1 Ababingeleli, abaLevi, sonke isizwe sabaLevi, mabangabi nasabelo nalifa kunye namaSirayeli; bodla ukudla kwasemlilweni ke kukaYehova, nelifa lakhe.
2 Mabangabi nalifa phakathi kwabazalwana babo; nguYehova ilifa labo, njengoko wathethayo kubo.
3 Soba sesi ke isilunga sababingeleli, esiphuma ebantwini, esiphuma kwababingelela imibingelelo, nokuba yinkomo, nokuba yigusha: bomnika umbingeleli umkhono, nemihlathi, neswili.
4 Wòmnika ulibo lwengqolowa yakho, nolwewayini yakho entsha, nolweoli yakho; noboya bokuqala bomchebo wempahla yakho emfutshane.
5 Ngokuba uYehova uThixo wakho wamnyula ezizweni zakho zonke, ukuba eme alungiselele egameni likaYehova, yena noonyana bakhe, yonke imihla.
6 Xa athe weza umLevi ephuma nakuliphi isango emasangweni akho, kuwo onke amaSirayeli, apho aphambukele khona, weza ngokunqwena konke komphefumlo wakhe kuloo ndawo aya kuyinyula uYehova,
7 walungiselela egameni likaYehova uThixo wakhe, njengabazalwana bakhe bonke abaLevi, abamiyo khona phambi koYehova: