1 Chroniques 26
1 Quant aux classes des portiers, des Coraïtes: Méselmia, fils de Coré, d'entre les fils d'Asaph;
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.
2 et les fils de Méselmia: Zacharie, le premier-né, Jediaël, le second, Zebadia, le troisième, Jathniel, le quatrième,
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 Eilam, le cinquième, Jochanan, le sixième, Elioeinaï, le septième;
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 et les fils d'Obed-Edom: Semaïa, le premier-né, Jozabad, le second, Joah, le troisième, et Sachar, le quatrième, et Nethaneël, le cinquième,
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 Ammiel, le sixième, Issaschar, le septième, Pehultaï, le huitième, car Dieu l'avait béni.
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 Et à Semaïa, son fils, naquirent aussi des fils, princes dans la maison de leur père car c'étaient des hommes vaillants;
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.
7 fils de Semaïa: Othni et Rephaël et Obed, Edom, son frère, hommes vaillants, Elihu et Semachia.
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 Tous ils étaient fils d'Obd-Edom; eux et leurs fils et frères étaient des hommes énergiques pour le service, soixante-deux issus d'Obed-Edom.
All of those descendants of Obed-Edom and their sons and relatives were capable people and strong workers. Altogether there were 62 of them.
9 Et les fils et frères de Méselmia, hommes vaillants, étaient au nombre de dix-huit.
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 Et les fils de Hosa, des fils de Merari: Simri le chef (non qu'il fût le premier-né, mais son père l'avait fait chef),
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.
11 Hilkia, le second, Tebalia, le troisième, Zacharie, le quatrième; tous les fils et frères de Hosa étaient au nombre de treize.
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 A ces classes de portiers, c'est-à-dire, aux chefs de ces hommes échut conjointement avec leurs frères la garde de service dans le Temple de l'Éternel.
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.
13 Et ils tirèrent au sort, petits et grands, selon leurs maisons patriarcales, chacune des portes.
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.
14 Et le côté du Levant échut a Sélémia; et pour Zacharie, son fils, prudent conseiller, ils tirèrent aussi au sort, et il eut pour lot le Septentrion,
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.
15 le Midi fut pour Obed-Edom et pour ses fils, près des magasins,
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.
16 pour Suppim et Hosa le Couchant, à la porte Sallécheth, où la voie monte, une garde étant à l'opposite de l'autre.
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.
17 L'Orient était gardé par six Lévites, le Nord journellement par quatre, le Midi journellement par quatre et les magasins par deux alternativement;
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.
18 au portique ouvert du couchant quatre sur la rue, deux près du portique.
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 Telles sont les classes des portiers pris dans les fils des Coraïtes et dans les fils des Merarites.
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 Et parmi les Lévites, Ahia était préposé sur les trésors de la Maison de Dieu et sur les trésors des objets consacrés.
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.
21 Les fils de Laëdan, des fils des Gersonites de Laëdan, patriarches [de la race de] Laëdan, le Gersonite Jehièli;
[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.
22 les fils de Jehièli, Zétham et Joël, son frère, étaient préposés sur les trésors du Temple de l'Éternel.
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 Des Amramites, des Jitseharites, des Hébronites, des Azzièlites.
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 Et Sebuel, fils de Gersom, fils de Moïse, était surintendant des trésors.
[From the descendants of Amram], Shubael, a descendant of Moses’s son Gershom, was the leader who was in charge of the money chests.
25 Et ses frères par Éliézer: lequel eut pour fils Rehabia, dont le fils fut Ésaïe qui eut pour fils Joram, dont le fils fut Sichri qui eut pour fils Salomith:
[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.
26 ce Salomith et ses frères avaient l'intendance de tous les trésors des objets consacrés qu'avaient consacrés le roi David et les patriarches, les chefs de mille et de cent et les généraux de l'armée;
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.
27 c'est à la suite des guerres et sur le butin qu'ils les avaient consacrés comme réserve pour le Temple de l'Éternel;
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.
28 et tout ce qui avait été consacré par Samuel, le Voyant, et par Saül, fils de Kis, et par Abner, fils de Ner, et par Joab, fils de Tseruïa, tous les objets consacrés étaient commis à Salomith et ses frères.
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.
29 Parmi les Jitseharites Chenania et ses fils étaient pour les affaires extérieures, préposés sur Israël comme Secrétaires et Juges.
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.
30 Parmi les Hébronites Hasabia et ses frères, hommes de ressource, au nombre de mille sept cents, avaient l'intendance d'Israël en deçà du Jourdain au couchant pour toutes les affaires de l'Éternel et le service du roi.
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.
31 Parmi les Hébronites était Jeria le chef des Hébronites selon leurs familles et maisons patriarcales. (Dans la quarantième année du règne de David recherche en fut faite, et il se trouva parmi eux de vaillants héros à Jaëzer en Galaad).
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].
32 Et ses frères, hommes de ressource, étaient au nombre de deux mille sept cents, patriarches. Et le roi David les préposa sur les Rubénites et les Gadites et la demi-Tribu de Manassé pour toutes les affaires de Dieu et les affaires du roi.
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.
