Sie Chronicle 23
1 Ke David el matuoh el oru tuh Solomon, wen natul, elan tokosra fin Israel.
Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 Tokosra David el pangoneni mwet kol nukewa lun mwet Israel, oayapa mwet tol ac mwet Levi.
He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3 El oakla pisen mukul nukewa sin mwet Levi su oasr ke yac tolngoulyak, ac sun mwet tolngoul oalkosr tausin.
The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
4 Na tokosra el sulela longoul akosr tausin sin mwet inge in fosrngakin orekma lun Tempul, ac onkosr tausin in karingin ma simusla nukewa, oayapa nununku fohsak inmasrlon mwet uh,
David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the LORD’s house, six thousand were officers and judges,
5 akosr tausin in mwet topang, ac akosr tausin in kaksakin LEUM GOD ke mwe on ma tokosra el sang nu selos in orekmakin nu ke sripa se inge.
four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”
6 Tokosra David el kitalik mwet Levi nu ke u tolu, fal nu ke sou lulap inge: Gershon, Kohath, ac Merari.
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Oasr wen luo natul Gershon: elos pa Ladan ac Shimei.
Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
8 Oasr wen tolu natul Ladan: elos pa Jehiel, Zetham, ac Joel,
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three.
9 ac elos sifen sou ke fwil natul Ladan. (Oasr wen tolu natul Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, ac Haran.)
The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan.
10 Oasr wen akosr natul Shimei, ac pa inge inelos, takla fal nu ke matwalos: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, ac Beriah.
The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
11 Tia pus wen natul Jeush ac Beriah, na pa elos oaoala oana sou sefanna.
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.
12 Oasr wen akosr natul Kohath: elos pa Amram, Izhar, Hebron, ac Uzziel.
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 Amram el wounse, ac el pa papa tumal Aaron ac Moses. (Aaron ac fwil natul elos sriyukla in karinganang ma mutal ke Tempul ma pahtpat, oayapa elos in akosak mwe kisa keng ke pacl in alu nu sin LEUM GOD, ac kulansupwal, ac akinsewowoye mwet uh Inel.
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 the LORD, to minister to him, and to bless in his name forever.
14 Tusruktu wen natul Moses [mwet se su pangpang mwet lun God] elos oaoa in mwet Levi.)
But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named amongst the tribe of Levi.
15 Oasr wen luo natul Moses: elos pa Gershom ac Eliezer.
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Inmasrlon wen natul Gershom, Shebuel pa mwet kol selos uh.
The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
17 Wen sefanna natul Eliezer: el pa Rehabiah, ac pukanten mwet in fwil natul Rehabiah.
The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18 Izhar, wen se akluo natul Kohath, oasr wen se natul: inel pa Shelomith, su el pa sifen sou sac.
The son of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.
19 Hebron, wen se aktolu natul Kohath, oasr wen akosr natul: elos pa Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, ac Jekameam.
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Uzziel, wen se akakosr natul Kohath, oasr wen luo natul: elos pa Micah ac Isshiah.
The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.
21 Oasr wen luo natul Merari: elos pa Mahli ac Mushi. Oasr pac wen luo natul Mahli: elos pa Eleazar ac Kish,
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22 tusruktu Eleazar el misa ac wangin wen natul, a acn mukena. Acn natul inge elos payuk sin wen natul Kish, su ma wien papa tumaltal.
Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only; and their relatives, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
23 Mushi, wen se akluo natul Merari, oasr wen tolu natul: elos pa Mahli, Eder, ac Jeremoth.
The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24 Pa ingan fwil natul Levi, ac kais sie selos simla inelos fal nu ke takin sou lalos. Na elos nukewa su yac longoulyak oasr ip kunalos ke orekma in Tempul lun LEUM GOD.
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 the LORD’s house, from twenty years old and upward.
25 David el fahk, “LEUM GOD lun Israel El sang misla nu sin mwet lal, ac El ac fah sifacna muta in Jerusalem ma pahtpat.
For David said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.
26 Ke ma inge, mwet Levi elos tia sifil enenu in us Lohm Nuknuk sin LEUM GOD ac ma orekmakinyuk ke pacl in alu.”
Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.”
27 Ke sripen oakwuk safla lal David inge, mwet Levi nukewa elos enenu in simla inelos ac akola nu ke moul in kulansap ke elos sun yac longoul.
For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were counted, from twenty years old and upward.
28 Orekma kunalos pa inge: in kasru mwet tol ke fwil natul Aaron ke pacl in alu, in karinganang inkalkal lun Tempul ac infukil nukewa we, ac taran tuh ma mutal nukewa in nasnas ac tia fohkfok.
For their duty was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the LORD’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;
29 Ma kunalos pac in akoo bread ma kisakinyuk nu sin God, ac flao ma orekmakinyuk ke mwe kisa, ku lof srisrik wangin mwe pulol kac, ac mwe kisa manman, ac flao ma kulamisyuk ke oil in olive, oayapa elos pa srikeya ac pauni mwe sang nukewa ma utuku nu in Tempul uh.
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;
30 Elos pa oru on in kaksak nu sin LEUM GOD ke lotutang ac eku nukewa,
and to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise in the evening;
31 oayapa ke pacl nukewa ma mwe kisa firir orek nu sin LEUM GOD ke len Sabbath, ke Malem Sasu, ac ke kufwa saya. Oasr ma sap oakwuki in fahkak pisen mwet Levi ma eneneyuk nu ke orekma inge ke kais sie pacl. Ma kunen mwet Levi in karingin pacl in alu nu sin LEUM GOD nwe tok.
and to offer all burnt offerings to the LORD on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before the LORD;
32 Elos pa karinganang Lohm Nuknuk sin LEUM GOD oayapa Tempul, ac elos pa kasru mwet tol wialos in fwil natul Aaron, ke pacl in alu in Tempul.
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 the LORD’s house.
