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1 Um skifti som dørvaktarar var skifte i, er å segja: Av korahitarne var Meselemja, son åt Kore, av Asafs-sønerne.
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 Og Mesemlja hadde søner: Zakarja var den eldste, Jediael den andre, Zebadja den tridje, Jatniel den fjorde,
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 Elam den femte, Johanan den sette, Eljoenai den sjuande.
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 Og Obed-Edom hadde søner: Semaja var den eldste, Jozabad den andre, Joah den tridje, Sakar den fjorde, Netanel den femte,
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 Ammiel den sette, Issakar den sjuande, Pe’ulletai den åttande; for Gud hadde velsigna honom.
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 Og Semaja, son hans, fekk og søner, som vart styrarar i ætti si; for dei var duglege menner.
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 Sønerne hans Semaja heitte Otni og Refael og Obed, Elzabad og brørne hans, dugande menner, Elihu og Semakja.
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 Alle desse var ætta frå Obed-Edom, dei sjølve og sønerne og brørne deira, dugande og sterke menner i tenesta, - tvo og seksti av 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 Meselemja hadde og søner og brør, duglege menner, i alt attan.
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 Og Hosa av Merari-sønerne hadde søner: Simri var fyrstemannen - han var vel ikkje den eldste; men far hans sette honom til hovding -
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 var den andre, Tebalja den tridje, Zakarja den fjorde. Alle sønerne og brørne hans Hosa var trettan.
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 Desse dørvaktar-skifti, det vil segja ættarhovdingarne, vart no sette til vakttenesta i Herrens hus, jamsides med frendarne sine.
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 Og um kvar port drog dei strå, den minste som den største, etter ættgreinene sine.
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 Romet ved austporten kom på Selemja; og dei drog strå for Zakarja, son hans, ein vitug rådgjevar, og etter strået vart hans rom i nord.
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 På Obed-Edom fall romet ved sudporten, soleis at sønerne hans fekk budi på sin part.
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 For Suppim og Hosa viste strået på romet i vest ved Salleket-porten, der vegen gjeng uppetter, den eine vaktposten attmed den andre.
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 Mot aust var det seks levitar, mot nord fire for kvar dag, mot sud fire for kvar dag, og ved budi tvo um gongen.
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 Ved Parbar mot vest stod fire attmed vegen, og tvo ved sjølve Parbar.
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 Dette var dørvaktar-skifti av korahitsønerne og av Merari.
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 Og av levitarne hadde Ahia-sønerne tilsyn med skattarne i Guds hus og tok vare på dei ting som var vigde åt Herren.
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 Sønerne åt Ladan, det vil segja gersonitsønerne av Ladans-ætti, hovdingarne for gersoniten Ladans ættgreinene var jehielitarne.
[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 Jehielit-sønerne Zetam og Joel, bror hans, hadde tilsyn med skattarne i Guds hus.
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 Um amramitarne, jisharitarne, hebronitarne og ozzielitarne er det å segja:
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 Sebuel, son åt Gersom Mosesson, var øvste tilsynsmannen yver skattarne.
[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 Og frendarne hans av Eliezers-ætti var Rehabja Eliezersson, og son hans heitte Jesaja, og hans son var Joram, og hans son Zikri, og hans son Selomot.
[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 Denne Selomot og brørne hans hadde tilsyn med alt det godset som kong David og like eins ættarhovdingarne, yver- og underhovdingar og herhovdingar hadde vigt åt Herren.
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 Frå ufreden og av herfanget hadde dei vigt det til å halda Herrens hus i stand.
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 Og like eins alt det som sjåaren Samuel og Saul Kisson og Abner Nersson og Joab Serujason hadde vigt; kvar og ein som vigde noko, let Selomot og brørne hans taka vare på det.
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 Av jisharitarne vart Kenanja og sønerne hans sette til dei verdslege gjeremåli i Israel, til å vera tilsynsmenner og domarar.
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 Av hebronitarne vart Hasabja og brørne hans, syttan hundrad menner, sette til stjorn i Israel, i landet vest for Jordan, til alle slags gjeremål åt Herren og til kongen tenesta.
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 Til hebronitarne høyrde Jeria, hovdingen for hebronitarne etter deira ættgreiner og huslydar; i det fyrtiande styringsåret åt Davids vart dei yversedde, og det fanst då dugande folk hjå dei i Jazer i Gilead.
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 Brørne hans, duglege menner, var tvo tusund og sju hundrad hovud for huslydar; deim sette kong David yver rubenitarne, gaditarne og den halve Manasse-ætti, til å greida med alle Guds og kongens målemne.
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.
