Mũlawii
- Levite. A member of the tribe of Levi, one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally responsible for religious duties and temple service.
Example: nake aarĩ Mũlawii waciarĩirũo Kuporo. (9:27; 11:22, 30; 12:25; 13:15; 1 Cor 9:6; Gal 2:1, 9, 13; Col 4:10. Thus Joseph, also named by the apostles Barnabas (which is translated “son of encouragement”), a Levite, a Cypriot by birth,); Ningĩ wĩmenyagĩrĩre ndũkanarekererie Mũlawii ta ũmũteete hĩndĩ ĩrĩa yothe ũgũtũũra bũrũri ũcio wanyu. (Be careful, also, that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.)