Nomba 1:1-54
1 Nunku Yehowa wakakula ne Mose mu tshipela tshia Sinai,+ mu ntenta wa kusambakena,+ mu dituku dia kumpala dia ngondo muibidi wa tshidimu tshibidi tshia dipatuka diabu mu buloba bua Ejipitu.+ Wakamba ne:
2 “Bala bungi+ bua tshisumbu tshijima tshia bena Isalele* muntu ku muntu, bilondeshile mêku abu, bilondeshile nzubu ya batatuabu, bilondeshile bungi bua mêna a bantu balume bonso.
3 Wewe ne Alona nenufunde mêna a bantu bonso badi ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda+ badi mua kubuela mu tshiluilu mu Isalele, bilondeshile bisumbu biabu.*
4 “Angata muntu umue mu tshisa tshionso; yonso wa kudibu udi ne bua kuikala ku mutu kua nzubu wa batatuende.+
5 Aa mmêna a bantu bikala mua kukuambuluisha: mu tshisa tshia Lubena: Elisû+ muana wa Shedeu;
6 mu tshisa tshia Simeona: Shelumiele+ muana wa Sulishadai;
7 mu tshisa tshia Yuda: Nashona+ muana wa Aminadaba;
8 mu tshisa tshia Yisakâ: Netanele+ muana wa Suâ;
9 mu tshisa tshia Zebulona: Eliaba+ muana wa Helona;
10 mu bana ba Jozefe, mu tshisa tshia Efelayima:+ Elishama muana wa Amihuda; mu tshisa tshia Manashe: Gamaliele muana wa Pedasû;
11 mu tshisa tshia Benyamina: Abidana+ muana wa Gideoni;
12 mu tshisa tshia Dana: Ahiezê+ muana wa Amishadai;
13 mu tshisa tshia Ashê: Pagiele+ muana wa Okelana;
14 mu tshisa tshia Gada: Eleyasafa+ muana wa Deuele;
15 mu tshisa tshia Nafatale: Ahila+ muana wa Enana.
16 Aba ke bantu ba mu tshisumbu bavuabu babikile. Mbamfumu+ ba bisa bia batatuabu, bamfumu ba binunu bia Isalele.”+
17 Nunku Mose ne Alona bakangata bantu bavuabu babikile mu mêna aba.
18 Bakasangisha tshisumbu tshijima mu dituku dia kumpala dia ngondo muibidi bua bafunde muntu ne muntu, bilondeshile dîna diende, dîku diabu, ne bilondeshile nzubu ya batatuabu, kumbukila ku bantu bavua ne bidimu 20 kubanda,+
19 anu muvua Yehowa mutumine Mose dîyi bua kuenza. Nunku wakafunda mêna abu mu tshipela tshia Sinai.+
20 Bakafunda bana ba Lubena, ndelanganyi ya muanabute wa Isalele,+ bilondeshile mêna abu, mêku abu, ne nzubu ya batatuabu. Bakabala, muntu ku muntu, bantu balume bonso bavua ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda bavua mua kubuela mu tshiluilu,
21 ne bungi bua bantu bavuabu bafunde mu tshisa tshia Lubena buvua 46 500.
22 Bakafunda ndelanganyi ya Simeona+ bilondeshile mêna ayi, mêku ayi, ne nzubu ya batatuabu. Bakabala, muntu ku muntu, bantu balume bonso bavua ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda bavua mua kubuela mu tshiluilu,
23 ne bungi bua bantu bavuabu bafunde mu tshisa tshia Simeona buvua 59 300.
24 Bakafunda ndelanganyi ya Gada+ bilondeshile mêna ayi, mêku ayi, ne nzubu ya batatuabu. Bakabala bantu balume bonso bavua ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda bavua mua kubuela mu tshiluilu,
25 ne bungi bua bantu bavuabu bafunde mu tshisa tshia Gada buvua 45 650.
26 Bakafunda ndelanganyi ya Yuda+ bilondeshile mêna ayi, mêku ayi, ne nzubu ya batatuabu. Bakabala bantu balume bonso bavua ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda bavua mua kubuela mu tshiluilu,
27 ne bungi bua bantu bavuabu bafunde mu tshisa tshia Yuda buvua 74 600.
28 Bakafunda ndelanganyi ya Yisakâ+ bilondeshile mêna ayi, mêku ayi, ne nzubu ya batatuabu. Bakabala bantu balume bonso bavua ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda bavua mua kubuela mu tshiluilu,
29 ne bungi bua bantu bavuabu bafunde mu tshisa tshia Yisakâ buvua 54 400.
30 Bakafunda ndelanganyi ya Zebulona+ bilondeshile mêna ayi, mêku ayi, ne nzubu ya batatuabu. Bakabala bantu balume bonso bavua ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda bavua mua kubuela mu tshiluilu,
31 ne bungi bua bantu bavuabu bafunde mu tshisa tshia Zebulona buvua 57 400.
32 Bakafunda ndelanganyi ya Jozefe ya mu tshisa tshia Efelayima+ bilondeshile mêna ayi, mêku ayi, ne nzubu ya batatuabu. Bakabala bantu balume bonso bavua ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda bavua mua kubuela mu tshiluilu,
33 ne bungi bua bantu bavuabu bafunde mu tshisa tshia Efelayima buvua 40 500.
34 Bakafunda ndelanganyi ya Manashe+ bilondeshile mêna ayi, mêku ayi, ne nzubu ya batatuabu. Bakabala bantu balume bonso bavua ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda bavua mua kubuela mu tshiluilu,
35 ne bungi bua bantu bavuabu bafunde mu tshisa tshia Manashe buvua 32 200.
36 Bakafunda ndelanganyi ya Benyamina+ bilondeshile mêna ayi, mêku ayi, ne nzubu ya batatuabu. Bakabala bantu balume bonso bavua ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda bavua mua kubuela mu tshiluilu,
37 ne bungi bua bantu bavuabu bafunde mu tshisa tshia Benyamina buvua 35 400.
38 Bakafunda ndelanganyi ya Dana+ bilondeshile mêna ayi, mêku ayi, ne nzubu ya batatuabu. Bakabala bantu balume bonso bavua ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda bavua mua kubuela mu tshiluilu,
39 ne bungi bua bantu bavuabu bafunde mu tshisa tshia Dana buvua 62 700.
40 Bakafunda ndelanganyi ya Ashê+ bilondeshile mêna ayi, mêku ayi, ne nzubu ya batatuabu. Bakabala bantu balume bonso bavua ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda bavua mua kubuela mu tshiluilu,
41 ne bungi bua bantu bavuabu bafunde mu tshisa tshia Ashê buvua 41 500.
42 Bakafunda ndelanganyi ya Nafatale+ bilondeshile mêna ayi, mêku ayi, ne nzubu ya batatuabu. Bakabala bantu balume bonso bavua ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda bavua mua kubuela mu tshiluilu,
43 ne bungi bua bantu bavuabu bafunde mu tshisa tshia Nafatale buvua 53 400.
44 Bakafunda mêna a bantu aba kudi Mose pamue ne Alona ne bamfumu 12 ba mu Isalele, muntu yonso uleja mpala wa nzubu wa batatuende.
45 Bakafunda mêna a bena Isalele bonso bavua ne bidimu kumbukila ku 20 kubanda bavua mua kubuela mu tshiluilu mu Isalele, bilondeshile nzubu wa batatuabu,
46 ne bungi bua bantu bonso bavuabu bafunde mêna buvua 603 550.+
47 Kadi kabavua bafunde mêna a bena Lewi+ munkatshi muabu bilondeshile tshisa tshia batatuabu to.+
48 Nunku Yehowa wakambila Mose ne:
49 “Kadi kuena ne bua kufunda mêna a bena mu tshisa tshia Lewi to, ne kuena ne bua kusangisha bungi buabu ku bua bena Isalele bakuabu to.+
50 Udi ne bua kuteka bena Lewi bua batangile malu a ntenta wa tshitendelelu wa Bujadiki,+ bintu biende bionso bidibu benza nabi mudimu ne bintu biende bionso bikuabu.+ Nebambule ntenta wa tshitendelelu ne bintu biende bionso bidibu benza nabi mudimu,+ ne nebenzaku mudimu,+ ne nebikale basa tshitudilu tshiabu tshinyunguluke ntenta wa tshitendelelu.+
51 Dîba dionso dikalabu ne bua kuya ne ntenta wa tshitendelelu, bena Lewi nebamutulakaje;+ ne dîba dikalabu ne bua kulamakaja ntenta wa tshitendelelu, bena Lewi nebamuase; nebashipe muntu yonso udibu kabayi banyishile* udi usemena pabuipi.+
52 “Muena Isalele yonso nease ntenta wende muaba wende ukadibu bamane kuleja, muntu yonso bilondeshile tshisumbu tshiabu tshia bisa bisatu,*+ bilondeshile bisumbu biabu.*
53 Bena Lewi bobu nebase tshitudilu tshiabu tshinyunguluke ntenta wa tshitendelelu wa Bujadiki, bua tshiji tshianyi katshitemenyi tshisumbu tshia bena Isalele;+ ne bena Lewi nebikale ne mudimu wa kulama* ntenta wa tshitendelelu wa Bujadiki.”+
54 Bena Isalele bakenza malu onso avua Yehowa mutumine Mose dîyi bua kuenza. Bakenza anu nanku.
Note
^ Ku mua.: “bana ba balume ba Isalele.”
^ Ku mua.: “bilondeshile misumba yabu.”
^ Ku mua.: “muenyi yonso,” mmumue ne: muntu udi kayi muena Lewi.
^ Anyi “pabuipi ne dibendele diende.”
^ Ku mua.: “bilondeshile misumba yabu.”
^ Anyi “wa kutangila; wa kuenza mudimu ku.”
