1 Chronicles 23
1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
Esi David tsi, ku amegã eye wòxɔ ƒe geɖe la, etsɔ Via ŋutsu Solomo ɖo Fiae ɖe Israel nu.
2 He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Eyɔ dukplɔlawo, nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo katã le Israel ƒo ƒu hena fiaɖoɖo ƒe wɔnawo.
3 The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
Woxlẽ Levitɔ siwo xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ kple edzivɔwo eye wode ame akpe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-enyi.
4 David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of Yahweh’s house, six thousand were officers and judges,
David gblɔ be, “Ame siawo dometɔ akpe blaeve-vɔ-ene akpɔ Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la tutu dzi eye ame akpe ade nanye dɔnunɔlawo kple ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo.
5 four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”
Ame akpe ene anye agbonudzɔlawo eye akpe ene nakafu Yehowa kple haƒonu siwo metsɔ na mi hena Mawu kafukafu.”
6 David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Le esia megbe la, ema wo ɖe akpa gã etɔ̃ me. Etsɔ Levi ƒe vi etɔ̃awo ƒe ŋkɔwo na mamawo eye wozu Gerson ƒe ha, Kohat ƒe ha kple Merari ƒe ha.
7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Woma Gerson ƒe viwo hã ɖe akpa eve me eye wotsɔ Gerson ƒe viwo Ladan kple Simei ƒe ŋkɔwo na wo.
8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three.
Ladan ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye, Yehiel, ame si nye gbãtɔ, Zetam kple Yoel. Wo ame etɔ̃e.
9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan.
Simei ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye, Selomot, Haziel kple Haran. Wo ame etɔ̃e. Ame siawoe nye Ladan ƒome la ƒe tatɔwo.
10 The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
Simei ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Yahat, Ziza, Yeus kple Beria. Ame siawoe nye Simei viwo. Wole ame ene.
11 Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.
(Yahat nye viŋutsu gbãtɔ eye Ziza nye evelia. Ke Yeus kple Beria medzi viŋutsu geɖewo o eya ta woxlẽ wo abe ƒome ɖeka ene eye dɔdeasi ɖeka nɔ wo si.)
12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
Wogama Kohat ƒe viwo ƒe hlɔ̃wo ɖe akpa ene me eye wotsɔ Kohat ƒe viwo ƒe ŋkɔwo na wo: Amram, Izhar, Hebron kple Uziel.
13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name forever.
Amram ƒe viwoe nye Aron kple Mose. Wotia Aron kple viawo da ɖi hena nuwo ŋu kɔkɔ kple vɔsasa le Yehowa ŋkume. Aron subɔna le Yehowa ŋkume eye wòyraa ameawo le Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ me ɣeawo katã ɣi.
14 But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
Wobu Mose, Mawu ƒe dɔla ƒe viŋutsuwo ɖe Levitɔwo dome.
15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
Mose ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye, Gersom kple Eliezer.
16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
Gersom ƒe dzidzimeviwoe nye, Subael, ame si nye viŋutsu gbãtɔ.
17 The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
Eliezer ƒe vi: Rehabia nye vi ɖekɛ kple gbãtɔ eye wònye hlɔ̃ la ƒe tatɔ. (Eliezer megadzi vi aɖeke o, ke Rehabia viwo sɔ gbɔ ŋutɔ.)
18 The son of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.
Izhar ƒe viwo ƒe tatɔe nye Selomit.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Hebron ƒe viwo ƒe tatɔe nye, Yeria, via eveliae nye Amaria, etɔ̃liae nye Yahaziel eye eneliae nye Yekameam.
20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.
Uziel ƒe vi gbãtɔe nye, Mika eye eveliae nye Isia.
21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
Merari ƒe viwoe nye, Mahli kple Musi. Mahli ƒe viwoe nye, Eleazar kple Kis.
22 Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only; and their relatives, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
Eleazar medzi viŋutsu aɖeke hafi ku o, via nyɔnuwo ɖe wo fofo nɔvi, Kis ƒe viŋutsuwo.
23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
Musi ƒe viwoe nye Mahli, Eder kple Yeremot.
24 These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of Yahweh’s house, from twenty years old and upward.
Le amexexlẽ la me la, woda Levi ƒe vi siwo katã xɔ ƒe blaeve kple edzivɔ la ɖe hlɔ̃ kple aƒekɔ siawo me eye woɖo na wo be woawɔ subɔsubɔdɔ le gbedoxɔ la me
25 For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.
elabena David gblɔ be, “Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la na ŋutifafa mí eye wòanɔ Yerusalem ɣe sia ɣi.
26 Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.”
Azɔ ya la, magahiã be Levitɔwo natsɔ Agbadɔ la kple nu siwo ŋu dɔ woawɔ le eme la tso teƒe ɖeka ayi teƒe bubu o.”
27 For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were counted, from twenty years old and upward.
Levitɔwo xexlẽe nye nu mamlɛtɔ si David wɔ hafi ku.
28 For their duty was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of Yahweh’s house—in the courts, in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of God’s house;
Levitɔwo ƒe dɔe nye be, woakpe ɖe Aron ƒe dzidzimeviwo ŋu le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ ƒe dɔwo wɔwɔ me. Woawoe akpɔ, xɔxɔnuawo, xɔŋuxɔewo, nu kɔkɔeawo ŋu kɔkɔ ƒe wɔnawo dzi kple dɔ bubuwo wɔwɔ le Mawu ƒe aƒe la me.
29 for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all measurements of quantity and size;
Woawoe tsɔa ŋkumeɖobolo ɖoa kplɔ̃ dzi, tua wɔ hena nuɖuvɔsawo, mea akpɔnɔ kple amɔ maʋamaʋã, blua abolowɔ hemenɛ eye wokpɔa nudanuwo kple nudzidzenuwo katã dzi.
30 and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh, and likewise in the evening;
Enɔ na wo hã be woatsi tsitre ada akpe, akafu Mawu ŋdi sia ŋdi. Woawɔ alea fiẽ sia fiẽ hã.
31 and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Yahweh;
Nenema kee woawɔ nenye be wole numevɔwo sam na Yehowa le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkekewo dzi, Dzinu yeye ŋkekenyuiwo kple ŋkekenyui ɖoɖi bubuwo dzi. Enɔ na wo be woasubɔ le Yehowa ŋkume le agbɔsɔsɔ aɖe sinu me ɣe sia ɣi le ɖoɖo si wogblɔ ɖa ɖi na wo la nu.
32 and that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers for the service of Yahweh’s house.
Ale Levitɔwo wɔa woƒe dɔdeasiwo le Agbadɔ la me, le Kɔkɔeƒe la me eye wowɔnɛ le wo nɔvi siwo nye Aron ƒe dzidzimeviwo la ƒe dzikpɔkpɔ te. Wowɔa dɔ siawo katã le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me.
