1 Chronicles 26
1 This is a list of the groups of men who guarded the temple gates: From the descendants of Korah, there was Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, who was one of the sons of Asaph.
Yeinom ne apono ano ahwɛfoɔ no akuakuo: Korafoɔ mu no: yɛwɔ Kore babarima Meselemia a ɔfiri Asaf abusua mu.
2 The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
Meselemia mmammarima yɛ: Sakaria a ɔyɛ abakan, Yediael a ɔtɔ so mmienu, Sebadia a ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa, Yatniel a ɔtɔ so ɛnan.
3 Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
Elam a ɔtɔ so enum, Yehohanan a ɔtɔ so nsia, ne Eliehoenai a ɔtɔ so nson.
4 [Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
Na Obed-Edom mmammarima nso a wɔyɛ apono ano ahwɛfoɔ yɛ: Semaia a ɔyɛ abakan, Yehosabad a ɔtɔ so mmienu, Yoa a ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa, Sakar a ɔtɔ so ɛnan, Netanel a ɔtɔ so enum,
5 Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
Amiel a ɔtɔ so nsia, Isakar a ɔtɔ so nson, ne Peuletai a ɔtɔ so nwɔtwe. Onyankopɔn hyiraa Obed-Edom bebree.
6 Obed-Edom’s son Shemaiah also had sons. They were leaders in their father’s family because they were capable of doing many things well.
Na Obed-Edom babarima Semaia wɔ mmammarima a wɔtumi adeɛ yɛ yie enti, wɔnyaa dibea a ɛkura tumi wɔ abusua no mu.
7 The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
Na wɔn edin ne: Otni, Refael, Obed ne Elsabad; na wɔn abusuafoɔ Elihu ne Semakia nso yɛ mmɔdemmɔfoɔ.
8 All of those descendants of Obed-Edom and their sons and relatives were capable people and strong workers. Altogether there were 62 of them.
Obed-Edom asefoɔ yi nyinaa a wɔn mmammarima ne wɔn nananom a na wɔn nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ aduosia mmienu no yɛ nnipa a, na wɔbɔ wɔn ho mmɔden yie na wɔfata wɔn nnwuma.
9 Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
Saa ara nso na na Meselemia mmammarima dunwɔtwe no ne wɔn abusuafoɔ nso bɔ wɔn ho mmɔden yie.
10 Another guard was Hosah’s son Shimri, a descendant of Merari. Hosah appointed Shimri to be the leader, even though he was not Hosah’s oldest son.
Hosa a ɔfiri Merari abusua mu yii Simri a na ɔnyɛ abakan no sɛ ntuanoni, wɔ ne mmammarima mu.
11 Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
Na ne mmammarima no bi ne: Hilkia a ɔtɔ so mmienu, Tebalia a ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa ne Sakaria tɔ so ɛnan. Na Hosa mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ a wɔsom sɛ apono ano ahwɛfoɔ no nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ dumiɛnsa.
12 Those men were leaders of the groups of men who guarded the gates of the temple. They worked at the temple like their relatives did.
Saa apono ano ahwɛfoɔ akuo yi nam wɔn mmusua ntuanofoɔ so somm wɔ Awurade fie, sɛdeɛ wɔn abusuafoɔ yɛeɛ no.
13 By casting lots, the leader of each family chose one gate for their group to guard. [All of them, including] young men and old men (OR, including leaders of large families and small families), cast lots.
Wɔnam ntontobɔ kronkron so, de ɔwɛn adwuma wɔ apono ahodoɔ ano hyɛɛ mmusua no nsa a wɔnhwɛ mfirinhyia a obi adi, anaa nteteeɛ a wanya soɔ.
14 Shelemiah’s group was selected to guard the East Gate. The group of Shelemiah’s son Zechariah, who was a wise counselor, was selected to guard the North Gate.
Wɔde apueeɛ ɛpono ho dwumadie no hyɛɛ Selemia ne ne ekuo nsa. Atifi ɛpono ho dwumadie nso, wɔde hyɛɛ ne babarima onyansafoɔ Sakaria nsa.
15 Then Obed-Edom’s group was selected to guard the South Gate, and his sons were selected to guard the [entrances to the temple] storerooms.
Anafoɔ ɛpono no, wɔde hyɛɛ Obed-Edom nsa, na wɔmaa ne mmammarima no hwɛɛ adekoradan no so.
16 Then Shuppim’s group and Hosah’s group were selected to guard the West Gate and the Shalleketh Gate on the upper road [to the temple]. The work for the guards was divided evenly.
Wɔmaa Supim ne Hosa hwɛɛ atɔeɛ ɛpono no ne ɛkwan a ɛkɔ asɔredan no mu no so. Wɔkyekyɛɛ ɔwɛn nnwuma no pɛpɛɛpɛ maa wɔn.
17 Each day there were six descendants of Levi who guarded the East Gate, four who guarded the North Gate, four who guarded the South Gate, and two at a time who guarded the entrances to the storerooms.
Ɛda biara, na wɔma Lewifoɔ baasia kɔ apueeɛ ɛpono no ho, baanan kɔ atifi ɛpono no ho, baanan nso akɔ anafoɔ ɛpono no ho, na baanu baanu akokɔ adekoradan ahodoɔ no biara ho.
18 At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
Ɛda biara, na wɔma baasia kɔ atɔeɛ ɛpono no ho. Baanan kɔ ɛkwan a ɛkɔ asɔredan no mu no so, na baanu nso akɔ adihɔ hɔ.
19 Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
Yeinom ne apono ano ahwɛfoɔ a wɔfiri Kora ne Merari mmusua mu no nkyekyɛmu.
20 Other descendants of Levi were in charge of the chests that contained the money that was dedicated to Yahweh, money that the people brought to the temple.
Lewifoɔ a wɔaka a na Ahiya da wɔn ano no na na wɔhwɛ Onyankopɔn fie sikakorabea ne adekoradan so.
21 [One of those men was] Ladan, a descendant of Gershon. He was the ancestor of several family groups. Jehiel was the leader of one of those family groups.
Libni fie a na ɛwɔ Gerson abusua mu no, na Yehieli na na ɔtua wɔn ano.
22 Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
Yehieli mmammarima Setam ne ne nuabarima Yoɛl na na wɔhwɛ Awurade fie sikakorabea so.
23 Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
Yeinom ne ntuanofoɔ a wɔyɛ Amram, Yishar, Hebron ne Usiel asefoɔ.
24 [From the descendants of Amram], Shubael, a descendant of Moses’s son Gershom, was the leader who was in charge of the money chests.
Amram abusua mu, Sebuel yɛ Mose babarima Gersom aseni. Ɔno na na ɔyɛ ɔpanin a ɔhwɛ sikakorabea no so.
25 [Others who did that work were] the descendants of [Gershom’s younger brother] Eliezer. Those men were Eliezer’s son Rehabiah, Rehabiah’s son Jeshaiah, Jeshaiah’s son Joram, Joram’s son Zicri, and Zicri’s son Shelomith.
Wɔn a wɔnam Elieser so yɛ nʼabusuafoɔ ne Rehabia, Yesaia, Yoram, Sikri ne Selomot.
26 Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the valuable things that had been dedicated [to Yahweh] by King David, by the leaders of the family groups, by the army commanders of 1,000 soldiers and commanders of 100 soldiers, and by other army commanders.
Selomot ne nʼabusuafoɔ na na wɔhwɛ sikakorabea a na wɔkora agyapadeɛ a wɔde ama Awurade no so. Agyapadeɛ no bi ne deɛ Dawid ne mmusua ntuanofoɔ ne asahene ne asraafoɔ mpanimfoɔ de maa Awurade no.
27 Some of the things that those army officers had taken [from Israel’s enemies] in battles they dedicated for the repair of the temple of Yahweh.
Na saa mmarima yi de wɔn asadeɛ a wɔnyaa no akodie mu no bi baeɛ sɛ wɔmfa nsiesie Awurade fie.
28 And Shelomith and his relatives were also in charge of everything that had been dedicated [to Yahweh] by the prophet Samuel, by King Saul, and by [David’s two army commanders] Ner and Joab.
Afei, na Selomot ne nʼabusuafoɔ na wɔhwɛ nneɛma a Samuel a ɔyɛ nkɔmhyɛni, Kis babarima Saulo, Ner babarima Abner ne Seruia babarima Yoab de maa Awurade no so. Nneɛma nkaeɛ a wɔde maa Awurade no nyinaa, na ɛhyɛ wɔn nsa.
29 From the descendants of Izhar, Kenaniah and his sons were given work outside [the temple area]. They were officials and judges in [various places] in Israel.
Yishar abusua mu na Kenania firi. Ɔne ne mmammarima na wɔyii wɔn sɛ ɔman sohwɛfoɔ ne atemmufoɔ wɔ Israelman mu nyinaa.
30 From the descendants of Hebron, Hashabiah and his relatives were responsible for the work done for Yahweh and for the king in all the area west of the Jordan [river]. There were 1,700 of them who were able to do their work well.
Hebron abusua mu na Hasabia firi. Ɔne nʼabusuafoɔ a wɔyɛ mmɔdemmɔfoɔ a wɔn dodoɔ yɛ apem ahanson na wɔma wɔhwɛɛ Israel nsase a ɛdeda Asubɔnten Yordan atɔeɛ fam no so. Nsɛm a ɛfa Awurade ho, ne ɔhene a ɔwɔ mpasua no so som ho nyinaa yɛ wɔn asɛdeɛ.
31 It was written in the records of the descendants of Hebron that Jeriah was their leader. When David had been ruling for almost 40 years, they searched in those records, and they found [names of] capable men descended from Hebron who were at Jazer [city] in the Gilead [region].
Bio, Hebron abusua mu na Yeria firi. Sɛdeɛ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nkrataa kyerɛ no, ɔno na na ɔyɛ Hebronfoɔ no ntuanoni. (Dawid dii ɔhene no, ne mfeɛ aduanan so, wɔhwehwɛɛ nkrataa mu na wɔhunuu mmarima a wɔbɔ wɔn ho mmɔden wɔ Hebron abusua no mu din wɔ kuro Yaser a ɛwɔ Gilead mu.
32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were able to do their work well, and who were leaders of their families. King David put them in charge of governing the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and [the eastern] half of the tribe of Manasseh, to be sure that all the people did what God and the king told them to do.
Na mmarima a wɔbɔ wɔn ho mmɔden mpem mmienu ne ahanson na na wɔwɔ Yeria abusua mu. Ɔhene Dawid ma wɔkɔɔ Asubɔnten Yordan apueeɛ fam, ma wɔkɔhwɛɛ Ruben ne Gad mmusuakuo ne Manase abusuakuo fa no so. Nsɛm a ɛfa Onyankopɔn ho, ne ɔhene som ho nyinaa yɛ wɔn asɛdeɛ.)
