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1 Magi e migepe mag jorit rangeye: Koa kuom joka Kora, noyier Meshelemia wuod Kore, ma en achiel kuom yawuot Asaf.
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 Meshelemia ne nigi yawuowi, wuowi makayo ne en Zekaria, mar ariyo ne en Jediael, mar adek ne en Zebadia, mar angʼwen ne en Jathniel,
The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3 mar abich ne en Elam, mar auchiel ne en Jehohanan, to mar abiriyo ne en Eliehoenai.
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4 Obed-Edom bende Nyasaye nogwedho gi yawuowi, wuowi makayo ne en Shemaya, mar ariyo ne en Jehozabad, mar adek ne en Joa, mar angʼwen ne en Sakar, mar abich ne en Nethanel,
[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,
5 mar auchiel ne en Amiel, mar abiriyo ne en Isakar, to mar aboro ne en Peulethai. Nimar Nyasaye nosegwedho Obed-Edom.
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.
6 Wuode ma Shemaya bende nonywolo yawuowi mane gin jotend dhood wuon-gi nikech ne gin joma olony.
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 Yawuot Shemaya ne gin, Othni, Refael, Obed kod Elzabad; Elihu kod Semakia ma wedene bende ne joma niginyalo.
The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.
8 Magi duto ne gin nyikwa Obed-Edom. Gin kaachiel gi yawuotgi to gi wedegi ne gin joma niginyalo kendo maroteke kuom tich. Koriw nyikwa Obed-Edom duto to ne gin ji piero auchiel gariyo.
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 Meshelemia ne nigi yawuowi kod wedene, giduto ne gin ji apar gaboro man-gi nyalo.
Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.
10 Hosa ja-Merari ne nigi yawuowi, mokwongo Shimri (kata obedo ni ne ok en wuode makayo, wuon-gi noyiere mokwongo),
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 mar ariyo ne en Hilkia, mar adek ne en Tabalia, to mar angʼwen ne en Zekaria. Yawuot Hosa kod wedene giduto ne gin ji apar gadek.
Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.
12 Migepegi mag jorit rangeye kokadho kuom jotendgi madongo ne nigi pok mar tiyo ei hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye mana kaka wedegi bende notimo.
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 Nogo ombulu kaluwore gi anywolagi, jomatindo gi jomadongo machalre mondo oyud jorit rangeye.
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 Ombulu mar Rangach ma yo Wuok Chiengʼ nolwar ne Shelemia. Nogo ombulu ne wuode Zekaria, ma jangʼad bura mariek kendo noyudo Rangach ma yo Nyandwat.
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 Ombulu mar Rangach ma yo Milambo nolwar ne Obed-Edom, to ombulu mar od keno nolwar ne yawuote.
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 Ombulu mar Rangach ma yo Podho Chiengʼ to gi rangach miluongo ni Shaleketh man e yo mamalo nolwar ne Shupim kod Hosa. Arita duto noket machalre.
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 Pile ka pile ne nitiere jo-Lawi auchiel marito rangach ma yo wuok chiengʼ, angʼwen e rangach ma yo nyandwat, angʼwen rangach ma yo milambo, to gi ariyo ariyo mane rito od keno.
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 Kuom laru mantie yo podho chiengʼ, angʼwen ne rito yo michopogo e laru to ariyo ne rito laruno.
At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.
19 Magi e migepe mag jorit rangeye mane gin nyikwa Kora kod Merari.
Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].
20 To jowetegi moko ma jo-Lawi, kotelnegi gi Ahija, ne gin jorit kuonde keno mag od Nyasaye kod kuonde mikanoe gik mowal.
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 Nyikwa Ladan mane gin joka Gershon ma anywola mar Ladan kendo mane jotelo mag dhout Ladan ja-Gershon ne gin Jehiel,
[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 yawuot Jehiel ne gin Zetham gi owadgi ma Joel. Gin ema ne gichungʼne keno mar hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye.
Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.
23 Koa kuom jo-Amram, gi joka Izhar gi joka Hebron kod joka Uziel noyier,
Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
24 Shubael ma nyakwar Gershom wuod Musa mane jatelo manorito kuonde keno.
[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 To wedene ma joka Eliezer noyier yawuote ma gin Rehabia, Jeshaya, Joram, Zikri kod Shelomith.
[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 Shelomith gi wedene to nochungʼne keno duto mag gik mane Ruoth Daudi owalo gi jotend dhoudi mane gin jotend jolweny alufe kod jotend jolweny miche to gi jotend jolweny mamoko.
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 Moko kuom gik mane ope e lweny nowal ne tij loso hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye.
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 Bende gik moko duto manowal gi Samuel janen kod Saulo wuod Kish, Abner wuod Ner kod Joab wuod Zeruya kaachiel gi gik mamoko duto manowal norit gi Shelomith kod wedene.
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 Kuom joka Izhar noyier Kenania kod yawuote manomi tije oko mar hekalu kaka jotelo kendo jongʼad bura e piny Israel.
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 Kuom joka Hebron noyier Hashabia kod wedene. Ne gin ji alufu achiel mia abiriyo motegno, mane rito jo-Israel modak yo podho chiengʼ mar Jordan ka girito tije duto mag Jehova Nyasaye kendo ka gitiyone ruoth.
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 Kuom joka Hebron, Jeria ema ne jatendgi kaluwore gi nonro mar anywolagi. E higa mar piero angʼwen mar loch Daudi nonon ndiko kendo noyud ni joma olony kuom nyikwa Hebron ne oa Jazer e piny 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 Jeria ne nigi wedene alufu ariyo mia abiriyo mane gin joma olony kendo jotend anywola, omiyo Ruoth Daudi noketogi jotend jo-Reuben, jo-Gad kod nus dhood jo-Manase e yore duto mag tich Nyasaye to gi tije mag ruoth.
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.
