歷代志上 23
1 [肋未人的職務和班次]達味年老，壽數將滿，遂立自己的兒子撒羅滿為以色列王。
Therfor Dauid was eld and ful of daies, and ordeynede Salomon, his sone, kyng on Israel.
2 他召集了以色列所以的領袖、司祭和肋未人。
And he gaderide togidere alle the princes of Israel, and the preestis, and dekenes;
3 肋未人自三十歲以上者，所有的男子都一一統計了，人數共計三萬八千：
and the dekenes weren noumbrid fro twenti yeer and aboue, and eiyte and thretti thousynde of men weren foundun.
4 其中從事監督上主殿宇工作的有二萬四千；長官和判官有六千；
And foure and twenty thousynde men weren chosun of hem, and weren departid in to the seruyce of the hows of the Lord; sotheli of souereyns, and iugis, sixe thousynde;
5 守衛的有四千；用達味所製的樂器讚頌上主的有四千。
forsothe foure thousynde `porteris weren, and so many syngeris, syngynge to the Lord in orguns, whiche Dauid hadde maad for to synge.
6 達味按照肋未的兒子革爾雄、刻哈特和默辣黎，將他們編成班次：
And Dauid departide hem bi the whilis of the sones of Leuy, that is, of Gerson, and of Caath, and Merary.
7 屬革爾雄的：有拉當和史米。
And the sones of Gerson weren Leedan and Semeye.
8 拉當的子孫：為首的是耶希耳，其次是則堂和約厄耳，共三人。
The sones of Leedan weren thre, the prince Jehiel, and Ethan, and Johel.
9 史米的子孫：舍羅米特、哈齊耳和哈郎，共三人。這些都是拉當家族的族長。
The sones of Semei weren thre, Salamyth, and Oziel, and Aram; these weren the princes of the meynees of Leedan.
10 史米的子孫：雅哈特、齊匝、耶烏士和貝黎雅。這四人都是史米的子孫，
Forsothe the sones of Semeye weren Leeth, and Ziza, and Yaus, and Baria, these foure weren the sones of Semei.
11 為首的是雅哈齊，齊匝次之。耶烏士和貝黎雅子孫不多，所以算為一個家族，歸為一班。
Sotheli Leeth was the formere, and Ziza the secounde; forsothe Yaus and Baria hadden not ful many sones, and therfor thei weren rikenyd in o meynee and oon hows.
12 刻哈特的子孫：阿默蘭、依茲哈爾、赫貝龍和烏齊耳，共四人。
The sones of Caath weren foure, Amram, and Ysaac, Ebron, and Oziel.
13 阿默蘭的兒子：亞郎和梅瑟。亞郎與其子孫應分別出來，受祝聖為至聖潔的人，直到永遠；在天主面前焚香事奉他，以他的名為人祝福，直到永遠。
The sones of Amram weren Aaron and Moyses; and Aaron was departid, that he schulde mynystre in the hooli thing of hooli thingis, he and hise sones with outen ende, and to brenne encense to the Lord bi his custom, and to blesse his name with outen ende.
14 至於天主的人梅瑟，他的子孫歸於肋未支派。
Also the sones of Moyses, man of God, weren noumbrid in the lynage of Leuy.
15 梅瑟的兒子：革爾熊和厄里厄則爾。
The sones of Moises weren Gerson and Elieser.
16 革爾雄的子孫，為首的是叔巴耳。
The sones of Gerson; `Subuhel the firste.
17 厄里厄則爾的子孫，為首的是勒哈彼雅。厄里厄則爾沒有別的兒子，但勒哈彼雅的兒子眾多。
Sotheli the sones of Eliezer weren Roboya the firste, and othere sones weren not to Eliezer; forsothe the sones of Roboia weren multipliede ful miche.
18 依茲哈爾的子孫，為首的是舍羅米特。
The sones of Isaar; `Salumuth the firste.
19 赫貝龍的子孫：為首的是耶黎雅，次為阿瑪黎雅，三為雅哈齊耳，四為雅刻默罕。
The sones of Ebron; `Jerian the firste, Amarias the secounde, Jaziel the thridde, Jethamaan the fourthe.
20 烏齊耳的子孫：為首的是米加，其次是依史雅。
The sones of Oziel; `Mycha the firste, Jesia the secounde.
21 默辣黎的子孫：瑪赫里和慕史。瑪赫里的子孫：厄肋阿匝爾和克士。
The sones of Merari weren Mooli and Musi. The sones of Mooli weren Eleazar, and Cys.
22 厄肋阿匝爾死了，沒有兒子，只有女兒，因此克士的兒子，即她們的堂兄弟娶了她們為妻。
Sotheli Eleazar was deed, and hadde not sones, but douytris; and the sones of Cys, the britheren of hem, weddiden hem.
23 慕史的子孫：瑪赫里、厄德爾和耶黎摩特，共三人。
The sones of Musi weren thre, Mooli, and Heder, and Jerymuth.
24 這些人按他們的家族，都是肋未的子孫，都是二十歲以上，一一報名登記，在上主殿內擔任職務的首領。
These weren the sones of Leuy in her kynredis and meynees, prynces bi whilis, and noumbre of alle heedis, that diden the trauel of the seruyce of the hows of the Lord, fro twenti yeer and aboue.
25 因為達味曾想：「上主以色列的天主既使自己的百姓獲得安寧，自己又永遠定居在耶路撒冷，
For Dauid seide, The Lord God of Israel hath youe reste to his puple, and a dwellyng in Jerusalem til in to with outen ende;
26 肋未人就無須再抬會幕及其中應用的一切器具。」
and it schal not be the office of dekenes for to bere more the tabernacle, and alle vessels therof for to mynystre.
27 為此，按達味最後的吩咐，肋未子孫應由二十歲開始登記。
Also bi the laste comaundementis of Dauid the noumbre of the sones of Leuy schulen be rikened fro twenti yeer and aboue;
28 他們的任務是上主殿內供職，輔助亞郎的子孫，管理庭院及廂房，洗淨所有的聖物，並擔任天主聖殿中的各種工作。
and thei schulen be vndir the hond of the sones of Aaron in to the worschipe of the hows of the Lord, in porchis, and in chaumbris, and in the place of clensyng, and in the seyntuarie, and in alle werkis of the seruyce of the temple of the Lord.
29 又管理供餅，素祭細麵，或用盤烤，或用油抹的無酵餅，以及各種度量衡；
Forsothe preestis schulen be ouer the looues of proposicioun, and to the sacrifice of flour, and to the pastis sodun in watir, and to the therf looues, and friyng panne, and to hoot flour, and to seenge, and ouer al weiyte and mesure.
30 每日早晚應前去稱謝讚頌上主；
Forsothe the dekenes schulen be, that thei stonde eerli, for to knowleche and synge to the Lord, and lijk maner at euentide,
31 每逢安息日、月朔及節日，向上主獻各種全燔祭時，應常按規定的數目到上主面前；
as wel in the offryng of brent sacrifices of the Lord, as in sabatis, and kalendis, and othere solempnytees, bi the noumbre and cerymonyes of eche thing contynueli bifor the Lord;
32 應負責照顧會幕及聖所，並照顧他們在上主殿內供職的弟兄─亞郎的子孫。
and that thei kepe the obseruaunces of the tabernacle of the boond of pees of the Lord, and the custum of the seyntuarie, and the obseruaunce of the sones of Aaron, her britheren, that thei mynystre in the hows of the Lord.
