I Paralipomenon 26

1 Divisiones autem ianitorum: de Coritis Meselemia, filius Core, de filiis Asaph.

For the divisions of the door-keepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, of the sons of Ebiasaph.

2 Filii Meselemiæ: Zacharias primogenitus, Iadihel secundus, Zabadias tertius, Iathanael quartus,

And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the oldest, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

3 Ælam quintus, Iohanan sextus, Elioenai septimus.

Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.

4 Filii autem Obededom: Semeias primogenitus, Iozabad secundus, Ioaha tertius, Sachar quartus, Nathanael quintus,

And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the oldest, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,

5 Ammiel sextus, Issachar septimus, Phollathi octavus: quia benedixit illi Dominus.

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for the blessing of God was on him.

6 Semei autem filio eius nati sunt filii, præfecti familiarum suarum: erant enim viri fortissimi.

And Shemaiah his son had sons, rulers over the family of their father, for they were able men.

7 Filii ergo Semeiæ: Othni, et Raphael, et Obed, Elzabad, fratres eius viri fortissimi: Eliu quoque, et Samachias.

The sons of Shemaiah: Othni and Rephael and Obed, Elzabad, whose brothers were great men of war, Elihu and Semachiah.

8 Omnes hi, de filiis Obededom: ipsi, et filii, et fratres eorum fortissimi ad ministrandum, sexaginta duo de Obededom.

All these were sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brothers, able men and strong for the work; sixty-two sons of Obed-edom.

9 Porro Meselemiæ filii, et fratres eorum robustissimi, decem et octo.

Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, eighteen able men.

10 De Hosa autem, id est, de filiis Merari: Semri princeps (non enim habuerat primogenitum, et idcirco posuerat eum pater eius in principem)

And Hosah, a son of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the oldest, his father made him chief);

11 Helcias secundus, Tabelias tertius, Zacharias quartus. Omnes hi filii, et fratres Hosa, tredecim.

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: Hosah had thirteen sons and brothers.

12 Hi divisi sunt in ianitores, ut semper principes custodiarum, sicut et fratres eorum ministrarent in domo Domini.

Of these were the divisions of the door-keepers, men of authority, having responsible positions like their brothers to be servants in the house of the Lord.

13 Missæ sunt ergo sortes ex æquo, et parvis, et magnis, per familias suas in unamquamque portarum.

And the families were taken by the decision of the Lord for every door; the small family had the same chance as the great.

14 Cecidit ergo sors Orientalis, Selemiæ. Porro Zachariæ filio eius, viro prudentissimo, et erudito, sortito obtigit plaga Septentrionalis.

And the care of the door on the east came out for Shelemiah. Then the name of Zechariah his son, a man wise in discussion, came out, and the door on the north was given to him.

15 Obededom vero et filiis eius ad Austrum: in qua parte domus erat seniorum concilium.

To Obed-edom, that on the south; and to his sons, the store-house.

16 Sephim, et Hosa ad Occidentem, iuxta portam, quæ ducit ad viam ascensionis: custodia contra custodiam.

To Hosah, the door on the west, by the door of Shallecheth, at the footway which goes up, watch by watch.

17 Ad Orientem vero Levitæ sex: et ad Aquilonem quattuor per diem: atque ad Meridiem similiter in die quattuor: et ubi erat concilium bini et bini.

On the east were six Levites a day, and on the north and the south four a day, and for the store-house two and two.

18 In cellulis quoque ianitorum ad Occidentem quattuor in via, binique per cellulas.

For the pillared way, on the west, four at the footway and two at the pillared way itself.

19 Hæ sunt divisiones ianitorum filiorum Core, et Merari.

These were the divisions of door-keepers, of the sons of the Korahites and of the sons of Merari.

20 Porro Achias erat super thesauros domus Dei, et vasa sanctorum.

And the Levites their brothers were responsible for the stores of the house of God and the holy things.

21 Filii Ledan, filii Gersonni: de Ledan principes familiarum, Ledan, et Gersonni, Iehieli.

The sons of Ladan: sons of the Gershonites of the family of Ladan, heads of families of Ladan the Gershonite, Jehieli.

22 Filii Iehieli: Zathan, et Ioel fratres eius super thesauros domus Domini,

The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel, his brother, had the care of the stores of the house of the Lord.

23 Amramitis, et Isaaritis, et Hebronitis, et Ozihelitis.

Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites:

24 Subael autem filius Gersom, filii Moysi, præpositus thesauris.

And Shebuel, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was controller of the stores.

25 Fratres quoque eius Eliezer, cuius filius Rahabia, et huius filius Isaias, et huius filius Ioram, huius quoque filius Zechri. Et huius filius Selemith.

And his brothers: of Eliezer, Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.

26 Ipse Selemith, et fratres eius super thesauros sanctorum, quæ sanctificavit David rex, et principes familiarum, et tribuni, et centuriones, et duces exercitus

Shelomoth and his brothers were responsible for all the store of holy things which David the king and the heads of families, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the captains of the army, had given to the Lord.

27 de bellis, et manubiis præliorum, quæ consecraverant ad instaurationem, et supellectilem templi Domini.

From the goods taken in war, they gave, as a holy offering, materials for the building of the house of the Lord.

28 Hæc autem universa sanctificavit Samuel Videns, et Saul filius Cis, et Abner filius Ner, et Ioab filius Sarviæ: omnes, qui sanctificaverant ea per manum Selemith, et fratrum eius.

And everything Samuel the prophet and Saul, the son of Kish, and Abner, the son of Ner, and Joab, the son of Zeruiah, had made holy; whatever anyone had given, it was under the care of Shelomoth and his brothers.

29 Isaaritis vero præerat Chonenias, et filii eius ad opera forinsecus super Israel ad docendum et iudicandum eos.

Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons had to do all the public business of Israel, in relation to judges and men in authority.

30 Porro de Hebronitis Hasabias, et fratres eius viri fortissimi, mille septingenti præerant Israeli trans Iordanem contra Occidentem, in cunctis operibus Domini, et in ministerium regis.

Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, seventeen hundred able men, were overseers of Israel on the other side of the Jordan, to the west, being responsible for all the work of the Lord's house and for the work done by the king's servants.

31 Hebronitarum autem princeps fuit Ieria secundum familias et cognationes eorum. Quadragesimo anno regni David recensiti sunt, et inventi sunt viri fortissimi in Iazer Galaad,

Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of all the Hebronites, in their generations by families. In the fortieth year of the rule of David a search was made, and able men were seen among them at Jazer of Gilead.

32 fratresque eius robustioris ætatis, duo millia septingenti principes familiarum. Præposuit autem eos David rex Rubenitis, et Gadditis, et dimidiæ tribui Manasse, in omne ministerium Dei, et regis.

And his brothers were two thousand, seven hundred able men, heads of families, whom King David made overseers over the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in everything to do with God, and for the king's business.