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¹Iwo anabwera nalo Bokosi la Mulungu ndipo analiyika pamalo pake mʼkati mwa tenti imene Davide anayimika ndipo iwo anapereka nsembe zopsereza ndi nsembe zachiyanjano pamaso pa Mulungu.

²Davide atatsiriza kupereka nsembe zopsereza ndi nsembe zachiyanjano, iye anadalitsa anthu mʼdzina la Yehova.

³Kenaka anagawira Mwisraeli aliyense, wamwamuna ndi wamkazi, aliyense buledi mmodzi, nthuli yanyama ndiponso keke yamphesa zowuma.

⁴Iye anasankha Alevi ena kuti azitumikira pamene panali Bokosi la Yehova, kuti azipemphera, azithokoza ndi kulemekeza Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli.

⁵Mtsogoleri wawo anali Asafu, wachiwiri anali Zekariya, kenaka Yeiyeli, Semiramoti, Yehieli, Matitiya, Eliabu, Benaya, Obedi-Edomu ndi Yeiyeli. Iwo amayimba azeze ndi apangwe, Asafu amayimba ziwaya za malipenga,

⁶ndipo ansembe Benaya ndi Yahazieli amawomba malipenga nthawi zonse pamaso pa Bokosi la Chipangano la Mulungu.

⁷Tsiku limeneli Davide anayamba nʼkusankha Asafu ndi anzake kuti ndiwo apereke nyimbo iyi ya matamando kwa Yehova:

⁸Yamikani Yehova, itanani dzina lake;

⁹Imbirani Iye, muyimbireni nyimbo zamatamando;

¹⁰Nyadirani dzina lake loyera;

¹¹Dalirani Yehova ndi mphamvu zake;

¹²Kumbukirani ntchito zodabwitsa wazichita,

¹³inu zidzukulu za Israeli mtumiki wake,

¹⁴Iye ndiye Yehova Mulungu wathu;

¹⁵Iye amakumbukira pangano lake nthawi zonse,

¹⁶pangano limene anachita ndi Abrahamu,

¹⁷Iye analitsimikiza kwa Yakobo monga lamulo,

¹⁸“Kwa iwe, ine ndidzapereka dziko la Kanaani

¹⁹Ali anthu owerengeka,

²⁰iwo anayendayenda kuchoka ku mtundu wina kupita ku mtundu wina,

²¹Iye sanalole munthu aliyense kuti awapondereze;

²²“Musakhudze odzozedwa anga;

²³Imbirani Yehova, dziko lonse lapansi;

²⁴Lengezani za ulemerero wake kwa mitundu yonse,

²⁵Pakuti Yehova ndi wamkulu ndi woyenera kwambiri kumutamanda;

²⁶Pakuti milungu yonse ya anthu a mitundu ina ndi mafano wopanda pake,

²⁷Ulemerero ndi ufumu zili pamaso pake;

²⁸Perekani kwa Yehova, Inu mabanja a anthu a mitundu ina,

²⁹perekani kwa Yehova ulemerero woyenera dzina lake.

³⁰Njenjemerani pamaso pake, dziko lonse lapansi!

³¹Zakumwamba zisangalale, dziko lapansi likondwere;

³²Nyanja ikokome, ndi zonse zili mʼmenemo;

³³Ndipo mitengo ya mʼnkhalango idzayimba,

³⁴Yamikani Yehova, pakuti Iye ndi wabwino;

³⁵Fuwulani kuti, “Tipulumutseni, Inu Mulungu wa chipulumutso chathu,

³⁶Atamandike Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli,

³⁷Ndipo Davide anasiya Asafu pamodzi ndi anzake kumene kunali Bokosi la Chipangano la Yehova kuti azitumikira kumeneko nthawi zonse, monga mwa zoyenera kuchita pa tsiku lililonse.

³⁸Iye anasiyanso Obedi-Edomu pamodzi ndi anzake 68 kuti azitumikira nawo pamodzi. Obedi-Edomu mwana wa Yedutuni ndi Hosa anali alonda a pa chipata.

³⁹Davide anasiya wansembe Zadoki ndi ansembe anzake ku chihema cha Yehova ku malo achipembedzo ku Gibiyoni

⁴⁰kuti azipereka nsembe zopsereza kwa Yehova pa guwa lansembe nthawi zonse mmawa ndi madzulo, potsata zonse zimene zinalembedwa mʼbuku la malamulo a Yehova, amene anawapereka kwa Aisraeli.

⁴¹Anthuwo anali pamodzi ndi Hemani ndi Yedutuni ndi onse amene anawasankha mowatchula dzina kuti apereke mayamiko kwa Yehova, “pakuti chikondi chake ndi chosatha.”

⁴²Hemani ndi Yedutuni anali oyangʼanira malipenga ndi ziwaya ndiponso zipangizo zina zoyimbira nyimbo zachipembedzo. Ana a Yedutuni anawayika kuti aziyangʼanira pa chipata.

⁴³Kenaka anthu onse anachoka, aliyense kupita kwawo. Ndipo Davide anabwerera ku nyumba kwake kukadalitsa banja lake.