1 Chronicles 23
1 And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
Bere a Dawid bɔɔ akwakoraa no, oyii ne babarima Salomo sɛ ɔno na obedi Israel so hene.
2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Dawid frɛfrɛɛ Israel amanyɛ ntuanofo nyinaa ne asɔfo, a Lewifo ka ho sɛ, wɔmmra ahensi afahyɛ no ase.
3 And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward; and their number, by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
Wɔkan Lewifo a wɔadi mfirihyia aduasa anaa nea ɛboro saa, na wɔn nyinaa dodow yɛ mpem aduasa awotwe.
4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
Na Dawid kae se, “Wɔn mu mpem aduonu anan bɛhwɛ Awurade Asɔredan no ho adwuma so. Mpem asia bɛsom sɛ mpanyimfo ne atemmufo.
5 and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, [said David, ] to praise [therewith].
Mpem anan bɛyɛ apon ano hwɛfo na mpem anan foforo de nnwontode a mayɛ no bɛkamfo Awurade.”
6 And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Na Dawid kyekyɛɛ Lewifo no mu akuwakuw de mmusuakuw a wɔyɛ Lewi mmabarima Gerson, Kohat ne Merari asefo no din totoo wɔn so.
7 Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.
Gerson mmabarima ne: Libni ne Simei.
8 The sons of Laadan: the head was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
Libni asefo no mu baasa yɛ Yehiel (a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin), Setam ne Yoel.
9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief fathers of Laadan.
Eyinom na na wɔyɛ Libni abusua no mpanyimfo. Na Simei asefo baasa no ne Selomot, Hasiel ne Haran.
10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, and Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei.
Simei asefo baanan a wɔaka no ne Yahat, Sisa, Yeus ne Beria.
11 And Jahath was the head, and Ziza the second; and Jeush and Beriah had not many sons: as father's house, therefore, they were reckoned as one.
Na Yahat yɛ ɔbeapanyin, na Sisa di Yahat akyi. Wɔfaa Yeus ne Beria sɛ abusua baako, efisɛ na wɔn mu biara nni mmabarima dodow.
12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Jizhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
Na Amram, Ishar, Hebron ne Usiel ka Kohat asefo no ho.
13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated, that he should be hallowed as most holy, he and his sons for ever, to offer before Jehovah, to do service to him, and to bless in his name for ever.
Amram mmabarima yɛ: Aaron ne Mose. Woyii Aaron ne nʼasefo sɛ wonni nneɛma kronkron no ho dwuma, na wɔmmɔ afɔre wɔ Awurade anim, nsom Awurade, na wonhyira wɔ ne din mu daa daa.
14 — And as to Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
Mose a ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn nipa no de, wɔde ne mmabarima kaa Lewi abusuakuw ho.
15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
Mose mmabarima no yɛ Gersom ne Elieser.
16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.
Na Sebuel a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin no ka Gersom asefo no ho.
17 And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the head; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
Na Elieser wɔ ɔbabarima baako a wɔfrɛ no Rehabia a na ɔyɛ abusuapanyin. Na Rehabia asefo yɛ bebree.
18 — The sons of Jizhar: Shelomith the head.
Na Selomit a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin no ka Ishar asefo no ho.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Na Yeria a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin, Amaria a odi hɔ, Yahasiel a ɔto so abiɛsa ne Yekameam a ɔto so anan no ne Hebron asefo no.
20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Jishijah the second.
Na Mika a ɔyɛ abusuapanyin ne Yisia a odi hɔ no yɛ Usiel asefo no.
21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
Na Mahli ne Musi yɛ Merari asefo no. Mahli mmabarima ne Eleasar ne Kis.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
(Eleasar wui a wanwo mmabarima biara, na mmom mmabea nko ara. Ne mmabea no wareware wɔn nuanom a wɔyɛ Kis mmabarima.)
23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
Musi mmabarima baasa no din de Mahli, Eder ne Yeremot.
24 These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, the chief fathers, as they were reckoned, by number of names by their polls, who did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.
Eyinom na na wɔn mmusua nti wɔyɛ Lewi asefo, na wɔyɛ wɔn mmusua akuw no ntuanofo a na wɔahwɛ akyerɛw wɔn din. Na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn mu biara di mfirihyia aduonu anaa nea ɛboro saa, ansa na waso Awurade fi som.
25 For David said, Jehovah the God of Israel has given rest to his people, and he will dwell in Jerusalem for ever;
Na Dawid kae se, “Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn ama yɛn asomdwoe, na daa ɔbɛtena Yerusalem.
26 and the Levites also have no more to carry the tabernacle, nor any of its vessels for its service.
Afei, ɛho nhia sɛ Lewifo no bɛsoa Ahyiae Ntamadan no ne ne nkuku ne ne nkaka de adi atutena.”
27 For by the last words of David was this [done], — the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old and upward.
Sɛnea Dawid no ara akwankyerɛ a etwa to no se no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkyerɛw Lewifo a wɔadi mfirihyia aduonu ne nea ɛboro saa nyinaa din ma ɔsom.
28 For their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purifying of all holy things, and [for] the work of the service of the house of God;
Na Lewifo no adwuma ne sɛ, wɔbɛboa asɔfo no a wɔyɛ Aaron asefo no wɔ ɔsom nnwuma a wɔyɛ wɔ Awurade fi no mu. Afei, wɔbɛhwɛ adiwo ne adan a ɛwɔ nkyɛn nkyɛn no so. Na wɔbɛboa ahodwira nnwuma mu, na wɔasom akwan ahorow so wɔ Onyankopɔn fi.
29 and for the loaves to be set in rows, and for the fine flour for the oblation, and for the unleavened cakes, and for [what is baked in] the pan, and for that which is saturated [with oil], and for all measure of capacity and size;
Na wɔhwɛ brodo kronkron a wɔkora no didipon so no, asikresiam a wɔayam no muhumuhu a wɔde bɔ aduan afɔre, tetare a mmɔkaw nni mu, ɔfam a wɔde ngo dua srade akyew ne brodo afoforo a wɔde afrafra no so. Afei, na wɔn asɛde bi nso ne sɛ, wɔhwɛ nsania ne susudua nso so.
30 and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even;
Na anɔpa ne anwummere biara nso, wogyina Awurade anim to aseda ne nkamfo nnwom ma no.
31 and for all burnt-offerings offered up to Jehovah on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the ordinance concerning them, continually, before Jehovah;
Wɔboa ɔhyew afɔre a wɔbɔ ma Awurade homeda ahorow mu wɔ Ɔsram Foforo Afahyɛ mu ne nnapɔnna nyinaa ho dwumadi mu. Bere biara, na Lewifo dodow a wɔfata wɔ hɔ a wɔsom wɔ Awurade anim.
32 and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of Jehovah.
Ɛno nti, Lewifo no a na wɔsom wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu kɔɔ so som wɔ Asɔredan no mu. Na wɔde nokwaredi yɛɛ wɔn som no nnwuma wɔ Awurade fi.
