Første Krønikebog 26
1 Dørvogternes Skifter var følgende: af Koraiterne Mesjelemja, en Søn af Kore af Abi'asafs Sønner.
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 Mesjelemja havde Sønner: Zekarja den førstefødte, Jediael den anden, Zebadja den tredje, Jatniel den fjerde,
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 Elam den femte, Johanan den sjette og Eljoenaj den syvende.
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 Obed-Edom havde Sønner: Sjemaja den førstefødte, Jozabad den anden, Joa den tredje, Sakar den fjerde, Netan'el den femte,
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 Ammiel den sjette, Issakar den syvende og Pe'ulletaj den ottende; thi Gud havde velsignet ham.
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 Hans Søn Sjemaja fødtes Sønner, som var Herskere i deres Fædrenehus, da de var dygtige Folk.
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 Sjemajas Sønner var: Otni, Refael, Obed, Elzabad og hans Brødre, dygtige Folk, 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 disse hørte tillige med deres Sønner og Brødre til Obed-Edoms Sønner, dygtige Folk med Evner til Tjenesten, i alt to og tresindstyve Efterkommere af 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 Mesjelemja havde Sønner og Brødre, dygtige Folk, atten.
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 Hosa at Meraris Sønner havde Sønner: Sjimri, som var Overhoved — thi skønt han ikke var den førstefødte, gjorde hans Fader ham til Overhoved —
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 Hilkija den anden, Tebalja den tredje og Zekarja den fjerde. Hosas Sønner og Brødre var i alt tretten.
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 Disse Dørvogternes Skifter, deres Overhoveder sammen med deres Brødre, blev Vagttjenesten overdraget, og saaledes gjorde de Tjeneste i HERRENS Hus;
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 om hver enkelt Port kastede de Lod mellem smaa som store, efter deres Fædrenehuse.
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 Loddet for Østporten ramte Sjelemja. Ogsaa for hans Søn Zekarja, en klog Raadgiver, kastede man Lod, og Loddet traf Nordporten.
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 For Obed-Edom traf det Sydporten og for hans Sønner Forraadskamrene.
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 Og for Hosa traf Loddet Vestporten tillige med Sjalleketporten ved Vejen, der fører opad, den ene Vagtpost ved den anden.
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 Mod Øst var der seks Leviter, mod Nord daglig fire, mod Syd daglig tre, ved hvert af Forraadskamrene to,
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 mod Vest var der fire ved Vejen, to ved Parbar.
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 Det var Dørvogternes Skifter af Koraiternes og Meraris Efterkommere.
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 Deres Brødre Leviterne, som havde Tilsyn med Guds Hus's Skatkamre og Skatkamrene til Helliggaverne:
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 Ladans Sønner, Gersoniternes Efterkommere gennem Ladan, Overhovederne for Gersoniten Ladans Fædrenehuse: Jehieliterne.
[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 Jehieliternes Sønner Zetam og hans Broder Joel havde Tilsynet med HERRENS Hus's Skatte.
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 Af Amramiterne, Jizhariterne, Hebroniterne og Uzzieliterne
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 var Sjubael, en Søn af Moses's Søn Gersom, Overopsynsmand over Skattene.
[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 Hans fra Eliezer nedstammende Brødre: Hans Søn Rehabja, hans Søn Jesja'ja, hans Søn Joram, hans Søn Zikri, hans Søn Sjelomit.
[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 Sjelomit og hans Brødre havde Tilsynet med de Skatte af Helliggaver, som Kong David, Fædrenehusenes Overhoveder, Tusind- og Hundredførerne og Hærførerne havde helliget —
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 de havde helliget dem af Krigsbyttet til Hjælp ved Bygningen at HERRENS Hus —
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 med alt, hvad Seeren Samuel, Saul, Kisj's Søn, Abner, Ners Søn, og Joab, Zerujas Søn, havde helliget; alt, hvad der var helliget, var betroet Sjelomit og hans Brødre.
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 Af Jizhariterne udtoges Konanja og hans Sønner til Arbejdet ude i Israel som Fogeder og Dommere.
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 Af Hebroniterne var Hasjabja og hans Brødre, 1700 dygtige Folk, sat til at varetage alt, hvad der vedrørte HERRENS Tjeneste og Kongens Tjeneste i Israel vesten for Jordan.
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 Hebroniterne hørte Jerija, Overhovedet for Hebroniterne, efter deres Nedstamning, efter Fædrenehusene — i Davids fyrretyvende Regeringsaar blev der iværksat en Undersøgelse angaaende dem, og der fandtes dygtige Folk iblandt dem i Ja'zer 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 og hans Brødre, 2700 dygtige Folk, Overhoveder for Fædrenehusene; dem satte Kong David over Rubeniterne, Gaditerne og Manasses halve Stamme til at varetage alle Sager, som vedrørte Gud og Kongen.
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.
