁷Aalon nyei zeiv-fun duqv wuov norm siex maengc zingh, He^mbo^lon, aengx bun Lipv^naa, Yaatv^ti, Etc^te^mo^aa, ⁵⁸Hilen, Nde^mbi, ⁵⁹Aaqan, Yutv^taa, caux Mbetc Semetv caux naaiv deix zingh nyei miev-ciangv. ⁶⁰Yiem Mben^yaa^min Mienh nyei buonc ndau ninh mbuo duqv Gi^mbe^on, Ge^mbaa, Aa^le^metv caux Aa^naa^totv caux naaiv deix zingh nyei miev-ciangv.
Naaiv se ninh mbuo bun Ko^haatv Mienh nyei bungh buonc duqv daaih nyei zingh. Yietc zungv maaih ziepc faam norm zingh.
⁶¹Zengc njiec nyei Ko^haatv Mienh dingc maengc mangc, duqv yiem Maa^natv^se ndaamv-fingx mienh nyei buonc ndau nyei ziepc norm zingh.
⁶²Geson Mienh ziux ninh mbuo nyei bungh buonc duqv yiem Itc^saax^kaa, Aa^se, Napv^taa^li caux Maa^natv^se ndaamv-fingx mienh nyei Mbaasaan Deic nyei ziepc faam norm zingh.
⁶³Me^laa^li nyei zeiv-fun ziux ninh mbuo nyei bungh buonc duqv yiem Lu^mben, Gaatc caux Se^mbu^lun nyei deic nyei ziepc nyeic norm zingh.
⁶⁴I^saa^laa^en Mienh ziouc zorqv naaiv deix zingh caux naaiv deix zingh nyei miev-ciangv bun Lewi Mienh. ⁶⁵I^saa^laa^en Mienh dingc maengc mangc paaiv bun ninh mbuo duqv yiem Yu^ndaa Fingx, Si^me^on Fingx caux Mben^yaa^min Fingx nyei buonc ndau, dongh gorngv jiex wuov deix zingh nyei mbuox.
⁶⁶Maaih deix Ko^haatv Mienh nyei bungh buonc duqv deix yiem E^faa^im Fingx nyei zingh weic benx ninh mbuo nyei buonc ndau.
⁶⁷Yiem E^faa^im nyei mbong-aiv dorngx ninh mbuo duqv norm siex maengc zingh, mbuox heuc Sekem, yaac duqv Gese, ⁶⁸Yokv^me^am, Mbetc Holon, ⁶⁹Ai^yaa^lon, Gatc Limmon caux jienv naaiv deix zingh nyei miev-ciangv.
⁷⁰I^saa^laa^en Mienh zorqv Aa^ne caux Mbi^le^am caux jienv naaiv deix zingh nyei miev-ciangv, jiu bun zengc njiec nyei Ko^haatv Mienh.
⁷¹Geson Mienh duqv naaiv deix. Yiem Maa^natv^se ndaamv-fingx mienh nyei ndau ninh mbuo duqv Mbaasaan Deic nyei Golaan yaac duqv Atc^taa^lotv caux jienv naaiv deix zingh nyei miev-ciangv.
⁷²Yiem Itc^saax^kaa Fingx ninh mbuo duqv Ke^ndetc, Ndaa^mbe^latv ⁷³Laamotv caux Aanem caux jienv naaiv deix zingh nyei miev-ciangv.
⁷⁴Yiem Aa^se Fingx ninh mbuo duqv, Maasaan, Apc^ndon, ⁷⁵Hugorkc, Le^hopc, caux jienv naaiv deix zingh nyei miev-ciangv.
⁷⁶Yiem Napv^taa^li Fingx ninh mbuo duqv yiem Gaa^li^li nyei Ke^ndetc, Hammon caux Ki^li^yaa^taa^im caux jienv naaiv deix zingh nyei miev-ciangv.
⁷⁷Me^laa^li Mienh, (se zengc njiec nyei Lewi Mienh), duqv naaiv deix. Yiem Se^mbu^lun Fingx ninh mbuo duqv daaih nyei zingh maaih Lim^mo^no caux Taa^mbo⚓ caux naaiv deix zingh nyei miev-ciangv.
⁷⁸Yiem Lu^mben Fingx, jiex wuov ngaanc ziqc Jor^ndaen Ndaaih, Ye^li^ko nyei dong bung, ninh mbuo duqv zipv yiem deic-bung-huaang nyei Mbese caux Yaasaa, ⁷⁹Ke^nde^motv caux Me^faa^aatc caux naaiv deix zingh nyei miev-ciangv.
⁸⁰Yiem Gaatc Fingx, ninh mbuo duqv zipv yiem Gi^le^aatc nyei Laamotv, Maa^haa^naa^im, ⁸¹Hetv^mbon caux Yaase caux naaiv deix zingh nyei miev-ciangv.

6

Levi

¹The sons of Levi:
Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
²The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
³The children of Amram:
Aaron, Moses and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron:
Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
⁴Eleazar was the father of Phinehas,
Phinehas the father of Abishua,
⁵Abishua the father of Bukki,
Bukki the father of Uzzi,
⁶Uzzi the father of Zerahiah,
Zerahiah the father of Meraioth,
⁷Meraioth the father of Amariah,
Amariah the father of Ahitub,
⁸Ahitub the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Ahimaaz,
⁹Ahimaaz the father of Azariah,
Azariah the father of Johanan,
¹⁰Johanan the father of Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem),
¹¹Azariah the father of Amariah,
Amariah the father of Ahitub,
¹²Ahitub the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Shallum,
¹³Shallum the father of Hilkiah,
Hilkiah the father of Azariah,
¹⁴Azariah the father of Seraiah,
and Seraiah the father of Jozadak.⚓
¹⁵Jozadak was deported when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
¹⁶The sons of Levi:
Gershon,⚓ Kohath and Merari.
¹⁷These are the names of the sons of Gershon:
Libni and Shimei.
¹⁸The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
¹⁹The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
²⁰Of Gershon:
Libni his son, Jahath his son,
Zimmah his son, ²¹Joah his son,
Iddo his son, Zerah his son
and Jeatherai his son.
²²The descendants of Kohath:
Amminadab his son, Korah his son,
Assir his son, ²³Elkanah his son,
Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel his son,
Uzziah his son and Shaul his son.
²⁵The descendants of Elkanah:
Amasai, Ahimoth,
²⁶Elkanah his son,⚓ Zophai his son,
Nahath his son, ²⁷Eliab his son,
Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son
and Samuel his son.⚓
²⁸The sons of Samuel:
Joel⚓ the firstborn
and Abijah the second son.
²⁹The descendants of Merari:
Mahli, Libni his son,
Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son
and Asaiah his son.

The Temple Musicians

³¹These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the Lord after the ark came to rest there. ³²They ministered with music before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.
³³Here are the men who served, together with their sons:
From the Kohathites:
Heman, the musician,
the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
³⁴the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,
the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
³⁵the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah,
the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
³⁶the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel,
the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of Assir,
the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
³⁸the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath,
the son of Levi, the son of Israel;
³⁹and Heman’s associate Asaph, who served at his right hand:
Asaph son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea,
⁴⁰the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah,⚓
the son of Malkijah, ⁴¹the son of Ethni,
the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
⁴²the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,
the son of Shimei, ⁴³the son of Jahath,
the son of Gershon, the son of Levi;
⁴⁴and from their associates, the Merarites, at his left hand:
Ethan son of Kishi, the son of Abdi,
the son of Malluk, ⁴⁵the son of Hashabiah,
the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani,
the son of Shemer, ⁴⁷the son of Mahli,
the son of Mushi, the son of Merari,
the son of Levi.
⁴⁸Their fellow Levites were assigned to all the other duties of the tabernacle, the house of God. ⁴⁹But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense in connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
⁵⁰These were the descendants of Aaron:
Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,
Abishua his son, ⁵¹Bukki his son,
Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
⁵²Meraioth his son, Amariah his son,
Ahitub his son, ⁵³Zadok his son
and Ahimaaz his son.
⁵⁴These were the locations of their settlements allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them):
⁵⁵They were given Hebron in Judah with its surrounding pasturelands. ⁵⁶But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
⁵⁷So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah,⚓ Jattir, Eshtemoa, ⁵⁸Hilen, Debir, ⁵⁹Ashan, Juttah⚓ and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands. ⁶⁰And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,⚓ Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands.
The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.
⁶¹The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.
⁶²The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.
⁶³The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
⁶⁴So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns and their pasturelands. ⁶⁵From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.
⁶⁶Some of the Kohathite clans were given as their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.
⁶⁷In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,⚓ ⁶⁸Jokmeam, Beth Horon, ⁶⁹Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands.
⁷⁰And from half the tribe of Manasseh the Israelites gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands, to the rest of the Kohathite clans.
⁷¹The Gershonites received the following:
From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh
they received Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands;
⁷²from the tribe of Issachar
they received Kedesh, Daberath, ⁷³Ramoth and Anem, together with their pasturelands;
⁷⁴from the tribe of Asher
they received Mashal, Abdon, ⁷⁵Hukok and Rehob, together with their pasturelands;
⁷⁶and from the tribe of Naphtali
they received Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
⁷⁷The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following:
From the tribe of Zebulun
they received Jokneam, Kartah,⚓ Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands;
⁷⁸from the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan east of Jericho
they received Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah, ⁷⁹Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands;
⁸⁰and from the tribe of Gad
they received Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, ⁸¹Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.