歴代誌Ⅰ 26
1 門を守る者の班列は左のごとしコラ人の中にてはアサフの子コレの子なるメシレミヤ
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 メシレミヤの子等は長子はゼカリヤその次はヱデアエルその三はゼバデヤその四はヤテニエル
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 その五はエラムその六はヨハナンその七はエリヨエナイ
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 またオベデエドムの子等は長子はシマヤその次はヨザバデその三はヨアその四はサカルその五はネタネル
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 その六はアシミエルその七はイツサカルその八はピウレタイ是は神かれを祝福たまひしなり
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 また彼の子シマヤにも數人の子生れたりしがその子等は大勇士にしてその父の家の主たる者なりき
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 すなはちシマヤの子等はオテニ、レバエル、オベデ、エルザバデ、エルザバデの兄弟エリウとセマキヤは力ある人なりき
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 是みなオベデエドムの孫子なり彼らとその子等および其兄弟等は合せて六十二人皆力ある者にしてその職に堪ふ是みなオベデエドムに屬する者なり
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 メシレミヤも子等と兄弟等合せて十八人あり皆力ある者なりき
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 メラリの子孫ホサもまた子等ありき其長はシムリ是は長子ならざりしかどもその父これを長となせしなり
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 その次はヒルキヤその三はデバリヤその四はゼカリヤ、ホサの子等と兄弟等は合せて十三人
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 門を守るところの班列此長等の中より出でみなその兄弟と等く勤務をなしてヱホバの家に仕ふ
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 彼ら門々を分つために小も大もともにその宗家に循ひて籤を掣たりしが
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 東の方の籤はシレミヤに當れり又その子ゼカリヤのために籤を掣けるに北の方の籤これに當れりゼカリヤは智慧ある議士なりき
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 オベデエドムは南の方の籤に當りその子等は倉の籤に當れり
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 シユパムおよびホサは西の方の籤にあたり坂の大路にあるシヤレケテの門の傍に居り守者はみな相對ふ
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 東の方にはレビ人六人北の方には日々に四人南の方にも日々に四人倉のかたはらには二人に二人
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 西の方バルバルにおいては大路に四人バルバルに二人
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 門を守る者の班列は是のごとし皆コラの子孫とメラリの子孫なり
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 また神の府庫および聖物の府庫を司どれる彼らの兄弟なるレビ人は左のごとし
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 ラダンの子孫すなはちラダンより出たるゲルシヨン人にしてゲルシヨン人ラダンの宗家の長たる者の中にてはヱヒエリ
[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 およびヱヒエリの子等ならびにその兄弟ゼタムとヨエル是らはヱホバの家の府庫を司どれり
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 アムラミ人イヅハリ人ヘブロン人ウジエリ人の中においては左のごとし
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 モーセの子ゲルシヨムの子なるシブエルは府庫の宰たり
[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 その兄弟にしてエリエゼルより出たる者は即ちエリエゼルの子レハビヤその子ヱサヤその子ヨラムその子ジクリその子シロミテ
[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 此シロミテとその兄弟等はすべての聖物の府庫を掌どれりその聖物はすなはちダビデ王宗家の長千人の長百人の長軍旅の長等などが奉納たる者なり
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 即ち戰爭において獲たる物および掠取物を奉納てヱホバの家の修繕に供へたるなり
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 凡て先見者サムエル、キシの子サウル、ネルの子アブネル、ゼルヤの子ヨアブ等が奉献たる物および其他の奉納物は皆シロミテとその兄弟等の手の下にありき
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 イヅハリ人の中にてはケナニヤとその子等イスラエルの外事を理め有司となり裁判人となれり
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 ヘブロン人の中にてはハシヤビアおよびその兄弟などの勇士一千七百人ありてヨルダンの此旁すなはち西の方にてイスラエルの監督者となりヱホバの一切の事を行ひ王の用を爲り
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 ヘブロン人の中にてはその系譜と宗家とに依ばヱリヤといふ者ヘブロン人の長なりダビデの治世の四十年に彼らを尋ね求めギレアデのヤゼルにおいて彼らの中より大勇士を得たり
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 ヱリヤの兄弟たる勇士は二千七百人にして皆宗家の長たりダビデ王かれらをしてルベン人ガド人およびマナセの半支派を監督しめ神につける事と王につける事とを宰どらせたり
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.
