歷代志上 26
1 守門的班次記在下面：可拉族亞薩的子孫中，有可利的兒子米施利米雅。
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 米施利米雅的長子是撒迦利亞，次子是耶疊，三子是西巴第雅，四子是耶提聶，
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 五子是以攔，六子是約哈難，七子是以利約乃。
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 俄別‧以東的長子是示瑪雅，次子是約薩拔，三子是約亞，四子是沙甲，五子是拿坦業，
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 六子是亞米利，七子是以薩迦，八子是毗烏利太，因為上帝賜福與俄別‧以東。
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 他的兒子示瑪雅有幾個兒子，都是大能的壯士，掌管父親的家。
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 示瑪雅的兒子是俄得尼、利法益、俄備得、以利薩巴。以利薩巴的弟兄是壯士，還有以利戶和西瑪迦。
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 這都是俄別‧以東的子孫，他們和他們的兒子並弟兄，都是善於辦事的壯士。俄別‧以東的子孫共六十二人。
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 米施利米雅的兒子和弟兄都是壯士，共十八人。
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 米拉利子孫何薩有幾個兒子：長子是申利，他原不是長子，是他父親立他作長子。
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 次子是希勒家，三子是底巴利雅，四子是撒迦利亞。何薩的兒子並弟兄共十三人。
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 這些人都是守門的班長，與他們的弟兄一同在耶和華殿裏按班供職。
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 他們無論大小，都按着宗族掣籤分守各門。
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 掣籤守東門的是示利米雅；他的兒子撒迦利亞是精明的謀士，掣籤守北門。
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 俄別‧以東守南門，他的兒子守庫房。
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 書聘與何薩守西門，在靠近沙利基門、通着往上去的街道上，班與班相對。
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 每日東門有六個利未人，北門有四個，南門有四個，庫房有兩個，又有兩個輪班替換。
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 在西面街道上有四個，在遊廊上有兩個。
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 以上是可拉子孫和米拉利子孫守門的班次。
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 利未子孫中有亞希雅掌管上帝殿的府庫和聖物的府庫。
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 革順族、拉但子孫裏，作族長的是革順族拉但的子孫耶希伊利。
[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 耶希伊利的兒子西坦和他兄弟約珥掌管耶和華殿裏的府庫。
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 暗蘭族、以斯哈族、希伯倫族、烏泄族也有職分。
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 摩西的孫子、革舜的兒子細布業掌管府庫。
[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 還有他的弟兄以利以謝。以利以謝的兒子是利哈比雅；利哈比雅的兒子是耶篩亞；耶篩亞的兒子是約蘭；約蘭的兒子是細基利；細基利的兒子是示羅密。
[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 這示羅密和他的弟兄掌管府庫的聖物，就是大衛王和眾族長、千夫長、百夫長，並軍長所分別為聖的物。
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 他們將爭戰時所奪的財物分別為聖，以備修造耶和華的殿。
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 先見撒母耳、基士的兒子掃羅、尼珥的兒子押尼珥、洗魯雅的兒子約押所分別為聖的物都歸示羅密和他的弟兄掌管。
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 以斯哈族有基拿尼雅和他眾子作官長和士師，管理以色列的外事。
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 希伯倫族有哈沙比雅和他弟兄一千七百人，都是壯士，在約旦河西、以色列地辦理耶和華與王的事。
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 希伯倫族中有耶利雅作族長。大衛作王第四十年，在基列的雅謝，從這族中尋得大能的勇士。
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 耶利雅的弟兄有二千七百人，都是壯士，且作族長；大衛王派他們在呂便支派、迦得支派、瑪拿西半支派中辦理上帝和王的事。
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.
