1 Chronicles 23
1 Then David, being old and full of days, appointed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
David te patong coeng tih khohnin khaw cum coeng. Te dongah a capa Solomon te Israel soah a manghai sak.
2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests as well as the Levites.
Te phoeiah Israel mangpa boeih neh khosoih rhoek khaw, Levi rhoek khaw a coi.
3 And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward. And there were found thirty-eight thousand men.
Te vaengah Levi rhoek te tongpa kum sawmthum lamloh a so hang te a tae tih amih kah hlangmi te a pum la hlang thawng sawmthum neh thawng rhet om.
4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were chosen and distributed to the ministry of the house of the Lord. Then six thousand were overseers and judges.
Te rhoek khuiah BOEIPA im kah bitat aka mawt te thawng kul thawng li om tih rhoiboei rhoek neh laitloek rhoek he thawng rhuk om.
5 Moreover, four thousand were porters. And the same number were the singers of psalms to the Lord, with the musical instruments which he had made for the music.
Thoh tawt rhoek te thawng li, thangthen ham ka saii bangla tumbael neh BOEIPA aka thangthen te thawng li lo.
6 And David distributed them into courses according to the sons of Levi, specifically, Gershom, and Kohath, and Merari.
David loh amih te boelnah neh a tael. Gershon kah Levi koca rhoek ah Kohath neh Merari.
7 The sons of Gershom: Ladan and Shimei.
Gershon lamloh Ladan neh Shimei.
8 The sons of Ladan: the leader Jahiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
Ladan koca ah a lucuek te Jehiel tih Zetham neh a pathum te Joel.
9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the leaders of the families of Ladan.
Shimei koca rhoek Shelmoth neh Haziel, Haran neh pathum lo. Te rhoek te Ladan napa rhoek khuiah a lu la om uh.
10 Then the sons of Shimei: Jahath, and Zizah, and Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei, four.
Shimei koca rhoek ah Jahath, Zina, Jeush neh Beriah. He rhoek pali he Shimei koca rhoek ni.
11 Now Jahath was first, Zizah second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, and for this reason they were reckoned as one family and one house.
Jahath te a lucuek tih Zizah he a pabae la om. Tedae Jeush neh Beriah tah a ca ping pawh. Te dongah napa pakhat imkhui pakhat bangla cawhkung pakhat la om uh.
12 The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel, four.
Kohath koca rhoek la Amram, Izhar, Hebron, Uzziel neh pali lo.
13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Now Aaron was separated so that he might minister in the Holy of Holies, he and his sons forever, and so that he might burn incense to the Lord, according to his rite, and so that he might bless his name in perpetuity.
Amram koca ah Aaron neh Moses dae, Aaron tah amah loh a cim kah a cim koek la ciim ham, anih neh anih koca rhoek tah kumhal hil BOEIPA mikhmuh ah aka phum uh la, a taengah aka thotat la, a ming neh kumhal hil aka uem la a hoep.
14 The sons of Moses, the man of God, were also numbered in the tribe of Levi.
Pathen kah hlang Moses neh anih koca rhoek te Levi koca la a khue uh.
15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
Moses koca ah Gershom neh Eliezer.
16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.
Gershom koca kah boeilu tah Shubael.
17 Now the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the first. And there were no other sons for Eliezer. But the sons of Rehabiah were multiplied exceedingly.
Eliezer koca aka om rhoek khuiah Rehabiah he boeilu dae Eliezer te ca a tloe om pawh. Tedae Rehabiah koca rhoek tah a pueh la ping uh.
18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.
Izhar koca khuiah Shelomith he boeilu la om.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
Hebron koca ah Jeriah te a cacuek, Amariah te a pabae, Jahaziel a pathum, Jekameam tah a pali.
20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, Isshiah the second.
Uzziel koca rhoek ah Maikah te a cacuek tih Isshiah te a pabae.
21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
Merari koca ah Mahli neh Mushi, Mahli koca ah Eleazar neh Kish.
22 Then Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters. And so the sons of Kish, their brothers, married them.
Eleazar a duek vaengah he a taengah ca tongpa a om moenih. Tedae ca huta rhoek bueng om tih amih te a manuca Kish koca rhoek loh a loh uh.
23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
Mushi koca rhoek la Mahli, Eder, Jerimoth neh pathum lo.
24 These are the sons of Levi, in their kindred and families, leaders in turns, and the number of each of the heads who were doing the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord, from twenty years of age and upward.
He rhoek tah Levi koca rhoek kah a napa rhoek imkhui lamloh a napa boeilu rhoek ni. Tongpa kum kul neh a so hang lamloh BOEIPA im kah thothuengnah ham bitat a saii uh. Amih te a hlangmi neh a ming tarhing la a soep uh.
25 For David said: “The Lord, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem even unto eternity.
David loh, “Israel Pathen BOEIPA loh a pilnam te a duem sak tih Jerusalem ah kumhal due kho a sak.
26 Neither shall it be the office of the Levites any more to carry the tabernacle with all its equipment for use in the ministry.”
Levi te khaw dungtlungim neh a thothuengnah dongkah a hnopai boeih te a koh ham moenih,” a ti.
27 Also, according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi shall be counted by number from twenty years of age and upward.
David kah hnukkhueng ol dongkah bangla amih Levi koca rhoek kah hlangmi tah tongpa kum kul neh a so hang lamkah ni a tae.
28 And they shall be under the hand of the sons of Aaron, in the care of the house of the Lord, in the vestibule, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord.
Amih kah ngolhmuen ngawn tah BOEIPA im kah thothuengnah khuiah khaw, vongup ah khaw, imkhui ah khaw, hmuencim boeih kah ciimnah dongah khaw, Pathen im thothuengnah bibi dongah khaw Aaron koca rhoek kah a kut a kho la om uh.
29 But the priests shall be over the bread of the presence, and the sacrifice of fine wheat flour, and the unleavened cakes, and the frying pan, and the roasting, and over every weight and measure.
Rhungkung buh dongah khaw, khocang vaidam dongah khaw, vaidamding vaidamrhawm dongah khaw, thiphael dongah khaw, a kae dongah khaw, khoe neh cungnueh boeih dongah khaw om uh.
30 Yet truly, the Levites shall stand to confess and to sing to the Lord, in the morning, and similarly in the evening,
Mincang, mincang ah pai tih BOEIPA aka uem ham neh aka thangthen hamla, hlaem ah khaw te tlam te aka thangthen la om uh.
31 as much in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the Sabbaths and new moons and other solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies for each and every matter, perpetually before the Lord.
A cungkuem dongah BOEIPA taengkah hmueihhlutnah te Sabbath ah khaw, Hlasae ah khaw, tingtunnah dongah BOEIPA mikhmuh kah laitloeknah bangla a tarhing neh phat a khuen uh.
32 And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the rituals of the sanctuary, and the observance of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, so that they may minister in the house of the Lord.
Te dongah tingtunnah dap kah a kuek neh hmuencim kah a kuek khaw, BOEIPA im kah thothuengnah dongkah a manuca Aaron koca rhoek kah a kuek khaw a ngaithuen uh.
