1 Chronicles 23
1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
Mgbe Devid ghọrọ nnọọ agadi, ụbọchị ndụ ya jukwara ya afọ, o mere Solomọn nwa ya, eze Izrel.
2 And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Nʼoge a, ọ kpọkọtara ndị ndu Izrel niile, tinyekwara ndị nchụaja na ndị Livayị.
3 And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
A gụrụ ndị Livayị niile ọnụ, bụ ndị gbara iri afọ atọ gbagoo, chọpụta na ha dị iri puku ndị ikom atọ na asatọ nʼọnụọgụgụ.
4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;
Devid sịrị, “Nʼime ndị a, ka iri puku ndị ikom abụọ na anọ bụrụ ndị ga-ahụ maka ọrụ ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị, puku ndị ikom isii a bụrụ ndịisi na ndị ikpe,
5 Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
puku ndị ikom anọ abụrụ ndị nche ọnụ ụzọ ama, ebe puku ndị ikom anọ ndị ọzọ ga-eji ihe egwu dị iche iche nke m kwadobere maka ito Onyenwe anyị, na-eto ya.”
6 And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Devid kewara ndị Livayị nʼoke, nʼoke dịka ụmụ ndị ikom Livayị si dị: Geshọn, Kohat na Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
E kekwara ikwu Geshọn ụzọ abụọ dịka ụmụ ya si dị, Ladan na Shimei.
8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.
Ndị sitere nʼezinaụlọ Ladan dị ndị ikom atọ: Jehiel, onyeisi ha, Zetam na Juel.
9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.
Ụmụ Shimei bụ, Shelomot, Haziel na Haran, ha dị ndị ikom atọ. Ndị a niile bụ ndịisi ezinaụlọ nʼikwu Ladan.
10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.
Ụmụ Shimei bụ, Jahat, Ziza, Jeush na Beriya. Ha dị ndị ikom anọ.
11 Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.
Jahat bụ onye mbụ, Ziza onye nke abụọ. Ma Jeush na Beriya amụtaghị ọtụtụ ụmụ ndị ikom. Nʼihi ya, a gụnyekọtara ha dịka otu ezinaụlọ, kenye ha otu ọrụ.
12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
Ụmụ ndị ikom Kohat bụ Amram, Izha, Hebrọn na Uziel. Ha dị ndị ikom anọ.
13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever.
Ụmụ ndị ikom Amram bụ, Erọn na Mosis. Erọn ka e kewapụrụ iche, ido ya nsọ ya na ụmụ ya ruo ebighị ebi, maka ido ihe niile kachasị nsọ nsọ, ịchụ aja nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, ije ozi nʼihu ya nakwa ikwupụta ngọzị nʼaha ya ruo ebighị ebi.
14 And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.
Ụmụ Mosis, onye nke Chineke ka a gụnyekọtara dịka ndị si nʼebo Livayị.
15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
Ụmụ ndị ikom Mosis bụ, Geshọm na Elieza.
16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.
Ụmụ ndị ikom Geshọm bụ Shubuel, onye mbụ.
17 And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.
Ụmụ ụmụ Elieza bụ Rehabaya onye mbụ. Elieza amụtaghị ụmụ ndị ikom ọzọ, ma ụmụ ndị ikom Rohabaya dị ọtụtụ.
18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.
Ụmụ ndị ikom Izha bụ Shelomit onye mbụ.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Ụmụ ndị ikom Hebrọn bụ Jereaya onye mbụ, na Amaraya, onye nke abụọ, Jahaziel onye nke atọ, na Jekameam, onye nke anọ.
20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Isshiah the second.
Ụmụ ndị ikom Uziel bụ Maịka, onye mbụ, na Ishaya, onye nke abụọ.
21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
Ụmụ ndị ikom Merari bụ Mahali na Mushi Ụmụ ndị ikom Mali bụ Elieza na Kish
22 And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
Elieza nwụrụ na-amụtaghị ụmụ ndị ikom. Ọ bụ naanị ụmụ ndị inyom ka ọ mụtara. Ụmụ nwanne nna ha, ụmụ ndị ikom Kish, lụrụ ha.
23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.
Ụmụ ndị ikom Mushi bụ Mahali, Eda na Jeremot. Ha dị ndị ikom atọ.
24 These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.
Ndị a bụ ụmụ ụmụ Livayị dịka ezinaụlọ ha si dị, ndịisi ezi, dịka e si debanye aha, na dịka e si gụọ ha ọnụ nʼotu nʼotu, ya bụ ndị na-arụ ọrụ nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị, ndị gbara iri afọ abụọ gbagoo.
25 For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;
Nʼihi na Devid kwuru sị, “Ebe ọ bụ na Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel enyela ndị ya udo, ebe ọ bụkwa na ọ ga-ebi na Jerusalem ruo ebighị ebi.
26 And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.
Ugbu a, ọ dịkwaghị mkpa ọ dị na ndị Livayị ga na-ebugharị ụlọ ikwu, maọbụ ngwongwo ọbụla nke ije ozi niile ya.”
27 So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
Ịgụ ndị Livayị ọnụ bụ otu nʼime ihe ikpeazụ Devid mere tupu ọ nwụọ. A gụrụ ndị Livayị gbara iri afọ abụọ gbagoo ọnụ.
28 Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,
Ọrụ e nyere ndị Livayị niile bụ inyere ụmụ Erọn ndị nchụaja aka nʼofufe nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị: ilekọta ogige, na ọnụụlọ nta ndị dị nʼakụkụ ya niile, na ime ka ihe nsọ niile dị ọcha, na ịrụ ọrụ ọbụla e nyere ha nʼụlọ Chineke.
29 The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures;
Ọ bụkwa ọrụ ha iwebata achịcha a na-eche nʼihu Chineke, na ụtụ ọka e ji enye onyinye mkpụrụ ọka, na achịcha mbadamba a na-ejighị ihe na-eko achịcha mee. Ọrụ ha bụkwa ịgwakọta ihe e ji eme achịcha, na ighe ya, na ilekọta ihe ọtụtụ niile e ji atụ ihe.
30 They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening;
Ụtụtụ ọbụla, na anyasị ọbụla, ọ bụ ọrụ ha iguzo nʼihu Onyenwe anyị ịbụ abụ otuto, na ekele.
31 At every offering of burned offerings to the Lord, on Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts, in the number ordered by the law, at all times before the Lord;
Ha na-enyekwa aka nʼihe gbasara aja nsure ọkụ a na-achụ nʼụbọchị izuike, na nʼoge mmemme ọnwa ọhụrụ, na mmemme ndị ọzọ niile a kara aka. Mgbe niile ka ha ga-eje ozi ha nʼihu Onyenwe anyị dịka usoro ha na ọnụọgụgụ ha si dị.
32 And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.
Ya mere, e tinyere ọrụ ilekọta ụlọ nzute Onyenwe anyị, na ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ nʼaka ha. Ha ka ọ dịkwara inyere ndị ikwu ha, bụ ndị nchụaja ahụ, ụmụ Erọn, aka nʼọrụ ha niile nʼụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ.
