1 Chronicles 23
1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
Ary nony efa ela niainana sy tratrantitra tsara Davida, dia Solomona zanany no nataony mpanjaka tamin’ ny Isiraely.
2 And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Ary novoriny ny lehiben’ ny Isiraely rehetra mbamin’ ny mpisorona sy ny Levita.
3 And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
Ary nisaina ny Levita hatramin’ ny telo-polo taona no ho miakatra, ka valo arivo amby telo alina no isan’ ny lehilahy.
4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;
Ary hoy Davida: Ny efatra arivo amby roa alina amin’ ireo dia ataoko ho tonian’ ny asa ao an-tranon’ i Jehovah, ary ny enina arivo ataoko mpifehy sy mpitsara,
5 Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
ary ny efatra arivo ho mpiandry varavarana, ary ny efatra arivo ho mpidera an’ i Jehovah amin’ ny zavatra namboariko hiderana Azy.
6 And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Ary nozarazarain’ i Davida ho antokony ireo araka ny zanakalahin’ i Levy, dia Gersona sy Kehata sy Merary:
7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Tamin’ ny Gersonita dia Ladana sy Simey.
8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.
Ny zanakalahin’ i Ladana dia Jehiela lohany sy Zetama ary Joela; telo izy.
9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.
Ny zanakalahin’ i Simey dia Selomota sy Haziela ary Harana; telo izy. Ireo no lohany tamin’ ny fianakavian’ i Ladana.
10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.
Ary ny zanakalahin’ i Simey dia Jahata sy Zina sy Jeosy ary Beria; izy efa-dahy ireo no zanakalahin’ i Simey.
11 Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.
Ary Jahata no lohany, ary Ziza no faharoany; fa Jeosy sy Beria tsy nanana zanakalahy maro, ka dia nisaina ho fianakaviana iray sy antokony iray izy.
12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
Ny zanakalahin’ i Kehata dia Amrama sy Jizara sy Hebrona ary Oziela; efatra izy.
13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever.
Ny zanakalahin’ i Amrama dia Arona sy Mosesy. Ary Arona natokana ka nohamasinina ho masìna indrindra, dia izy sy ny taranany mandrakizay, handoro ditin-kazo manitra eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah sy hanao fanompoam-pivavahana ho Azy ary hitso-drano amin’ ny anarany mandrakizay.
14 And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.
Nefa ny amin’ i Mosesy, lehilahin’ Andriamanitra, dia nisaina tamin’ ny firenen’ i Levy ihany ny zanany.
15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
Ny zanakalahin’ i Mosesy dia Gersona sy Eliezera.
16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.
Tamin’ ny zanakalahin’ i Gersona dia Seboela no lohany.
17 And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.
Ary tamin’ ny zanakalahin’ i Eliezera dia Rehabia no lohany (Eliezera anefa tsy nanan-janaka hafa); fa ny zanak’ i Rehabia dia maro indrindra.
18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.
Tamin’ ny zanakalahin’ i Jizara dia Selomota no lohany.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Ny zanakalahin’ i Hebrona, dia Jeria no lahimatoa, Amaria no lahiaivo, Jahaziela no fahatelo, ary Jekameama no faralahy.
20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Isshiah the second.
Ny zanakalahin’ i Oziela, dia Mita no lahimatoa, ary Jisia no faralahy.
21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
Ny zanakalahin’ i Merary dia Maly sy Mosy. Ny zanakalahin’ i Maly dia Eleazara sy Kisy.
22 And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
Ary maty Eleazara ka tsy nanan-janakalahy, fa vavy avokoa; ary ireny zanakalahin’ i Kisy havany no nanambady ireo.
23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.
Ny zanakalahin’ i Mosy dia Maly sy Edera ary Jeremota; telo izy.
24 These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.
Ireo no zanakalahin’ i Levy araka ny fianakaviany, dia ny lohan’ ny fianakaviana tamin’ ny antokony avy araka ny nanisana ny anarany tsirairay, dia izay nanao ny fanompoana tao an-tranon’ i Jehovah, hatramin’ ny roa-polo taona no ho miakatra.
25 For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;
Fa hoy Davida: Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, efa nanome fitsaharana ho an’ ny olony sady mitoetra eto Jerosalema mandrakizay.
26 And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.
Ary ny Levita kosa dia tsy hitondra ny tabernakely na ny fanaka enti-manompo ao aminy intsony.
27 So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
Fa araka ny fara-tenin’ i Davida dia nisaina hatramin’ ny roa-polo taona no ho miakatra ny Levita.
28 Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,
Ary ny raharahany dia ny hanampy ny taranak’ i Arona amin’ ny fanompoana ao an-tranon’ i Jehovah amin’ ireo kianja sy efi-trano tao ary amin’ ny fanadiovana ny zavatra masìna rehetra sy ny fanompoana ao an-tranon’ Andriamanitra,
29 The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures;
ary amin’ ny mofo aseho sy ny koba tsara toto ho fanatitra hohanina sy amin’ ny mofo manify tsy misy masirasira sy amin’ izay endasina amin’ ny lapoely sy amin’ izay vonton-diloilo ary amin’ ny famarana sy ny fandrefesana rehetra,
30 They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening;
ary ny hitsangana isa-maraina hisaotra sy hidera an’ i Jehovah, ary toy izany koa amin’ ny hariva,
31 At every offering of burned offerings to the Lord, on Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts, in the number ordered by the law, at all times before the Lord;
ary ny hanatitra ny fanatitra dorana rehetra ho an’ i Jehovah na amin’ ny Sabata, na amin’ ny voaloham-bolana, na amin’ ny fotoam-pivavahana hafa dia araka ny isany avy, sy araka ny fanao voatendry hanaovana azy mandrakariva eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah.
32 And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.
Aoka ho toy izany no hitandremany ny anjara-raharahany ny amin’ ny trano-lay fihaonana sy ny anjara-raharahany ny amin’ ny fitoerana masìna ary ny anjara-raharahany ny amin’ ny taranak’ i Arona rahalahiny ho fanompoana ao an-tranon’ i Jehovah.
