Sie Chronicle 23
1 Ke David el matuoh el oru tuh Solomon, wen natul, elan tokosra fin Israel.
Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
2 Tokosra David el pangoneni mwet kol nukewa lun mwet Israel, oayapa mwet tol ac mwet Levi.
And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3 El oakla pisen mukul nukewa sin mwet Levi su oasr ke yac tolngoulyak, ac sun mwet tolngoul oalkosr tausin.
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.
4 Na tokosra el sulela longoul akosr tausin sin mwet inge in fosrngakin orekma lun Tempul, ac onkosr tausin in karingin ma simusla nukewa, oayapa nununku fohsak inmasrlon mwet uh,
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;
5 akosr tausin in mwet topang, ac akosr tausin in kaksakin LEUM GOD ke mwe on ma tokosra el sang nu selos in orekmakin nu ke sripa se inge.
Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
6 Tokosra David el kitalik mwet Levi nu ke u tolu, fal nu ke sou lulap inge: Gershon, Kohath, ac Merari.
And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Oasr wen luo natul Gershon: elos pa Ladan ac Shimei.
Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
8 Oasr wen tolu natul Ladan: elos pa Jehiel, Zetham, ac Joel,
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.
9 ac elos sifen sou ke fwil natul Ladan. (Oasr wen tolu natul Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, ac Haran.)
The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.
10 Oasr wen akosr natul Shimei, ac pa inge inelos, takla fal nu ke matwalos: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, ac Beriah.
And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.
11 Tia pus wen natul Jeush ac Beriah, na pa elos oaoala oana sou sefanna.
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.
12 Oasr wen akosr natul Kohath: elos pa Amram, Izhar, Hebron, ac Uzziel.
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 Amram el wounse, ac el pa papa tumal Aaron ac Moses. (Aaron ac fwil natul elos sriyukla in karinganang ma mutal ke Tempul ma pahtpat, oayapa elos in akosak mwe kisa keng ke pacl in alu nu sin LEUM GOD, ac kulansupwal, ac akinsewowoye mwet uh Inel.
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.
14 Tusruktu wen natul Moses [mwet se su pangpang mwet lun God] elos oaoa in mwet Levi.)
And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.
15 Oasr wen luo natul Moses: elos pa Gershom ac Eliezer.
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Inmasrlon wen natul Gershom, Shebuel pa mwet kol selos uh.
The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.
17 Wen sefanna natul Eliezer: el pa Rehabiah, ac pukanten mwet in fwil natul Rehabiah.
And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.
18 Izhar, wen se akluo natul Kohath, oasr wen se natul: inel pa Shelomith, su el pa sifen sou sac.
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.
19 Hebron, wen se aktolu natul Kohath, oasr wen akosr natul: elos pa Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, ac Jekameam.
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Uzziel, wen se akakosr natul Kohath, oasr wen luo natul: elos pa Micah ac Isshiah.
The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Isshiah the second.
21 Oasr wen luo natul Merari: elos pa Mahli ac Mushi. Oasr pac wen luo natul Mahli: elos pa Eleazar ac Kish,
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22 tusruktu Eleazar el misa ac wangin wen natul, a acn mukena. Acn natul inge elos payuk sin wen natul Kish, su ma wien papa tumaltal.
And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
23 Mushi, wen se akluo natul Merari, oasr wen tolu natul: elos pa Mahli, Eder, ac Jeremoth.
The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.
24 Pa ingan fwil natul Levi, ac kais sie selos simla inelos fal nu ke takin sou lalos. Na elos nukewa su yac longoulyak oasr ip kunalos ke orekma in Tempul lun LEUM GOD.
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.
25 David el fahk, “LEUM GOD lun Israel El sang misla nu sin mwet lal, ac El ac fah sifacna muta in Jerusalem ma pahtpat.
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;
26 Ke ma inge, mwet Levi elos tia sifil enenu in us Lohm Nuknuk sin LEUM GOD ac ma orekmakinyuk ke pacl in alu.”
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.
27 Ke sripen oakwuk safla lal David inge, mwet Levi nukewa elos enenu in simla inelos ac akola nu ke moul in kulansap ke elos sun yac longoul.
So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
28 Orekma kunalos pa inge: in kasru mwet tol ke fwil natul Aaron ke pacl in alu, in karinganang inkalkal lun Tempul ac infukil nukewa we, ac taran tuh ma mutal nukewa in nasnas ac tia fohkfok.
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,
29 Ma kunalos pac in akoo bread ma kisakinyuk nu sin God, ac flao ma orekmakinyuk ke mwe kisa, ku lof srisrik wangin mwe pulol kac, ac mwe kisa manman, ac flao ma kulamisyuk ke oil in olive, oayapa elos pa srikeya ac pauni mwe sang nukewa ma utuku nu in Tempul uh.
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;
30 Elos pa oru on in kaksak nu sin LEUM GOD ke lotutang ac eku nukewa,
They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening;
31 oayapa ke pacl nukewa ma mwe kisa firir orek nu sin LEUM GOD ke len Sabbath, ke Malem Sasu, ac ke kufwa saya. Oasr ma sap oakwuki in fahkak pisen mwet Levi ma eneneyuk nu ke orekma inge ke kais sie pacl. Ma kunen mwet Levi in karingin pacl in alu nu sin LEUM GOD nwe tok.
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;
32 Elos pa karinganang Lohm Nuknuk sin LEUM GOD oayapa Tempul, ac elos pa kasru mwet tol wialos in fwil natul Aaron, ke pacl in alu in Tempul.
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.
